wanted, opinions from japanese people

dogsbody70 · (#1 (**permalink**))

I notice that there seem to be far more international members on this forum than Nihonjin.

I wonder how some of the Nihonjin feel about many of the comments made by members from the international community.

WingsToDiscovery · (#2 (**permalink**))

You'd have to know the demographics. As far as I know, I've only talked to a handful of people here who are Japanese natives. I'm not sure if this site is actually frequented by Japanese.

ARoomwithaMOOSE · (#3 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by WingsToDiscovery

You'd have to know the demographics. As far as I know, I've only talked to a handful of people here who are Japanese natives. I'm not sure if this site is actually frequented by Japanese.

I agree. I have only "seen" a couple of people from Japan on this site.
(kind of stinks if you ask me)

dogsbody70 · (#4 (**permalink**))

that seems strange really although I guess they have their own sites in their own language.

I do hope we hear from some of them.

chiuchimu · (#5 (**permalink**))

A rough guess is 5%

But the non-Japanese here seem friendly enough. There are sites that are extremely anti-Japanese in contrast.

dogsbody70 · (#6 (**permalink**))

so why are we talking about Japan? with so few Japanese members?

its always others who give opinions but I really want to hear from NIhonjin.

I guess its the language and lack of interest in a site that has so many foreigners.

Nyororin · (#7 (**permalink**))

I think it`s the subject matter most of all.

This is a forum about Japan. Japanese people who already live or have lived for a long time in Japan don`t really have a need to research their own country - especially in a foreign language.

Everyone seems to be shocked at how few Japanese we have on here, but let me ask - Are you a member on any forums about your home/birth country? Any that are in a foreign language? Chances are, you`re not... And undoubtedly the reasons are the same as those for Japanese people not being on here.

cranks · (#8 (**permalink**))

I've already seen several, mainly asking for help on English though. It's just not many Japanese people speak English at a level where they can participate in discussions on an English forum. I'd guess less than 0.1%. English and Japanese are really different, it's hard to be fluent in both...

Qayin · (#9 (**permalink**))

I think it's not bad to have Japan lover community like this forum. I think not much Japaneses are fluent in English enough to post in English.

Anyway, I wish there will be more Japan natives here, but it will take times. I believe that more and more Japanese people become more fluent in English nowaday and they may come to this forum in the future.

dogsbody70 · (#10 (**permalink**))

I am sure you are right re the language-- no doubt they belong to their own groups I believe Twitter is very popular.