The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We don't put our emotions out there in Japan. I'm Japanese, but I love to be honest.
The recipe to an unhappy life in Japan is to want to be Japanese if you are not. Anyone who wants to penetrate the country is setting themselves up for tears and disappointment.
In the case of the Japanese, they usually commit suicide before they make any apology.
The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience.
It is impossible to remain indifferent to Japanese culture. It is a different civilisation where all you have learnt must be forgotten. It is a great intellectual challenge and a gorgeous sensual experience.
I'm afraid Japanese people tend to collective hysteria.
The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary.
The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.
The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.
Five years ago, people were crying and feeling the Japanese were about to take over the Earth. I don't hear that kind of talk anymore.
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