# Japan is mean!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-is-mean/244853>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 12, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-is-mean/244853 "2004-05-12T20:42:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-is-mean/244853/21 "2004-05-15T18:55:23Z")

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> [@jovan](#):
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> In **Starguard** ’s thread, you wrote this:
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> Was that the only time you were in Japan? If it was, you should know that the country has changed _a lot_ in the last 40 years. The times, they’re a changin’ man.

Yes, that was my only time in Japan, which is partly why I asked the question upon seeing the article. It seemed that maybe times weren’t a’chaning all that much. I do have quite a lot of casual contact with Japanese tourists in San Francisco when I go over there. They seem mostly cautious. They still take a _lot_ of pictures, though. 😉  
I enjoyed my visits to Japan a lot, but it’s not on my list of places to go to after I retire. Too freakin’ clean, for one thing.

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