“The Japanese don’t like anybody.”
I visited Japan on business twice. Both times I got the message that the Japanese consider themselves to be a superior race. They even rank other Asians. Maybe someone else can weigh in here, but it seems like they rank like this.
1. Japanese
2. Korean
3. Viet Namese
4. Chinese
5. Filipino
I think China is a bit higher on the list now.
Worked for a Japanese company. The called me a “barbarian” all the time. I said thank you, and that is why we are here. If I wasn’t a barbarian, you wouldn’t bring me to negotiations.
I like the people I worked for, but they always viewed non Japanese as not quite human. That included people like on of the engineers I worked with who had been living in Chicago for five years. He was no longer “Japanese”.
True, my family dealt with a Japanese firm and as polite as they are, I did sense that they are Superior to others. As I said, nice people.