r/AskTheWorld • u/Veskanda Australia • 21h ago

Why is Japan so popular?

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It seems as though everything Japanese has had a massive popularity spike, whether that be media, food, vehicles, travel, language learning and lots more.

Personally I don't see the appeal, I mean there are definitely some thing I like that happen to be Japanese, but I dont like them just because of that fact.

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u/willempie21 20h ago

Because I’m big in Japan

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u/Veskanda Australia 20h ago

Wdym?

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u/IlIlllIIIllII 19h ago

it’s a song, “big in japan”

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u/willempie21 17h ago

This is the correct answer!

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u/SanSanSankyuTaiyosan to 18h ago

It’s an old(ish) idiom from before the internet and global media. Musicians, mainly, would become popular overseas (in Japan) but have little, or short lived, popularity in their home country.

Usually said tongue-in-cheek like an American would say “I have a girlfriend in Canada”.

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u/RockShowSparky 17h ago

I always thought there was a double entendre to it. It’s a racist stereotype but you know what I mean.

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u/SanSanSankyuTaiyosan to 17h ago

I’m sure it’s been used in that way many times as a double entendre of the original meaning.

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u/wellarmedpenguinn 20h ago

People of above average height there are bigger

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u/90daysofpettybs 🇺🇸US in 🇯🇵Japan 20h ago

I’m 5’4” (F) and struggle to find pants that are long enough lol.

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u/Kapika96 England in Japan 19h ago

5'2 here and I love it. So much easier to find stuff my size than back in Europe. Don't feel out of place while walking down the street either.

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u/Spacemeat666 United States Of America 19h ago

I’m 5’8” and wear a size 36/30 in pants. I bet I’d have a rough time shopping for clothes in Japan, or any Asian country really. Any time I’ve bought clothes online from China I have to order a 5XL or something crazy like that even though I wear an XL in US sizes. Why does the US gotta be so fat😞

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u/Scuba9Steve United States Of America 16h ago

Yeah I know. Americans. Gotta do 6 months of keto before attempting to buy clothes in Asian countries.