This morning I have read an interesting article saying that Japanese school children view individualism as the biggest threat to their society. For me it seems to be a very interesting thought.
In Europe most people try to stand out from the crowd, in behaviour or style. Here the social norms are opposite. However being a foreigner you will always stand out. On top of that, foreigners often behave in a way they are used to behave in their country, but which makes them stand out even more (talking loudly in public places etc.). So it is a two way paradox: to stand out and became D-level celebrity any person of non-Asian origin can simply come to Japan. I heard, there are approximately 1% of foreigners living in the country, extremely low number.
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