Is preasant day Japan Americanized?

Question

in the sence that they speak a lot of english. and home living. Is it anything like America?

Answer 1

I must agree since we developed our ways in bits in pieces from other place, it seems like everythings AMERICA! I will be able to better answer this question when I go to TOKYO in 5 years, but for now I'd say some people do stick to there Japenese/Chinese backgrounds, but it's slowly becoming more like America, just like every other country, just some faster than others.

Answer 2

The whole world is Americanized.

Answer 3

A tip of surface considerataion doesn't influence any fact on Japan, country of individual indipendence.

Most of Japanese don't need to speak English, more over, they don' t even need to use any American food, cars, musics, living tool and culture in their daily life at all.

Answer 4

Um no. Its called WESTERNIZED. Duh. You'd probably be smacked up the head if you said that to anyone who's asian.

There are many aspects of the Japanese culture that have been changed by western standards of living, like buildings..food clothing etc.  But in the end they practically always make it their own.  Plus we get alot of stuff from them anyways.  They are completely different in their beliefs and traditions though.

Answer 5

I'd say no, not at all. Look at it from the other side, lots of kids in the US like manga and anime, lots of people eat sushi, but has this affected their beliefs or their behavior in any way? No.  Are they better at speaking Japanese because they like these things? No.

So just because Japanese people eat white bread and wear blue jeans and watch ER (dubbed in Japanese) it doesn't mean they are like Americans.

Answer 6

No,look at it this way,most of Europe speaks English,but maintain their culture.I'm from Europe and it's much different over there.Especially the way the kids and youth are raised.The Japanese has a very unique culture and sticks very much to their traditions and values,also.So,no,Japan isn't Americanised.

Also,just because so many countries speak English does not mean that they're "Americanised".English is the main language of Britian,too.Anyway,many countries,like Japan,use English a lot for mainly business and communication purposses.

Answer 7

It mostly depends on where you travel.

If you go to someplace like Tokyo, you will find that Western culture and Japanese culture are mixed at nearly a 1:1 ratio, and everywhere you look you will see starbucks and mcdonalds alongside more authentic japanese stores and dining areas.

If you go off the beaten path and travel to Hokkaido (the northernmost island) to a town like Sapporo, you will find a much more traditional atmosphere. Beware, the people here are not as accepting and welcome to foreigners, so only travel there if you are willing to endure harsh criticism (whether it be diry looks or just outright racism) just because you look/act differently.

If you go somewhere in between, like somewhere in Niigata prefecture, you will find a mix. I stayed there for 2 weeks with a host family, and many of the people there lived in houses with rice paper windows, yet most had computers and other modern anemities.

You probably can never completely escape Western culture, but you can probably choose how much exposure you want depending on where you go.

Answer 8

You have to seperate advanced from Americanized. The Japanese might not live in traditional houses as much anymore (though some of them do) but that doesn't mean that they are Americanized. They have advanced from always sitting on the floor, which again, some people still do and even I find it comfortable, and from other traditions but it doesn't mean that they are turning into America. Japan blows my mind sometimes at the way they do things, and I wonder why we don't copy them, not the other way around. They might be into western culture somewhat, but most of them don't really care if something is American or not, and even big brand names are all considered Japanese even if they are clearly American. No one has any idea about real America and it all comes from what they see on TV. Japan is completely different from America in ways that one can't explain.

Answer 9

Yes, some part of America.

Japan is small country and surrounded by the sea，people want to assimilate Western civilizations.

I think It will never change that "If the America sneezing, Japan catch a cold".

Answer 10

Even in cities like Tokyo, not a lot of Japanese have command of the English language. Most have only a VERY LIMITED stock of basic commands or words needed to communicate with the foreigner, and even then they can't. But if you look around Tokyo, there's lots of American style restaurants and shopping areas. The McDonald's are crawling all over the city like roaches! Signs in Tokyo are in English and japanese to meet the foreigners need. If any city in Japan is westernized, it would be Tokyo.

Go to the smaller cities and suburbs and you have almost NO english and less westernization. Yes, they all have American TV shows and American movies and they even have american products, but I'd say less than 50%. Even the costco store we went to had pretty much Japanese products only.

Their fashion sense is a bit westernized with the low rise jeans and the belts, but they are thier own trend setters, wearing lots of outrageous stuff you could never get away with in America. So they are pretty modernized but in thier own sense.

Home living is partially westernized too. Toilets, kitchens, etc. but bedrooms and showers are still Japanese style.

Answer 11

No, not really. Japan has adapted some western characteristics, but it definitely is not American. Very little English is spoken though most transportation signage is bilinguall.

I've been traveling there extensively for 10 years. Bit's of Tokyo a slightly Americanized, but get out of Tokyo and even this little bit is gone.

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