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Originally Posted by Nyororin
I found that after getting used to Japanese currency, it seemed really strange to use bills for smaller amounts. One dollar bills seem incredibly wasteful as they are worth so very little.
If the 2000 yen bill were in wider use, I would be happy with even the 1000 being a coin.
As to the extreme language being used by WingsToDiscovery...
If you are searching for evidence to support your view that people are xenophobic, racist, looking down at you, etc... You will see that sort of thing anywhere you look, regardless of whether it truly carries that meaning. It is sort of like scientists cherry picking only results that support their hypothesis and being blinded to all that do not.
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It's not often that I even really bring up this issue. I'm not an English teacher, and if I were really that disgruntled I wouldn't even stay here. But what I do know are my experiences, such as being denied two apartments only after it was found out I was gaijin, or always being treated like a kid/talked to in English, getting handed English menus, etc whenever I'm out with friends of Asian decent (non Japanese) because I'm usually the only western person and they just assume my friends are Japanese.
I don't think it's as similar as scientists cherry picking results. How many times have you heard the same complaints from "disgruntled teachers?" Are they ALL really simply disgruntled and just making a big deal out of petty things, or is there really something more to it than that and maybe the complaints are legitimate?