《Is there anything you find strange about Japanese people?》Everyone's answer ①

YOLO JAPAN conducts surveys on its "Short-term Job / Survey" targeting foreign residents in Japan.

In this issue, we asked foreigners living in Japan,《Is there anything you find strange about Japanese people?》The results are shown below.

※Survey period:2023/5/12~2023/5/26

There were a variety of answers, but the most common answer was about 「Honne and Tatemae」.

「Japanese people's true intentions and tatemae are totally different!」Said a person from Sudan. 「When you do something wrong, they never tell you what you did was wrong.」Said a person from America.

It is true that Japanese people have a tendancy to not say what they are thinking.

What are "Honne" and "Tatemae"?

「Honne] is a person's true feelings.

「Tatemae」is an opinion that hides the person's true feelings.

It is a word that is typical of the Japanese, who are too concerned about the people around them and avoid hurting them.

As a Japanese person, I was surprised to learn that many foreigners know the word 「tatemae」. Do you also think「Honne and Tatemae」are strange?

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