taehyun
先輩
- 17 Jul 2006
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Hi!
I really don't know if this question should be under this topic, but couldn't find better...
Anyway,I'd just like to ask if some non-Asian foreigners in Japan are having troubles communicating with foreigners from Asian countries (mostly East Asia).Well, for example in a Japanese school or company, there is a group of foreign students/workers, and the majority of this group is from China or Korea. They create their own rules, often different from the Japanese ones, and the dilemma for the minority is to follow the official ,Japanese rules , or to follow the rules of the Chinese or Korean majority( within the foreingners' community).
In my experience, following the majority's rules offers you comfortable living within the community, and many friends above all, but the posibillity of getting caught in breaking the rules is higher, because non -Asians are more "visible".On the other hand, following the Japanese rules, which I did, created me many enemies within the majority,and it is very difficult to work and live in such a hostile enviroment.And the probem is that , even when I was threatened with violence, the Japanese side, which rules I kept following, was unwilling to interfere.
So, please tell me what would you do? Which rules shall we keep?
I really don't know if this question should be under this topic, but couldn't find better...
Anyway,I'd just like to ask if some non-Asian foreigners in Japan are having troubles communicating with foreigners from Asian countries (mostly East Asia).Well, for example in a Japanese school or company, there is a group of foreign students/workers, and the majority of this group is from China or Korea. They create their own rules, often different from the Japanese ones, and the dilemma for the minority is to follow the official ,Japanese rules , or to follow the rules of the Chinese or Korean majority( within the foreingners' community).
In my experience, following the majority's rules offers you comfortable living within the community, and many friends above all, but the posibillity of getting caught in breaking the rules is higher, because non -Asians are more "visible".On the other hand, following the Japanese rules, which I did, created me many enemies within the majority,and it is very difficult to work and live in such a hostile enviroment.And the probem is that , even when I was threatened with violence, the Japanese side, which rules I kept following, was unwilling to interfere.
So, please tell me what would you do? Which rules shall we keep?