Japanese Culture

Seems like people are asking about Japanese language more than Chinese Language.
I could be wrong , but it seems like it.
It is because the Chinese language is harder than Japanese language?

I am just asking.

Thanks.
Wait a minute , I am not here asking about the race issue , I am asking about the languages.
Thank you.

chinese is harder
and japan is funner to visit
you’ve got everyone on a small island
its packed, bright, festive
and not to mention
anime, japanese cars, and technology
people want to go see the source of it all.
As for chinese, no one really wants to go see factory workers.

A teenage (Japanese) boy gets his British girlfriend pregnant (he’s living in Britain). They are both underage teenagers, but what would most likely happen to the boy? Just trying to see if different cultures would handle this situation. Real Japanese people’s replies are also welcome – thank you!

Contrary to popular belief, there is a wide variety of people in Japan with different ways of doing things and thinking about things.

I would say that in most situations that it would be up to the couple if they want to have an abortion or not. If so, it would be quietly done, probably without telling anyone at all, including family.

If they decided to keep the child, then they would discuss how to bring up the child. A likely scenario would be that the man would want to return to Japan where he knows he can get a full-time job to support his new family. It’s also more common in Japan for women to raise their kids at home, so it wouldn’t matter at first that the woman can’t get a job in Japan. Over time she would learn Japanese anyway, so when the kid’s older, she may choose to work.

That’s just one scenario though. Japanese in general are quite accepting people. It would be odd for someone’s teenage son to get his teenage girlfriend pregnant, but if it happened, and they chose to keep the kid, then so be it. Life goes on.

What are some controversies regarding Japanese culture/ traditions/ customs?
If you can kindly give a brief summary, that would be amazing!

What are some websites to learn about Japanese culture?

In addition to whaling, another issue is Hague Convention.

More than 90% of child custody after divorce is taken by mother in Japan because there is strong value that "Mothers should raise children". There is little concept of joint custody.

Many Japanese mothers have "abducted" (That’s how Western nations call it) their children to Japan after having a divorce with a foreign husband. But Japanese government have never joined or tried to join Hague Convention until recently.

Many Western nations have pressured Japan to join Hague Convention for years. Japanese government finally announced this spring that they are willing to join. But there’s been little progress since then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Convention_on_the_Civil_Aspects_of_International_Child_Abduction

I need to know some movies that demonstrate Japanese culture, even if they are fictional, and especially if they address Japanese architecture…Thanks.

Departures
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1069238/

Spirited Away
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/