I guess you are scratching your head because you do not understand the relationship between Japan and Korea. Most Japanese people I know can't stand Korea, to put it nicely, for historical reasons.
Agreed. I believe it's that the Koreans (and Chinese) who dislike the Japanese for historical reasons. Although that is probably less so with the younger generation.
Actually he is somewhat right, but it's not hatred the Japanese feel... The Japanese view Koreans as inferior, plain and simple. Always have, always will. There is a lot of racism against Koreans in Japan. The Japanese only view some western countries as equal to them (as long as they are white).
If you're under the impression Japan "hates" Korea or thinks they're inferior, you're way, way off. Korea's also one of the top vacation destinations for Japanese people right now.
This is just about brand loyalty, that's all. And the Japanese can be just as loyal to foreign brands as their own; witness the popularity of Coca Cola-owned Georgia Coffee, or even the iPod. Once they get stuck to a particular brand, it's very hard to pry them off. And they're just stuck on Sony and National (Matsushita/Panasonic to us).
Having lived in Korea, there is defineately still some hatred towards Japan over its occupation of Korea. Again, I think as stated Japanases still are a very haughty people, they didn't humble themselves like Germany did after WWII.
Jeff, while Korean dramas are certainly popular in Japan (they're actually popular in the entirety of Asia and Japan can only insulate itself so much), there's also a huge anti-Korean movement that goes along with the increased popularity of Korean dramas.
Just google for it and you'll find some pretty ridiculous comic books from Japan (which assert that Koreans essentially copied Japan with their electronics, cars, etc). Either way, while Korean dramas may be popular, don't assume that means that the Japanese actually welcome Korean electronics or cars. Plus, the current political climate in Japan has been leaning somewhat rightward these days (towards the political side that likes to rewrite history...even the United States hasn't been left out of some of these revisions). The leftist Japanese Communist Party has seen it's voting shrink to a fraction of what it used to be (the Japanese Communist Party actually supports both capitalism and democracy, and is against any sort of revolution so they often got double digits of the vote back in the 80's and 90's) while the uber-right has seen the opposite happen. Kinda crappy since the only party that's FOR apologizing to all it's asian neighbors and being friendlier with nearby neighbors is the JCP, and incidentally the JCP is also the only party that's had a lot of elected female officials. Of course it's probably easier for the JCP to take an apologetic stance on World War II, since they were against it before Japan ever started fighting, lol.
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I guess you are scratching your head because you do not understand the relationship between Japan and Korea. Most Japanese people I know can't stand Korea, to put it nicely, for historical reasons.
I thought it was the other way around. The same way the Chinese can't stand Japan, for historical reasons.
Agreed. I believe it's that the Koreans (and Chinese) who dislike the Japanese for historical reasons. Although that is probably less so with the younger generation.
Actually he is somewhat right, but it's not hatred the Japanese feel...
The Japanese view Koreans as inferior, plain and simple. Always have, always will. There is a lot of racism against Koreans in Japan. The Japanese only view some western countries as equal to them (as long as they are white).
Are you guys crazy? Korea is the "in" thing in Japan right now - probably because of stuff like this:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0408/p15s01-altv.html
http://star-korean.blogspot.com/2007/05/japanese-drama-with-korean-actor-tops.html
http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/320039
If you're under the impression Japan "hates" Korea or thinks they're inferior, you're way, way off. Korea's also one of the top vacation destinations for Japanese people right now.
This is just about brand loyalty, that's all. And the Japanese can be just as loyal to foreign brands as their own; witness the popularity of Coca Cola-owned Georgia Coffee, or even the iPod. Once they get stuck to a particular brand, it's very hard to pry them off. And they're just stuck on Sony and National (Matsushita/Panasonic to us).
Having lived in Korea, there is defineately still some hatred towards Japan over its occupation of Korea. Again, I think as stated Japanases still are a very haughty people, they didn't humble themselves like Germany did after WWII.
Jeff, while Korean dramas are certainly popular in Japan (they're actually popular in the entirety of Asia and Japan can only insulate itself so much), there's also a huge anti-Korean movement that goes along with the increased popularity of Korean dramas.
Just google for it and you'll find some pretty ridiculous comic books from Japan (which assert that Koreans essentially copied Japan with their electronics, cars, etc). Either way, while Korean dramas may be popular, don't assume that means that the Japanese actually welcome Korean electronics or cars. Plus, the current political climate in Japan has been leaning somewhat rightward these days (towards the political side that likes to rewrite history...even the United States hasn't been left out of some of these revisions). The leftist Japanese Communist Party has seen it's voting shrink to a fraction of what it used to be (the Japanese Communist Party actually supports both capitalism and democracy, and is against any sort of revolution so they often got double digits of the vote back in the 80's and 90's) while the uber-right has seen the opposite happen. Kinda crappy since the only party that's FOR apologizing to all it's asian neighbors and being friendlier with nearby neighbors is the JCP, and incidentally the JCP is also the only party that's had a lot of elected female officials. Of course it's probably easier for the JCP to take an apologetic stance on World War II, since they were against it before Japan ever started fighting, lol.