Editing Japan (section)

== Fun Facts and Moronic Misconceptions about Japan ==

* While honour was important to the samurai, the Bushido code varied between provinces, clans and eras. The samurai were no more obsessed about honour that the western knights were about "graeco-roman and judeo-christian values".

* Related to the above, guns were adopted and used readily until being banned by the Tokugawa Shogunate due to internal stability concerns, but the Japanese didn't go gung-ho crazy about their usage prior to that either.

* Okinawa was once and independent nation called Ryukyu Kingdom which was gradually annexed by Japan during Edo and Showa periods.

* Entering certain households and establishments with outdoor footwear is considered rude since you are basically bringing in crap from the street (use slippers or just go in with socks only).

* Weebs and Otakus were/are looked down upon in Japan just as Nerds and Geeks were/are in the west, the impression that Japan is friendly to these groups likely came from kawaiisa culture.

* Less than 10% of the Japanese speak English as of 2022. so you are more likely to hear fluent English from a digital toilet than a Japanese. While English is one of the most commonly learned second languages in Japan, few people get to use it to remain proficient, and many learn by converting English words to katakana (which also changes the word into Japanese-only syllables), which makes conversations between Japanese and native English speakers more difficult to understand.
** The above English>Katakana is also slowly seeping into Japanese proper which may result in the Japanese language having increasing amount of English loanwords and phrases, possibly leading to "Jenglese".

* Japan as a country has over 15 names and variations thereof.

* No, most Japanese don't hate or even dislike foreigners that much (at least no more or less than many other ethnically homogenous countries). This is a complete misconception that stems from the following:
** The Japanese culture values some level of emotional detachment/aloofness/stolidness when interacting with people that aren't part of one's family/close entourage. This, sadly, makes them come over as cold or unfriendly to people not used to it.
** By the same token, they find tourists that behave more gregariously (like they're used in their own country) quite rude.
** The media and Hollywood propagated some specific trope about Japan for almost a century now.
** The Japanese government's shenanigans when it come to immigration attitudes.