Famous American? - Justin Bieber?
Americans are friendly
American things are part of our lives
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This time we're gonna go hit the streets of Tokyo and ask Japanese people
What do you know about America?
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What do you think of first if I say America?
New York - Pizza!
Where is the capital of America?
New York!
Los Angeles
Ok a great start. How about American men?
They are tall - All tall
For example
In America there are many famous singers and actors
What American movie did you watch last?
I can only think of Brad Pit
Brad pit and you?
Do you know any American singers like Taylor Swift? - Yeah like
Justin Bieber and such...
He is from Canada - Oh no
I know Lady Gaga.
What is your image of America?
They are very strong
Today I will ask you about America
What the first you think of when I say America?
The country of Liberty
When I think of the USA, I think it is a country where you can make a lot of things happen independantly
In America even young people can make their own business and such we rarely see in Japan
Many have their own business or company in the US
I think that is a great part of their liberty
They can do little things with friends or their class that can be a business
I am amazed by their dynamism to decide what they want to do and go for it
It's admirable
The US is a country of junk food
Where is the Capital
Washington DC - Is it?
I thought it was New York
What is your image of American girls?
There are many slender girls
But I think there are more bigger girls.
Thanks to the tasty fast food.
That might be a reason - I think US girls are curvy
They have that nice curvy body, I wish I had that
Great curves?
They have big top, small stomach, big hips
The right things are big and the right things are tight - I want that
And the American men
Instead of being tall and muscly they are tall and big....
I think they eat a lot
Since Japanese men are small US men look big in comparison
What kind of hobbies do they seem to have?
Sports like soccer, baseball and going to the cinema
And when they watch movies... they will be eating something again.
I think that is connected to the talk about junk food we had
And that's why some are really big
What hobbies do US men do? - Not sure about hobbies but
Americans seem to be doing a lot of home parties, inviting friends and family having fun
We don't do that in Japan right? - We don't
We don't really like people to come to our houses
Americans are more friendly - welcoming others
They seem to be having fun
Do you remember any American history you learned in School?
They were in a fight with Japan - The war is covered the most
We learn all the time what the US did to Japan during the war.
We learn about the negative things of the US in our world studies
So in school the US is covered quite negatively?
They are. There might be good things but
The way it is told, sounded very negative.
Might be the fault of the books - Truth
We learn about this part of history for the longest period - so long
We generally learn other historical things for 2 modules but the US Japan war is at least 6
I think it is half of our textbook
We started a little bit with Germany and Italy but once we started talking about America
It was all just about America all of a sudden, even though we're supposed to talk about other countries too.
We were like "Are we all just talking about America now?!" It was quite dark.
The history of Japan and the US interacting is quite long
So the history is negative
But a lot of young people now love the US
How did things go into balance?
Hobbies and such
It's not that we just respect the US
We are into a lot of things from the US
Some things are in our daily lives like Mc Donald's
I think Mc D is from the US right?
The influence of fast food is quite big
And movies? - Yes and actors
The fashionable girls in school would check actors and singers social media.
Americans love Anime a lot, so it's easier to become friends
We like the same things. Like one Piece...
in the news we saw how excited Americans were for it
I think those are some of the reasons
For your personally, what country is the USA? Negative? Positive?
I think positive!
The Japanese news might feature the US in a negative light but
They can freely transmit the things they love or their fashion online now
And it reminds us to also pay attention to minority opinions and such
I think it is positive that they give a voice to minorities too.
I think positively about the us too
There are many thing in our daily lives from the Us
They might not directly but indirectly be a big presence in our lives.
But looking at news and history, they are portrayed in a negative light
If we never had had the interaction between America, how would Japan have been?
I think there has been a lot of positive influence
What I found interesting is, and it explains a lot
The history books are quite negative and they portray America quite negatively
saying "this is what america did to japan" and such
Because the history books are written by the older generation
While the younger generation has a positive image from movies and media and shows and netflix and such
That's how the younger generation gets the positive image from
The history books are written by the older generation and they history books are still there
which seemed quite negative but
It seems that it doesn't affect the young people of Japan, they have a very positive image of America
That's a little thing we picked up today but there is a lot more to pick up
Check out this video here if you are curious
Especially you Americans might like this video as next video
Thanks so much for hanging out I catch you soon on Ask Japanese bye