What makes this land so amazing, so more historically rich, powerful

Mmm I don't think so

>>3057684
The Japanese are literal master race. Only the best can survive on that earthquake-prone mountainous land.

The land and its people are blessed by the Gods

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>>3057684
>it's a "disgusting weeb neckbeard gushes about Japan and sucks the nation's cock even though grorious China was a more civirized civirization untir the 18th century, and will rise over Shitpan" episode

Isolating itself in the era of colonialism (so it wasn't conquered by the Portuguese, Dutch, or Brits), then accepting industrialization/modernization after the Boshin War.

Was able to bounce back after WWII thanks to industrial policy and US investment, now a major industrial, technological, and cultural power.

>>3057705
>US investment
Wrong.

>>3057684
>What makes this land so amazing, so more historically rich, powerful and interesting
China is way more interesting than Japan historically speaking
>Powerful
Lol. They've been castrated for a good time now
Now back to /jp/, /s4s/ whatever hole you crawled out of

>>3057704
>Jealous ch*nk shitting their buthurt on every Japanese thread
Fuck off

>>3057705
>Isolating itself in the era of colonialism
So did China and they still got BTFO'd. And that being said I don't see the Portugese or Dutch being able to take over. Brit's probably.

>>3057684
>What makes this land so amazing, so more historically rich, powerful and interesting than the rest of Asia?
Pop culture and good marketing strategy.

>>3057718
Japan industrialized earlier and China was ripping itself apart in the 19th century.

>>3057684
>interesting
Persia, India and China are much more interesting.

I wouldn't exactly call it more powerful or richer than the rest of Asia. Not even historically. It is impressive that they invaded China a few times but they got pushed back each time. Right now, China is a powerhouse and Japan is tiny sitting next to it. Does it have the best living standard? Is Japan better than the rest of Asia? No. For an example they have a work mentality that is just insane. In English people say "good luck" but in Japan they say "work your hardest." Drag by working too hard is so common that it is a legal term used as a cause of death. Everyone drives each other to work super hard and that leaves no room for family life or much else. It is a very soul draining process that is kind of forced on you by the community around you. Is Japan the jewel of the east or whatever? Truly? Well. Japan would be nowhere without American economic support. Without all those military bases and a defensive pact they could easily be overrun by China. Is Japan an INTERESTING place with a UNIQUE CULTURE? ...Yes. But calling it historically richer and more powerful than the rest of Asia...? A stretch. A far stretch.

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>>3057713
>Japanese Internet Defense Force at work
Thank you for correcting the record! 1000 yen have been deposited into your account. 良い一日を

It's really not. You're just deluded because you're a weaboo

They made the best animu about BASED persian BTFO franks, t*rks. indians and arabs (arslan senki)

>interesting than the rest of Asia
More than Sumer, Egypt, Babylon, Persia, etc? Hmmm, I don't think so.

>>3057704
>haha you ale so mad ah, weeaboos ale dumb. China will glow lagel in dah futule.

>>3057738
t. stupid virgin autist who obsesses over K-on and thinks it's the pinnacle of civilization, ignoring the evident Chinese contributions to snownigger culture like silk

>>3057731
>indians
You mean Sindhi's.

China is clearly superior.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uHo-QYqkrY

>a culture based on copy and pasting the achievements of the cultures around it is more interesting than the cultures that developed imported practices

Yeah, nah, you're a cunt

>>3057752
>leeee gweilo zhonghua da best any othel nations ale uncivilized balbalian, plaise mao (proceeds to shit on a city street)

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>>3057752
K-On is actually the pinnacle of civilization though why should I care about fucking silk

>>3057712
>>3057728
>>3057752
You wanna know why you're annoying? no, its not because you belief that you're superior to them, no its not even because of your shitty chink attitude, its because you're constantly shitting and whine to everyone about it, nobody does this except you ch*nk autists, imagine if every Roman thread got derailed by a Greek saying wewuz this, wewuz influencing them, we are better than them and shit. So what? who cares? thats what you're doing right now
Fuck off

>>3057684
Japan's modernization is cool but apart from that they were just copying Chinese stuff for thousands of years. India and the Near East are also much more interesting than Japan.

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>Japan always rips off China
Yeah, no. They don't imitate this, for example.

Anime as a subculture is unironically more interesting than any other contemporary asian culture.

>>3057684
It's no more historically rich than China, probably less so. The difference is that Japan is a great country today which has immense pride in its heritage and has successfully exported its culture around the world. China, on the other hand, is not a first world country and is made up of peasants who live ignorant of their own history and culture. I've known many wealthy and highly literate Chinese people, and I can tell you with certainty that it would be easier to find one with blue eyes than one who cares more about Chinese culture than about the latest Louis Vuitton handbag.

>>3057705
Oh look a high schooler. Keep studying though for real.

>>3057711
Trade.

>>3057782
Sorry to burst your WeeabooMasculinity bubble, but making up retarded lies like "Japan is the most powerful in all of Asia" is just hilarious. Maybe don't start threads with that if you don't want to get shit on

>>3057782
He's a chink he doesn't understand subtle trolling. Onry full force.

>>3057801
Im not even the one who makes the thread, don't pretend chinks didn't do this to other threads

Fuck ""japanese"" people they killed and enslaved the ainu peoples who were the first to inhabit that land.

>>3057726
>Japan
>Unique culture
Lmao

>>3057787
India is massively underrated.

>>3057815
Reminder: Buddha was Nepalese, not Indian. That is all.

>>3057810
>I'm not even the one who made this thread, don't chinks haven't done this to other threads

LEARN
FUCKING
ENGLISH
GOOKS

>>3057823
Reminder: Alexander the Great was Macedonian, not Greek. That is all.

>>3057832
Naturally, as he is a Macedonoid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNXW5ITS6mA

>>3057823
>Buddha was Nepalese
Buddha had his enlightenment within India and he was born as a Hindu. He started preaching across the Gangetic plains before he even went to preach in Southern Nepal..The king who spread Buddhism all the way across Eurasia to Japan and other Sino countries was also Indian.

He's as Indian as it gets.

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>>3057850
>He's as Indian as it gets
Ignore that bit. I meant Buddhism is as Indian as it gets.

>>3057850
>Sino countries
What's that?

>>3057887
Maybe they meant Sinosphere.

>>3057823
You're retarded.

>>3057735
>Egypt
>Asia
really makes you think

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>>3057684
>What makes this land so amazing, so more historically rich, powerful and interesting than the rest of Asia?
You're deluded, Weeb. Nips only became major player after mid 19th century.

Pic here is your precious Nips before they got Chinked. They're nothing but island niggas before this.

>>3058086
Btw, even their names "Nippon", "Nihhon", "Japan" or "Wa" is derived from Chinese. So amazing.

>>3058086
>They actually had culture back then instead of a cheap copypasta of chinky pagodas
What happened

>>3058276
Rice.

>>3058276
What you talking about? Chinese architecture looks nice to me.

>>3058276
What was Japanese architecture like before Chinese influence?

>>3057684
>amazing
>historically rich
>powerful
What about Persia, India, China, Mesopotamia? They have it good today and have been relevant for the past few centuries(especially the last one) but really few people gave a shit about some piss poor islands. West of them you find an abundance of fertile landmass and culture stemming from ancient civilization, lands that have hosted the most historically important empires and where some of the greatest achievements of mankind took place. Compared to what? Weird porn and good gadgets? A forgotten code of honor? Drawings?

>>3058614
>Mesopotamia
>have it good today

what

>>3058614

>Persia

Into the trash

>India

POO

>China

Lost to fucking Mongols they outnumbered 1000 to 1

>Mesopotamia

Stopped being relevant too long ago

>>3058645
>Lost to fucking Mongols they outnumbered 1000 to 1
All invading forces are outnumbered 1000 to 1 by the general population. or example, when Constantinople fell the population of the city was 5 million compared to Mehmed's forces of only 50,000.

>>3058662
>when Constantinople fell the population of the city was 5 million
proof?

>>3058645
>Into the trash
Much more relevant than Nipland
>POO
Memes aren't valid arguments
>Lost to fucking Mongols they outnumbered 1000 to 1
Nips lost to an enemy they outnumbered 840 to 1

>>3058662
The population of Constantinople was probably no more than 200,000 at the time.

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>>3058639
I was talking about Japan, not Mesopotamia, in the second sentence.
>>3058645
Let me put it to you this way, each of those places contributed more to the advancement of mankind in the ancient era than japan in it's entire lifespan.

>>3058701

All those countries are uninteresting shitholes compared to Japan and the West

>>3058698
>>3058692
I meant the population of the Byzantine empire. And I don't see it being that low:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_of_the_Byzantine_Empire

>>3058712
b8

>>3058721

If facts are bait then so be it.
There was never any Meiji restoration in those shitholes like Iran and India because they suck.
Chinese were smoking opium while Japan was rising to another level.

>>3058712
If you're not trolling you've got to be the most unenlightened mouthbreather that I've seen on /his/

>>3058718
In 1400 Constantinople was described as a ''couple villages connected together'', and during the siege of 1453 the citys population was estimated to be around 50,000 - 60,000 including refugees from outside of the city.

>>3058726
>There was never any Meiji restoration in those shitholes like Iran and India because they suck.
The Meiji restoration isn't interesting at all tho.
>Chinese were smoking opium while Japan was rising to another level.
You fucking weebs are so pathetic.

>>3058614
>>3058701
>t. Darius Gupta Zheng

>>3057850
>He's as Indian as it gets.
He was a literal Scythian though.

>>3057684
I find Japan very interesting. But are they THE most interesting Asian country? That's subjective. To you they must be but for me I find other oddities like the SEA's to be just as interesting.

>>3058745
The real answer to the question of Buddha's ethnicity is that nobody really knows.
He was from the 'Shakyas' clan but they were very mixed with other Brahmins when they came over to Nepal. He could have been mixed with anything from Iran, India or an Asian native of Nepal.

Something that confuses people is the "32 signs of a Buddha" mentioned in the old Sutras, supposedly describing what he and all Buddhas look like. It's a strange bit of writing that includes such things as all Buddhas must have blue eyes and should be taken with a grain of salt like all the archaic literature of the times.

>>3057794
In what way

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>>3057684
>a bunch of tattooed gwailo midgets constantly fighting each other is the "jewel" of Asia

I just don't get it

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>>3058339
Mostly pit houses. I guess they're charming in their own way.

Too bad this country will be under water in a few centuries

N-nani!
Baka Baka Baka!!

Japan was cool until they gave it all up to be the white mans bitch. Even today they constantly seek the approval of whites. Truly shamefur.

Although Japan Westernized at a strange time when the West was undeniably the strongest force in the world by far. They've never let go of that inferiority complex which morphs into a superiority complex when dealing with other nations, even a country half its size like South Korea is now outcompeting Japanese industry.

>>3057850
>born as a hindu
[Citation needed]

>used to be hardcore weeaboo
>thought Japan was the greatest Asian country ever
>actually study East Asian history
>I'm now a hardcore Tangboo

Everything in Asia, even now, is honestly shit compared to the Tang and Song dynasties.

>>3058645
>Into the trash
Far historically richer than Japs.

>POO
Not an argument.

>Lost to fucking Mongols they outnumbered 1000 to 1
More like the other way around, Yuan dynasty were far more stronger and bigger than Southern Song, Song dynasty was already declined heavily before Mongol conquest.

>Stopped being relevant too long ago
They laid the foundation of most major civilizations we see today. Far more important than Nips.

>>3057704
China was never civilized.

>China enshrines Confucianism
>is an authoritarian shit hole that goes through civil war, gets conquered by invaders, etc. every other century

>Japan enshrines Confucianism
>is a feudal shit hole engaged in civil war
>lessens the Confucianism for more western influenced ideologies
>goes from being a "peaceful" and famine plagued time capsule that spent two centuries in stagnation to a world power in under half a century

Confucianism is cancer.

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>>3058783
Seriously, why are Japs such manlets? Even Koreans aren't that short.

>>3059676
China was never really Confucian. Confucianism and Taoism were almost always simply a facade disguising the true Legalist foundation of China's governing philosophy.

>>3059676
>Japan nearly copied everything from China
>"hur dur China was never civilized"
Such a great argument.

>Confucianism, a foundation of Japanese Bushido, is cancer...
Brilliant insult.

I see /pol/tier weeb is striking again.

>>3057684
Japan is without a doubt, the best place on earth.

>>3059676
>China enshrines Confucianism
>is an authoritarian shit hole that goes through civil war, gets conquered by invaders, etc. every other century

The first Chinese dynasty who enshrined Confucianism is Han dynasty, which was one of most powerful and influential states on Earth. Also, Tang dynasty, another super power, was also enshrined Confucianism along with Daoism.

>>3059676
>>Japan
>>lessens the Confucianism for more western influenced ideologies
>>goes from being a "peaceful" and famine plagued time capsule that spent two centuries in stagnation to a world power in under half a century

What was Asia-Pacific War? What was WW2? What was pearl harbor? What was 731? What was Nankin massacre? What was comfort women? What was Bataan Death March? Did your grandma not getting rape enough?

>>3059790
Note that the usurpation that separated Western Han and Eastern Han totally fucked everything up in large part because of the usurper emperor Wang Mang's Confucian fundamentalism obsession, without regard for what was actually practical for running the empire.

This thread is sad, a lot of people seem to hate Japan, without knowing anything about it because of...anime?

No matter how you look at it, Japan was clearly a very advanced civilization since the heian period. Not every country produced something like the Tale of Genji.
The Meiji revolution and industrialisation of Japan happened because it already was a very developed country, thus the Japanese were very quick to assimilate the knowledge from the west.

>>3059819
Legalism and Confucianism were both the foundation of traditional Chinese political system.

And I don't know if you know this but "Legalism" was not an actual independent school before Han dynasty, it was a sub branch of Confucianism. The name "Legalism" was invented by Western Han scholar Sima Tan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima_Tan

>>3059852
>This thread is sad, a lot of people seem to hate Japan...
OP wouldn't get so much backlash if he didn't start the thread like this "What makes this land so amazing, so more historically rich, powerful and interesting than the rest of Asia."

>Japan was clearly a very advanced civilization since the heian period.
That's exactly one of bullshits which caused backlash, it's not true really and many people here already explained it. They're doing good after they're Sinicized and Westernized but not before and not always.

>>3059880
>it was a sub branch of Confucianism.
Besides the part where Legalists considered Confucian scholars to be a thread society

>>3057684

I think it's cool how the economics of feudalism played out and when I was researching how the monetary system worked the idea of debts, promissory notes and money in general made a lot more sense. Also why anarchocapitalism wouldn't ever work. I think Japan is an excellent example of it.

>>3059917
*threat to society

>>3059900
>They're doing good after they're Sinicized and Westernized but not before and not always
Great, because Japan is already sinicized during the heian period....

>>3059852
Its mostly just chink sperging

>>3059951
>Japan is already sinicized during the heian period
Yes and they're still the minor power in East Asia(not to mention to whole world) until 16th century, they only went big league after 19th century.

>>3059955
Koreans sperg out way harder than Chinese, if you weren't some likely non-Jap you'd know this. Japan doesn't need white ignorant weeaboos to defend it, actually most Japanese deeply respect traditional Chinese civilization.

>>3057684
>What makes Japan so amazing, so more historically rich, powerful and interesting than the rest of Asia?
Said no one ever.

>>3059971
Well this thread is already derailed from Japanese topic to Chinese Ming/Qing Confucian/legalism whatever discussion, maybe its true if the Korean happens to be a chineseboo

>>3059925
I know this is a stupid thread, but I wouldn'tmind having it derailed to know more about your research and conclusion. For starters, how was Japan anarchocap during feudalism?

>>3059705
Believed to be admixture from Southeast Asians who are generally much shorter than North Asians. Just compare the heights of Southern Han Chinese to Northern Han Chinese.

>>3057794
t. Pleb

>>3057684
>What makes this land so amazing, so more historically rich, powerful and interesting than the rest of Asia?

It is not. Persia, India, Mesopotamia and China are much more fascinating. I also like Southeast Asian history and I think Korea being an autistic cuck is quite amusing.

Japan was 100x more interesting before it Westernized.

>>3060934
Do you think Japan was more interesting before it was Sinicized? I always thought Jomon pottery looked pretty wild.

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>>3057684
>so more historically rich
Not really, their history is a very common one.

SEA has a pretty unique history.

the only thing wrong with japan is their suicidal corporate work culture.

while Europe likes to take a lot of time off and enjoy a lot of social welfare spending. Japan is the polar opposite.

>>3057684
>historically rich
>did not even have their own written language but used Chinese script for millennia
pick one

>>3060974
>used
They still use Chinese characters

>>3060974
Japan has their own syllabic alphabet. It is called Hiragana. Kanji came later. Japan also has a second syllabic alphabet for loan words. They also write a lot things out in latin script too.

>>3058276
Well, they went to China, saw what a civilization looked like, realized they did everything wrong and copied their betters.

>>3060974
Independent writing systems have only been invented five times in world history. The Chinese writing being one of these systems. So Japan borrowing China's system doesn't make them idiots. The Latin alphabet that we're communicating with right now can be traced all the way back to Egyptian hieroglyphics.

>>3058086
the alleged jap's attire looks amazingly indonesian or maybe pinoy
makes sense given ryukyuan ties to southeast asia

>>3057726
I'm with you for the most part but no, Japan would not be overrun by China without US support. Japan could build nukes in several weeks or months if it decided to. China would not be able to seize Japan beforre the latter's nuclear deterrent became active.

>>3060989
>>3061007
For some words yes( Kanji)
Otherwise its hiragana and Katakana which were invented later as anon said.
fun fact: hiragana was at first, mostly used by woman in Heian court so it became known as "women's hand." Katakana was developed by Buddhist monks and was mostly used by men, so it became known as "men's hand;" most official documents were written in this.

T b h, though, Japanese writing system is a complete mess and would have been better if they just stuck to Chinese script.

>>3057798
There's no reason to believe that hanging on to one's ancient culture is actually a strength, though.

>>3057684
>Is it incorrect to call Japan or "The Land of the Rising Sun", the jewel of the East?
I personally give that title to South Korea, especially when comparing its development to its northern sister. And that's coming from a weeaboo.

>>3059705
Maybe they were always short? I think the Chinese used to call them "Wa" which means "dwarf".

>>3057684
>the jewel of the East
>got civilized by Chinese culture via Korea

Nah famalan

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>>3061068
there is Jomon period Japanese scripts. which predates everything but the earliest of Ainu.

I think I have seen someone of these jomon characters in use in japan.

>>3061227
I thought that was referring to their country, a mere island in the middle of the pacific, being a tiny pathetic imitation of China?
But yeah, that could be it.
>>3060905
Were Jomons particularly short then? Only Ryukyu islands had a substantial amount of SEAsians on it iirc. Not honshu.

>>3060951
When Japan got "sinicized"?

>>3060953
>be GUPTAED since prehistory except for a society that is CHANGED on the periphery
>interesting
pick one.
SEAsia are the ultimate cucks of history

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>>3059969
Are we talking about military strength or about the degree of civilization?
Again, compared to the rest of the world, Japan was already pretty advanced.

>>3059818
Shamfur rie made up by jearous Americants and smelly chinks.

>>3061667
That's what makes them interesting tho

>>3061498
No one is sure what "Wa" meant exactly. It could have been China making fun of Japan's smaller land size, Japan being "submissive" to China, or the Japanese people simply being shorter than the Chinese like dwarfs.

>>3061498
Maybe the Japanese are short because of nutritional reasons.

>>3057738
>>3057756
Not that guy, but the r/l thing is Japanese. Northern Chinese can pronounce their R's, and the southerners just say "ah" like britbongs, but nowhere in china do people mix up r and l.

>>3058339
Giant keyholes. Giant keyholes and straw huts on stilts.

>>3061669
That building is reconstructed during 18th century. Which reflects more about Japan in 18th century.

>compared to the rest of the world, Japan was already pretty advanced.
But still NOT "more historically rich, powerful and interesting" than the rest of Asia in the same time, especially compare to China, Middle East and India during same time. The world is a big place.

>>3059705
They're actually as tall or taller on average than Americans today

>>3061791
>Giant keyholes
Why?

>>3057684
They don't even have an original writing system.

>>3061817
Kek

>>3057726
>China or Korea
>better living standards than Japan
The competition isn't exactly too high here mate

>>3062034
So what? Nearly all writing systems are unoriginal. The Latin alphabet is based off the Greek alphabet, which was based on the Phoenician abjad, which descends from Egyptian hieroglyphics.

>>3062034
Define "original". They use kana in addition to kanji.

>>3057760
ugh

>>3057684
Weebs belong on /jp/.

>>3061667
>ultimate cucks of history
You mean Korea.

>>3060953
>>3061748
Tell me about them

>>3059320
What makes the Tang and Song so interesting? I don't know shit about Chinese history.

>>3061922
Not actual keyholes. They were tombs coincidentally shaped like keyholes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofun

>>3061669
>compared to the rest of the world, Japan was already pretty advanced

No. Historically most technological/ideological developments in Japan was imported by merchants/ambassadors/otherwise, and a lot of it through China.

>>3061789
Southern Chinese dialects have only L. See: Cantonese, Hokkien, etc. Just Amerifats mixing up the Cantonese migrants from the PRC tourists.

>>3061811
You're right, the original hall was in fact bigger. It's a well known fact japanese buildings have always been rebuilt at some point, that doesn't mean they're not authentic.
I don't care about what the OP was saying. Japans was an advanced civilization, wether or not it was more interesting than China, or the middle east I don't really care.
>>3062400
So what? Just like the Romans borrowed from the Greeks then?
Japanese never denied they owe a lot to China, but they developped their own culture. Again, the Tale of Genji is from Japan, not China.

>>3062414
This. Southern Han Chinese are better known in the West due to them making up the bulk of migration historically. The Mandarin speaking immigrants are much more recent. Yue Chinese has an L sound but no R equivalent sound, and Wu Chinese has a sound that lies between R and L. Mandarin clearly differentiates between the R and L, and Northern Mandarin has the phonological process of erhua, these all make lallation a non-issue.

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>>3061754
Tbh though, while they eat tofu and soy(mostly monks ate the latter) they eat lots of fish, beef, chicken, and the like if they can afford it with rice. Sure if you were a poor peasant you couldn't but get meat, but you could eat least get fish since water is like everywhere.
That should be sufficient to grow. Though, I think quite a large number of Japs are lactose and tolerant like most Asians so that could have come something to do with it too.
Pic related near 90% is some communities in Japan. Milk is kind of a meme nutrient though since it mostly just gives you strong bones and another source of protein.

>>3062392

I don't know about Tang dynasty but for Song
> richest dynasty in Chinese history despite having the smallest territory in Chinese history
>greatly contributed to Chinese culture i.e handwriting, painting, art, carpenting etc etc
And last but most importantly... Song dynasty respect scholars a lot and it was the time when intellectuals are best protected. Scholars write the books and thus create the narrative.

You see the opposite for Ying Zheng who slaughtered scholars en masse to shill for his own meme tier ideology and is virtually known as the anti-christ in ancient Chinese texts.

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>>3061817
Why is it the Europeans/Americans from the same time period when that was taken(late 19th cen), aren't so short?
Though the, one of the guys in this pic looks like a total manlet.

>>3061789
Tell that to my Chinese professor who pronounced molarity and molality exactly the same. She knew she did it and would joke about it in lecture from time to time.

>>3057726
The excessive work ethic is also a Chinese trait.

>ctrl+f
>geography
>0 results

Y'all aren't even trying.

>>3063053
Confucianism makes East Asians worker ants

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>>3064651
It also makes them rebellious assholes since in Confucianism, ruler-subject relationship is mutually supportive. If rulers do not rule properly then the subjects are right to demand better, and even overthrow him.

Nobody seemed to tell Feudal Japan this.

>>3057699
>blessed by the gods
>earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes, typhoons
>little natural wealth
>only reliable construction material is wood which led to cities periodically being leveled by firestorms before concrete
More like cursed really.

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geography, a cosy easy to secure island

doesn't compare to late Zhou, Qin, Han, three Kingdoms, Tang and early Song China though

doesn't compare to the Mongols for influence either

>>3057684
>What makes this land so amazing, so more historically rich, powerful and interesting than the rest of Asia?
Nothing. Because it's not true.

Lmao we ass raped you mongoloids and threw you all in camps
Fucking japs man

>>3062534
>intellectuals feel like theyre in charge
>kill all military alphas and chads
>end up losing to mongols

REALLY
BAKES
THE
CAKE

>>3062392
Two words: Shen Kuo

>>3057684
Why were they the only culture to eat raw fish? Raw fish tastes objectively better and less fishy than cooked fish

>>3057698
Filthy chilean scum

>>3067129
Sushi, like most things Japanese, were imported from China, which itself got it from SEAsia. Shit just fell out of fashion elsewhere.

tl;dr Japs a shit civilization

>>3067129
dutch do it too

>>3057684

Japan's ruling class realized early on that industrial society was the dominant way forward so they took extreme steps to modernize. They were successful and by the 1930s they were capable of fighting the United States itself. Even though that didn't work out, Hirohito cleverly surrendered before V-day forcing the US to treat Japan nicely and keeping the communists out. Then they captured the semiconductor manufacturing market in the 1970s, giving them a major edge over unionized American labor.

Put simply, they realized their position and managed their affairs well. It's statesmanship at it's finest. Another island nation, England, is similar.

>>3057711

Japan was in on the Marshall Plan and the US itself considered Japan an essential component to their anticommunist defense strategy. They got lots of US investment.

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>>3065628

>Do you feel in charge?

>>3067129
>Why were they the only culture to eat raw fish?
But they arent

>>3068963
Sitting and sleeping on the floor was also a Chinese thing but it fell out of fashion there. Tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and origami too. Japan lives in like some sort of Westernized Tang Dynasty culture.

>>3067129
They are not. Plenty of cultures eat raw fish. Koreans continue to eat it to this day (hoe) and Chinese people used to (hoe descends from kuai). Numerous native Siberian ethnic groups eat raw fish, as do many fishing cultures such as Scandinavians and Southeast Asians.

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>>3061068
they also originated from chinese characters

>>3057684
The Japanese are the Asian equivalent of the British, except with much less exploration and colonization having taken place, really doing it mostly around the early-mid 20th century. As for the land's culture, it is roughly equivalent or even nowadays superior to the level of interest Westerners collectively have for Great Britain.

>>3063065
I haven't heard the geography argument before. What advantages does Japan have over everyone else?

>>3071160
it's an island

>>3069189
Not true. All Japanese companies and their own hard work. They are accustomed to rebuilding stuff. It has always been like that and will always be. Be it earthquakes, tsunami, civil wars, or foreign invasions, they can always build a better one. They are not whiny and entitled like non-Asians, as they don't have the luxury to be like that.

>>3071239
/thread

>>3058645
>Lost to fucking Mongols they outnumbered 1000 to 1

Look. We can all agree China made some mistakes.

>>3058645
Why do I feel like the only interaction you have with Jap culture is through a certain entertainment medium

>>3071079
>it is roughly equivalent or even nowadays superior to the level of interest Westerners collectively have for Great Britain.

That's a stretch. Your average westerner would listen to the Beatles and watch Lord of the rings but would not be playing Pachinko or watching anime

>>3071415
>your average westerner would not be watching anime
fucking lol

Also you mention pachinko but what about all the videogames

>>3071422
>all the videogames

Don't even start Think of all the sport Britain has invented.GRAND THEFT auto. Warhammer

>>3071428
>all the sport Britain has invented
Right, but Japan is basically responsible for the martial arts craze.
Also a lot of the sports were merely popularized by Britain, although that applies to Japan too.

>GRAND THEFT auto. Warhammer
Doesn't even begin to compare to Nintendo's output, nevermind the other ones.

>>3071462
>Right, but Japan is basically responsible for the martial arts craze.
More like Hong Kong.

>>3071462
>Right, but Japan is basically responsible for the martial arts craze.
When the fuck was Bruce Lee Japanese

>>3071462
No, the Hong Kong film industry and the Chinese community was responsible for the "martial arts craze". It was actually called the Kung Fu Craze back in the 70s.