Villanova comments

Why on earth is this top news? Numerous artists have not only sold out Tokyo Dome but done multi-city tours of Japan as well, and then gone on to do tours of Asia.

I'd rather that they take their time and do it right.

Trump is the only person who will stop migration and sort out the Middle East.

@kohakuebisu

Indian style vegetarian food is available in Japan thanks to historic Indian influences.

@AntiqueSaving All the Chinese and Koreans here usually use public transport and they work in a wide spectrum of jobs (and both are very materialistic cultures). A lot of the Indians I know work in high paying jobs such as IT or medicine but still use public transport. The vast majority of Tokyoites use public transport so why would foreigners be any different?

I don't know any Arabs or Persians but I will accept your word, and the only Africans that I know are the ones that approach you on the street to sell you something and I doubt they drive.

I guess it is a Tokyo thing to not drive a car.

@theFu

I notice that everything related to the US is driven by political bias. Nothing is believable or trustable anymore there.

@EvilBuddha

The "obession" you are talking about is a result of th misinformation, almost rampant, and the lobby that defends and supports Muslims. There's nothing else quite like the Muslim lobby.

And generally my presumption is that most foreigners would not go to the hassle of getting a Japanese license and/or are too low income and/or live in an urban area.

The foreigners who do tend to have cars tend to be more established in Japan probably

I presume you lot must live outside Tokyo. I'm talking about driving in the Greater Tokyo Area. The Indonesian was living in Tochigi, a suburb on the northern edge of Saitama, which means it is part of Tokyo world but still far enough that a car might be required.

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@EvilBuddha Yes. But eating meat once a week or once a month makes you vegetarian in the eyes of India. Even the article discusses this point.

And anyway the actual point of the argument is that meat dishes are more likely Muslim Indian. The concept of Muslim Indian cuisine is famous and widely documented. This is factual and a non-argument.

If you're going to argue about the ethnic similarities between Muslims and Non-Muslim Indians then you're going to have a hard time. You could write an encyclopedia about the ethnic differences that Muslim communities have.

I notice something a lot with Asian Americans in that they tend to think that looking East Asian means you should be automatically Japanese. But in Japan they treat people more akin to a nationality so you get Caucasians and Indians who are considered more Japanese than East Asians

@EvilBuddha You obviously read too much NYT and BBC. The problem lies with the wording of the question, because the western concept of vegetarianism is more strict that the Indian concept. Indian idea asks you to prefer vegetarian food as much as possible.

So if you actually ask the right questions:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/08/eight-in-ten-indians-limit-meat-in-their-diets-and-four-in-ten-consider-themselves-vegetarian/

The majority Hindus are vegetarian. I am also a vegetarian but I will eat meat if nothing else is available.

I've never met a foreigner who drives. I've met some western university professors who were very old and also do not drive. I understand if you live in Nagoya or a rural place that you want a car, but not in a place as dense as Tokyo.

@EvilBuddha For goodness sake stop arguing against established facts.

That's because fish isn't considered meat by some Indians. It's also true in most coastal areas of South India, and islands such as Sri Lanka and the Maldives, that fish is a staple of the diet. Hinduism always says that meat is okay if no alternative is available (as does Buddhism).

The vast majority of Hindus are vegetarian and especially so in history when most of Indian cuisine was developed. Any meat dishes are highly likely to be Muslim. It's a fact of South Asian cuisine.

@Wallace

A lot of the dishes in the western world are actually by Pakistanis (a fusion of both Indian and Middle Eastern cuisines), or Bangladeshis. They tend to contain different spices and much more meat. It might be odd to describe them as Indian.

In East Asia a lot of the Indian dishes are from Nepal and Myanmar, or historically from the South of India through colonialism.

The Rama Temple is a sign that India can overthrow colonial Western and Muslims influences and break free from its chains.

Maybe Japan should try doing that and stop caging itself inside the self-defense forces and nuclear weapons free nation.

The voting age should be at the age of twenty as is the norm in Japanese culture. New Zealand should keep up.

Is it normal to drive in Tochigi prefecture? It's a suburb of Tokyo but really far away. Usually foreigners do not drive in Japan and Tokyoites also do not drive.

I've rarely heard of Indonesians committing crimes, but they also tend to work in very low income industries such as maids or cleaning. Vietnamese and Filipinos tend to be much more harshly tarnished IMO. Chinese can go both ways and Koreans tend to lean positive.

So "Butter Chicken" would most likely be a Muslim Indian invention (or recent invention by Non-Muslims).

A curry would most likely be a South Indian or Western/Asian invention.

If it uses a meat product then it's likely to be a Muslim dish. Most Indian dishes such as (Hindu/Buddhist/Jain...) rarely use meat at least historically. Curry itself is also a South Indian concept.

Some Australians dislike the day. Some Australians like the day.I

South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the United States

If you throw in the Phillipines you've basically got the America-sphere in Asia.

China is fueling the crisis by supporting actors along its borders such as the Taliban and Pakistan who support terrorists who support the wars in the wider Middle East so its hardly the person going to stop it.

Either way India will be a victor from this conflict. Its's perfect geopolitics for India.

@Gillislow

If you go to Hokuriku or Tohoku the snow is the norm not the exception. You won't get anything done in the winter with your attitude.

@Cards Only westerners and Arabs do imperialism.

I dislike the attitude that there needs to be a hurried rush to restart the economy and get non-governmental money inbound. The most important issue should be rebuilding and recovering their health/family. They should think about tourism and the economy once they have rested and recovered.

Cue the thousands of non-Japanese citizen Far East Asians who complain that not being considered Japanese for having an Far East Asian face shape is "racist"

They are useful for helping find a niche, but they remove the real life experience.

It's probably the same people who support Palestine and want to accept millions of Middle Eastern refugees. I'm surprised they haven't stormed the Australian Open yet.