Are the kids in Japan spoiled?

Question

What kind of cars do kids in Japan drive? and what age do they get their first car? I heard that alot of them spend alot of money on designer clothes and gadgets....

Answer 1

There are spoiled kids in Japan as there are in other parts of the Developed world...

The driving age is 18 and when i was there most of them were driving Lamborghini's, Ferrari's & porsche's.

Many of the kids love designer brands, well mostly the girls.

Answer 2

It depends on a family. All Japanese people are not rich. But that doesn't mean that they can't send their kids to, for example, America to have them study  in a four year college because the tuition in America is not that bad. Usually people in the middle class can afford to send their kids to overseas.

Anyway, usually many kids in the middle class  get a part time job when they are in a high school. But the reason why they get the job is that they want to buy something for themselves: designer brand wallets, designer brand handbags, latest gadets and so on. But the high school that I went to didn't allow students to get a part-time job so I couldn't work. So when I needed money to buy something, I just asked my mom to give me some money.

And normally, Japanese kids can't drive their car until they turn 18 years old because of the law. But of course some rich kids get their first car before they turn 18. My friend's brother got his first car when he was 17 years old. And it was a brand new Mercedes Benz. But my friend's parents are rich so I don't want you to think that all Japanese kids get that kind of car as their first car. Well, usually lots of Japanese kids take a bus and train and/or ride a bicycle. That's the typical transportation for many Japanese kids and actually adult people, too.

But because they don't own a car, they have money to buy designer brand stuff. It's not uncommon to see Japanese people who take a bus and train and ride a bicycle carry designer brand stuff.

And usually many Japanese people get their first car after they turn 18 or 20 years old or after they are obviously permitted lawfully to get their driver's license. Well, I actually don't have a driver's license in Japan because it's very expensive to get a driver's licence there. But since I'll live in the states for the rest of my life( or maybe I'm going to live in a different country??? I don't know...), I don't really need a driver's licence there but here in the states where I could get my driver's licence for $20 dollars( well..I got my driver's license more than 10 years ago...). Anyway, my brother took his driver's license before he graduated from a four year college in Tokyo and it cost him about $3000 dollars. So getting a driver's licence is not cheap in Japan. That's why, some people who can't afford to get a driver's licence don't have a car but take a bus and train and/or ride a bicycle. And typical Japanese college students from the middle class don't own a car but a bicycle or moped.

And  two of the most popluar cars among young adults these days in Japan are Toyota Corolla and Honda Fit. But I want you to know that  a typical middle class family owns only one or two cars since they usually don't have a house with a huge parking space  ( well, if one household has more than one car or two cars, that means their adult kids still live with them or  they usually have a job that needs tracks and/or vans or they live in a country side where more parking space is available for cheaper prices or they are farmers).

Anyway, my answer for your question is that typical Japanese kids from the middle class are not spoiled but rich kids are usually spoiled.

Answer 3

It's japan.. lol.

Only the *rich* kids can actually get cars.

They aren't spoiled..compared to United State's kids (The middle class).

Japan is a very crowded place. Most of the kids use money on Clothing, video games and electronics.

If you are thinking about the rural place, then no. Not really. The rural areas are more "Traditional" where it isn't crowded, but yet little people live in the area.

Answer 4

I would not think so, Children in Japan are expected to be academically near perfect and be polite to all of the family members that live in the household. like great grandma and so on.  they live in very tight little spaces. so by comparison no. they also have a lot of cheap available technology.  most of our imports come from china it costs less so they buy more.  

  

Answer 5

They can get the driver's license allowed 18.

No longer they do not want cars compare with they used to be.

Because they knew how harsh to maintain the cars.

Every prices show a tendency to rise in Japan.  

Answer 6

Yes, they have a lot of money there. I lived there for 5 years.

Answer 7

Most kids don't even have a car. Having a car is very expensive in Japan. It's NOT like those Tokyo drift movies ! It's not like it is in the US.

Japanese kids are'nt any more spoiled than the kids of any other country.

Answer 8

its the same as america. except.... more pollution.

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Answer 9

Does that not seem like a racist question to you? Are the kids in america all obese and do the kids in canada hunt and live in igloos? Um, no. Not all of them. Hong Kong is a fashion icon, consumer society, but that doesnt mean there is no poverty level. Japan is years and years ahead of our technology, and leading the world in their advancements. That does not mean everyone is rich, everyone wears designer clothes, and that they all have super hi-tech devices.

By the way, their minimum legal driving age is 18.

Answer 10

I don't think there spoilt, they generaly tend to be poorer than us. Also there stuff is alot cheaper than here for example when my dad wen't there, he baught me a genuine Louis Vuitton wallet for the equivelent of $2. They probebly get there designers from black markets or there fake.

Answer 11

Well everything is made in China and Japan, so things are prolly cheaper...think of it that way. And no matter where someone is if they have the money to buy the things they want then so what? Good for them I say.

Answer 12

their about as spoiled as

kids in america are ;)

Answer 13

I think the kids in China are spoiled more than they do in Japan.

I have been in both countries.

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