SWhats your opinion about Japan

Well... Okay, a better paint job, and a complete efficiency overhaul... Then it'd be kinda cool.

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A new paintjob would make it look kinda cool, check this one out...



It's still a virtual deathtrap though, it doesn't have front and rear crumple zones, the bit that crumples is where the driver and passengers sit.

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Its front and rear right wheels aren't on the tarmac. O_O Waaaay too light. I know light is good when racing, but still...

Oh yeah, we're supposed to be talking about what we like/dislike about Japan, not deathtrap, though kinda cool superficially, cars.

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Good point, I think that the Japanese very much have an island mentality (a bit rich coming from someone from an island nation, I know), which manifests itself as a fairly isolationist culture which feels that it is naturally superior to the rest of the world.

The entire system of giri and the Bushido code is a deeply fascinating one, worthy of much study, but it is only really unique in terms of the fact that it survived well into the era of firearms.

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Americans and Japanese should both understand that each comes from a very different and complicated "mindset" - particularly when it comes to explaining the WHOs, WHATs, WHENs, WHYs and HOWs of WW2.

Perhaps no leader from the West, other than General Douglas MacArthur, had any understanding of what restoration of the Emperor meant to the Japanese people and the stability of that nation's society after WW2.

Whether or not you see china as a 'threat' is irrelevant, many people living in Japan during the 40's didn't consider the US a 'threat' and assumed they could militarily dominate us, we all know how that turned out.

China is a economic and military monster that will always have Japan struggling to even stay in the race.

I don't know about science and engineering, but in Asia they certainly have the highest suicide rate. Hmm...

One thing I love about japan is that you guys are the only ones on the planet insane and cool enough to actually try and build a freaking space elevator.

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I like Japan's tv shows, food, music, cultural history, etc. I have flown Japanese airlines and passed through the airport (that's as close as I've gotten to visiting). Very efficient although the stewardesses were too short to put my bags in the overhead compartments, lol.

BUT....

The Hello Kitty thing...WWWHHHHHYYYYY??
No, in fact, the whole industry of females being stuck in a weird childish role. 'sup with that?

BTW, you should worry about China. Yes, they make subpar products for the moment, but look at the economic power they wield despite that. If they ever figure out how to innovate and dominate a market...god help us all. Personally, I prefer Chinese culture to Japanese; they were very welcoming and eager to help out foreigners (Western ones, at least) and my time there was great. I had amazing friends there and never got the feeling anybody I met looked on foreigners as inferior.

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