Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170217011737/@comment-25936766-20170227201311

GreyStark wrote: The Japanese are xenophobes? I thought they were just a bit isolationist. 1) It's not "just a bit", and 2) It's because they are extremely xenophobic, and very "nationalistic", leading to lots of jingoism.

And I'm not kidding. Last time I checked there was consideration of allowing the JSDF to cross the national borders, esentially allowing them to invade other nations.

Generally the hate is towards the US, for obvious reasons, but they also hold lots of hate towards other countries, especially China and Korea (both). This hate leads to demonization, often making them seem ruthless, evil, corrupt and even incompetent.

Nevermind how the US is basically forced to help Japan if they're attacked, while Japan doesn't have to return the favor.