"Musashi" <Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp> wrote in message news:<DLo%b.50080$RF2.12166@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com>...
> "wasabi" <shibuya@excite.com> wrote in message
> > That was then, now is now.  Most modern Japanese don't think that way.
> >
> Again,. maybe in the cities. Go to the boonies where being a "gaijin" means
> you're from the city, not another country.

No, I think he may be right. Even out here in the countryside, one of
the first questions people usually ask is what country I'm from. If
there was a strong presumption that all foreigners are American, they
probably wouldn't do that. It's the same with older people, too, like
war veterans. You may just have to face the fact that the country is
becoming internationalized. Well, at least a little bit.

Tim