What does the average Japanese think of Koreans?

[crulii]

Originally Posted by einsteinium

Are The Japanese Mad At Koreans? Just Wondering?

Well to be honest, it's the other way round. Japan has attacked my country countless amount of times, and they've destoryed a LOT of things such as burning down our buildings, assassinating out queen etc. and it's just plain ridiculous how the two governments always bring up old arguments over and over again. It just seems like a stupid thing to do in my personal point of view, like Dokdo... IT'S JUST AN ISLAND FORGET ABOUT IT! The media always uses this as a divertion to the real news, a bit like propaganda, or if they've run out of interesting stories. Well, this is just from the Korean side of things mind you, I don't know Japan's but I'm pretty sure they don't emphasise it as much as my stupid media does.
These days though, Japanese and Korean youths are taking interest in each other's cultures and opinions. But because the old philosophies survive from the older generations and it is affecting the minds of the next ones.

I just wish that Japan and Korea would be less stubborn. That means Japan should correct themselves (and their textbooks) and Korea should stop being a prejudiced -enterinappropriatewordhere- and get over it already... although it's bearly been a century since Japan invaded.
Hey, the slaves recovered well in Britain... human kind can do anything if they wanted to, right?

[crulii]

Originally Posted by hitotsz

i'm Korean, and in my experience, there is some (substantial perhaps) anti-Japanese feelings (mostly older generation, i think) in Korea, but also lots of otaku who love everything about Japan, and don't care about past history. Also i think a lot of Koreans think that Japan is cool because of their technology like shinkansen.

Are many Japanese aware that there are some anti-Japanese feelings among Koreans?

Also I wonder what the Japanese are taught regarding the colonization of Korea? do they think it was good, bad, both, or don't care?

Also, in my experience vast majority of Westerners seem to be 100x more interested in Japan and China, esp. Japan, than in Korea and think that Korea is extremely uninteresting country and think that "there's nothing there." I was wondering if many people of Japan thought similarly?

sorry if these topics are taboo, i feel bad bringing it up but i've been curious for long time.

btw i've been living in America for a long time n i think that Americans think British are cool: their accent, technologically advanced, their currency is worth more.

I couldn't agree with you more on the fact that Westerners are more focused on China and Japan. When I first went abroad the first thing someone asked me was "are you Chinese or Japanese?" That's indeed frustrating, and I loved the people who just asked "Where abouts in Asia do you come from?"
I say both the Japanese and our extremists need to settle down now, and that colonisation thing? Ahn Jung-gun didn't die and become called a matyr because he just shot Hirobumi. I say the Japanese were wrong to do that, but I'm sure they've pretty much learnt their lesson afterwards. Even I, as a Korean who spent almost all of her life outside of her native country, think that was too much. I guess Japan and Britain are similar in those sort of matters. But yes, most Koreans and Japanese don't really care about that anymore unless they study it or are extremists. I also think that both countries are probably well aware what we think of each other (I looked on a couple of replies on a Kin Yuna article and someone commented 'this smells like korean kimchi all over it' -_-; but I think we should just make up one day, arguing will get no-one anywhere.

Lol, is that why (since my English accent is British) people are so impressed when I read from my english textbook? Do Americans seriously like that?

[robhol]

The fact that China and Japan tend to "dominate" the view of Asia that many foreigners seem to have could be explained reasonably easily. Here's my hypothesis:

People 'know' China. It's that huge country with the highest population count, internet censorship and the great wall, etc.

People 'know' Japan, too - it's that small, densely populated place where all the electronics, cartoons and weird things come from.

I don't mean to offend anybody, but compared to these two with their relative fame/infamy (whichever suits the occasion), other Asian countries kinda fade into the background, don't they?

But I digress. Sorry.

[NickKemp]

I think Japanese think very little of Koreans as real people. They are more concerned with Korea celebrities etc. I have a Japanese friend who is half Korean and hides it because he fears how people will treat him. He is close to 50 years old lived all is life in Japan, knows nothing about Korea, but is sort of ashamed or afraid of what people would think if they found out he was half Korean.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by NickKemp

I think Japanese think very little of Koreans as real people.

Are you saying you think Japanese see Koreans as less than people? In this day and age I don't think there is any reason to think there is any truth to this.

[RickOShay]

Originally Posted by MMM

Are you saying you think Japanese see Koreans as less than people? In this day and age I don't think there is any reason to think there is any truth to this.

To be sure though, all societies still have their bigots. To say their are no Japanese people who probably have some "choice" things to say about Koreans out there would be naive.

In fact, another forum I participate in has a couple of regular Korean bashing Japanese members.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by RickOShay

To be sure though, all societies still have their bigots. To say their are no Japanese people who probably have some "choice" things to say about Koreans out there would be naive.

However, that is not what I stated.

I was responding to the statement that "Japanese think very little of Japanese as real people".

I won't break down this statement, as it is pretty simple as it is. I believe my comment still stands.

[RickOShay]

Originally Posted by MMM

However, that is not what I stated.

I was responding to the statement that "Japanese think very little of Japanese as real people".

I won't break down this statement, as it is pretty simple as it is. I believe my comment still stands.

Oh I agree, that this is most certainly not what Japanese people on the whole think of Koreans. But I would never doubt how far a bigot's mind can carrier their hatred.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by RickOShay

Oh I agree, that this is most certainly not what Japanese people on the whole think of Koreans. But I would never doubt how far a bigot's mind can carrier their hatred.

As you said, there are bigots anywhere in the world in every culture. However no culture should be defined by their bigots, especially if they are in the minority.

[RickOShay]

Originally Posted by MMM

As you said, there are bigots anywhere in the world in every culture. However no culture should be defined by their bigots, especially if they are in the minority.

Of course, and you were right to point out the generalization. I just was pointing out that Japan is not bigot free either.