tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post2696872260377839606..comments2023-05-18T03:08:41.920-07:00Comments on 1000 Things About Japan: Random Memories #48Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post-55654504311858866232013-09-22T18:43:46.654-07:002013-09-22T18:43:46.654-07:00Thanks for an interesting post. I lived in Japan ...Thanks for an interesting post. I lived in Japan from 1969 to 1971.....a long time ago! But I knew people like Jolene as well. It was sad to see someone doing so little, if anything, to make the best of their life circumstances. I must admit, though, that I tried to have little to do with such people because I did not want their negativity to contaminate my own experiences there.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14492461563889268879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post-19816539875932038262013-09-22T18:40:27.029-07:002013-09-22T18:40:27.029-07:00Admittedly I lived in Japan many years ago. But I...Admittedly I lived in Japan many years ago. But I saw a wide range of attitudes in foreigners living there: from intense disdain bordering on hatred to great affection and respect for the culture and its people. A few 'gai-jin' I knew wanted to become as 'Japanese' as possible...not really possible. I took that to be a reflection of their sense of alienation from who they wereRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14492461563889268879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5103914919249706024.post-16336043897399167342013-09-19T04:32:06.889-07:002013-09-19T04:32:06.889-07:00Thank you for this series. It's a great insigh...Thank you for this series. It's a great insight into the company politics of a mid-size Japanese "kaisha", and confirms many preconceptions I had about these kind of enterprises.<br /><br />Japan, in general, does attract a special breed of Westeners. I wouldn't go as far as to call them "losers at home", like many Japanese do, but there are a lot of people here who Stephanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935357006764293291noreply@blogger.com