"necoandjeff" wrote ...
> "Musashi" <Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp> wrote ...
>>
>> Because as you must be aware, Japanese people living in Japan think only
>> in terms of Nihonjin and Gaikokujin. When Japanese people reside overseas, 
>> they still think of themselves as Nihonjin, with most being aware that now 
>> they are the "gaikokujin" in another country.
> 
> Then why do so many Japanese continue to refer to non-Japanese as gaijin,
> even when overseas?

Because gaijin <> gaikokujin ?

"That's the trouble with being abroad - bloody foreigners everywhere."