China or Japan?

[Wizeguy]

Both seem the same to me, but which do you perfer?

[M3gadeuce]

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no anime tho

More like "Bootleg Anime".
Everything they made are bootleg products, then rename it so it looks like their new original production.

Yep, just like this game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2eu10aAEeU

[Dominic]

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I was born in America but I was treated so bad In America I do not consider it my hometown much.

Did you say Trump in Public? some liberals beat up a guy just because they misread a Triumph shirt as Trump, it honestly would not be surprising...

People do not beat me up in America. I mean hell I do know how to fight pretty good now.

[Dominic]

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I am serious I lived there and every guy I talked to just said they pretty much gave up because it was to hard lol.

I live in Japan currently. Been living here for three years. For finding girls, it depends on where you go. If you are only looking for a quick hook up, there are lots of places for that in Osaka and Tokyo. If you are looking more for a relationship, it is usually better to be introduced to the girl by a group of friends. After that, the girl usually calls her group of friends to get together with yours, then everyone usually goes somewhere to hang out (like an izakaya, kareoke, etc.) After that, you just see how things go. Keep in mind though that most of the time, girls are very serious here. They do not play mind games with you, but at the same time they are very focused on the future. If girls are dating, they are ususally looking to find a partner in life, not for playing around. Also, like girls back at home, most girls here value financial security over everything else, which is one of the main reasons why it's difficult for foreigners to get girlfriends here because it's difficult for them to get any job other than English Teacher without any Japanese skills..

Having a hangout with a group of friends imo is usually the best way.

I did that stuff. I was looking for a life partner. But they kept messing with my mind. They even do that to a guy I know who lives there. His girlfriend will mess with his mind all the time.

Sadly I do not have a group of friends ether. I am more of a lone adventure guy.

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

Korea.

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

What exactly are you asking? Which country do I prefer to live in? Do I like more? Is a better/more important country overall?

Japan would be the obvious choice for most and myself if you're asking which country I would prefer to live in. It's a liberal democratic society, more advanced and developed, more educated population, and far more proseperous per capita. There are serious problems China faces such as pollution, domestic unrest and economic instability in the future. And also possible wars given its recent expansions and uneasy relationships with pretty much all of its neighbours.

But of course I wouldn't move to either of these countries since I love the one I'm living in right now, and IMO it's far better than either Japan or China.

And Japan, for the same reasons as above, is obviously a "better" country than China today. But if you're asking which country is better, like overall and throughout history, we have to take into account things that won't necessarily have a direct impact on the living standard such as culture + history, world impact etc. Although in theory no country should be seen as "better" than another, objectively China should beat easily Japan. It was far more important to world history than Japan, and indeed most nations in the world. It was also objectively far more powerful than Japan throughout most of history, with the role only being reversed in the last 100 years or so. It's also important to note that Japan was heavily influenced by China culturally and it's fair to say that Japan wouldn't be at all the same today had China not existed. But China would still be the same up to the late 19th cen when Japan started influencing China instead if Japan did not exist.

So yeah, if your question is which country is better overall, then my answer would go to China.

Maybe took your question waaay too seriously and acamedically given the other answers that were posted. But hey, I need to convince myself that I did not completely waste 3 years in history, politics and East Asian studies in undergrad...

[WERElektro]

Hm... According to the WHO, Japan is rank 17 when it comes to suicide rate by countries.... while China is only rank 94.
They are lying. I bet the chinese authorities are lying about this. No way the suicide rate in China is that low.

But I am surprised that Japan isn't higher on the listing.....As suicide is a subject treated differently in Japan. Don't wanna say that it "has tradition" there... But hell... there's a forest in Japan where people go to hang themselves.

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

WERElektro eredeti hozzászólása:

Hm... According to the WHO, Japan is rank 17 when it comes to suicide rate by countries.... while China is only rank 94.
They are lying. I bet the chinese authorities are lying about this. No way the suicide rate in China is that low.

But I am surprised that Japan isn't higher on the listing.....As suicide is a subject treated differently in Japan. Don't wanna say that it "has tradition" there... But hell... there's a forest in Japan where people go to hang themselves.

Well maybe because people tend to talk about Japan more often than the other countries that are ranked before it, given its popularity? I don't know what the previous 16 countries are, but my guess is that most of them are probably developing, third world states.
As for China's rank, it's indeed very likely that Chinese authority lied about the rank as they care so much about foreign perception (but not as much about ACTUALLY IMPROVING things like combating suicide rate). But again I don't know how the research was conducted, maybe it was done by WHO staffs themselves? Also note the country has the biggest population in the world. So even if a STAGGERING number of people commit suicide each year, on a percentage it may not be that much for China...

[Lusus Symphonia]

WERElektro eredeti hozzászólása:

Hm... According to the WHO, Japan is rank 17 when it comes to suicide rate by countries.... while China is only rank 94.
They are lying. I bet the chinese authorities are lying about this. No way the suicide rate in China is that low.

But I am surprised that Japan isn't higher on the listing.....As suicide is a subject treated differently in Japan. Don't wanna say that it "has tradition" there... But hell... there's a forest in Japan where people go to hang themselves.

It's also encouraged to suicide when you bring shame to the family, if you manage to disembowel yourself without screaming then you maybe with honour.
Japan has extremely strict social behaviours.

[Lusus Symphonia]

globular eredeti hozzászólása:

China because I prefer Chinese girls like Zhao Wei

China = women.
Japan = women.

None of us are virgin on this forum!

[WERElektro]

Red Monk eredeti hozzászólása:

WERElektro eredeti hozzászólása:

Hm... According to the WHO, Japan is rank 17 when it comes to suicide rate by countries.... while China is only rank 94.
They are lying. I bet the chinese authorities are lying about this. No way the suicide rate in China is that low.

But I am surprised that Japan isn't higher on the listing.....As suicide is a subject treated differently in Japan. Don't wanna say that it "has tradition" there... But hell... there's a forest in Japan where people go to hang themselves.

It's also encouraged to suicide when you bring shame to the family, if you manage to disembowel yourself without screaming then you maybe with honour.
Japan has extremely strict social behaviours.

Yeah... but I can't imagine this being a thing in modern Japan tho. Maybe in veeeeeeeeeeeery old fashioned families... somewhere away from the big cities.

I am more interested in the "modern" reasons for suicide in Japan....

"In 2014 on average 70 Japanese people committed suicide every day, "

"Nearly 2,000 high school students have committed suicide as a result of bullying.[19] The statistics for the year 2014 showed for the first time that suicide was the most common cause of death among those aged 10 to 19.[20][21]"
-wikipedia

That's immense...

[Jej]

I'd pick China from an economic standpoint.

[Lusus Symphonia]

WERElektro eredeti hozzászólása:

Yeah... but I can't imagine this being a thing in modern Japan tho. Maybe in veeeeeeeeeeeery old fashioned families... somewhere away from the big cities.

I am more interested in the "modern" reasons for suicide in Japan....

"In 2014 on average 70 Japanese people committed suicide every day, "

"Nearly 2,000 high school students have committed suicide as a result of bullying.[19] The statistics for the year 2014 showed for the first time that suicide was the most common cause of death among those aged 10 to 19.[20][21]"
-wikipedia

That's immense...

You missed my poorly worded point, Japan is focused on pride in a social way, so if you are embarrassed in public, it's extremely hard to come back from that.
If a game developer is sacked in Japan, it's said that he won't ever find another job in development.

This kind of social pressure is sure to cause a lot more suicides.

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

Jej eredeti hozzászólása:

I'd pick China from an economic standpoint.

maybe not too wise lol since their economy could just collapse as sudden as it soared...
but then in the longrun I guess it's the better choice, since with far more population and potential, it definitely "should" stay far ahead of Japan if properly governed. But whether this "would" happen is up to anyone's guess.

[Bykeshgoly]

Pricefield eredeti hozzászólása:

Jej eredeti hozzászólása:

I'd pick China from an economic standpoint.

maybe not too wise lol since their economy could just collapse as sudden as it soared...
but then in the longrun I guess it's the better choice, since with far more population and potential, it definitely "should" stay far ahead of Japan if properly governed. But whether this "would" happen is up to anyone's guess.

If you put it on a graph China has not gotten very far.

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

N3MO. eredeti hozzászólása:

Pricefield eredeti hozzászólása:

maybe not too wise lol since their economy could just collapse as sudden as it soared...
but then in the longrun I guess it's the better choice, since with far more population and potential, it definitely "should" stay far ahead of Japan if properly governed. But whether this "would" happen is up to anyone's guess.

If you put it on a graph China has not gotten very far.

what do you mean?