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ianToday  07:21 pm JST

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Today 06:45 pm JST

carotiToday 05:24 pm JST

It was a good Olympics for Japan and NZ (where I am now).*

Judging by per capita gold medal wins NZ came 4th and Japan 47th :)*

Now let the downvotes commence ..*

Yeah, per capita, Japan almost equals the US and beats China easily.*

Here is the per capita results for Paris 2024*

Yeah I guess per capita can be used to gauge a nation's strength or as basis for winners but a per capita score for each sport/discipline should be determined and added up.

One all encompassing per capita score is meaningless because a tiny nation specializing in only one sport can be the overall winner if that alone is used

Theoretically, yes, and there may be a few rare cases, but NZ, which is ranked 4th, for example, has won gold and silver medals in a wide range of sports, including golf, kayaking, cycling, high jump, shot put, sailing, canoeing, rowing, rugby, etc.

Some countries are just more sport-orientated than others.

> carotiToday  05:24 pm JST

It was a good Olympics for Japan and NZ (where I am now).

Judging by per capita gold medal wins NZ came 4th and Japan 47th :)

Now let the downvotes commence ..

Yeah, per capita, Japan almost equals the US and beats China easily.

Here is the per capita results for Paris 2024

 1 Grenada      25 France

 2 Dominica     26 Belgium

 3 Saint Lucia    27 Cyprus

 4 New Zealand    28 Greece

 5 Jamaica      29 Norway

 6 Cape Verde    30 Israel

 7 Hungary      31 Cuba

 8 Australia     32 Italy

 9 Netherlands    33 Kyrgyzstan

10 Moldova      34 Canada

11 Croatia      35 Serbia

12 Slovenia     36 South Korea

13 Lithuania     37 Austria

14 Ireland      38 Hong Kong

15 Bahrain      39 Azerbaijan

16 Denmark      40 Botswana

17 Kosovo      41 Romania

18 Fiji       42 Czech Republic

19 Georgia      43 Kazakhstan

20 Bulgaria     44 Germany

21 Armenia      45 United States

22 Sweden      46 Spain

23 Switzerland    47 Japan

24 Great Britain

ianToday  04:45 pm JST

You should make a list of compliments you label as microaggression so you don't forget.

Ha ha

I'll consider it if you consider learning more about what microaggression and implicit bias are and how they affect people, especially Japanese children of mixed parents.

ianToday  05:11 pm JST

You should also indicate clearly if the compliments are labeled microaggression when spoken by Japanese, non-Japanese and/or part Japanese to prevent making a mistake

Genuine understanding and empathy don’t need a manual or a flowchart.

How about we all just focus on giving genuine, respectful compliments and work on not making assumptions instead mm?

ianToday  04:12 pm JST

Well if people are complimenting you and you take offense that's your business

lol being respectful is optional, even in compliments.

Compliments should lift, not label.

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finally richToday  03:55 pm JST

I love living in Japan and Japanese people and I've been here most of my life but if anyone says to me, 'you are good at chopsticks' or 'your Japanese is good' I tell them outright, 'hey, NG. That's not a kind thing to say to a non-Japanese'. Most people realise that it's not kind, but they have seen others do it and they just copy them.

Disagree, they will see you as the unpredictable angry foreigner that will have to be dealed with caution.

Only after hitting my 30s I realized that's nothing but small talk. Whenever someone says stuff like

Kakkoii desune

Mechakucha nihongo jouzu desu ne

I ignore it completely and immediately jump to the next topic.

Same when they ask for how long I'm here or if I like japanese food, blunt quick answer and move on to the next topic. To think back how much time wasted smiling and answering to every single one of these mind-numbing interactions in the past.....

Who said anything about being angry?

You can point out insensitive things without being upset or angry about it. Most people are happy to learn how to be kinder.

I'm not one to just ignore something and hope it goes away. Japan can and will do better. Most Japanese would want to know about this, as they have been led to believe it's okay, so do them a favour and don't keep them in the dark about it.

I love living in Japan and Japanese people and I've been here most of my life but if anyone says to me, 'you are good at chopsticks' or 'your Japanese is good' I tell them outright, 'hey, NG. That's not a kind thing to say to a non-Japanese'. Most people realise that it's not kind, but they have seen others do it and they just copy them.

Other's apologise and are curious to know why.

My mother and father-in-law do not use the word 'gaijin' around me anymore and I think that's a good thing.

Japan will learn just like we all did.