If you want to live in Japan, you have to suppress your free thinking and free emotions and say the things people want to hear, not the things you want to say.This is my personal observation after living 30 years in Japan.
2026-08-02 06:33:47
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siori_s29 :
As a japanese, I totally feel the same way as u. Japan is an amazing country, so unique, safe, it’s my country I love so much. but I can tell japanese society has a problem. I moved to Spain because of that
2026-08-05 16:48:46
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DunDun from China :
You’re not alone. I’m from China, and I lived in Japan for three and a half years before eventually leaving and returning to China.
From my personal experience, I often felt that people in Japan were living behind a mask. Japanese society can be very conformist and not particularly tolerant of people who are different. The politeness you see on the surface sometimes feels less like genuine acceptance and more like a social skill people need in order to function and fit in.When you look at some of the extremely hostile and aggressive comments people post anonymously online, you see a completely different side of society. To me, that contrast reflects just how much frustration and emotion can be suppressed beneath the surface.
Living under that kind of social pressure for a long time can take a serious psychological toll, and I think it is one of the factors worth considering when discussing mental health and suicide in Japan.
2026-08-11 03:46:51
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クリスティーナ :
Based on the videos of yours I’ve seen, it seems like Japan isn’t the place for you. It’s okay to admit that you aren’t happy and leave to try to find happiness elsewhere. Japan can be difficult and lonely, so I understand that. If you need a friend and you live in Tokyo, feel free to reach out to me.
You are really sensitive person. You take in too much. I would just ignore societal expectations and pressure if you can. You can just be yourself and will be fine.
I had a friend from Denmark who I went to university with in Japan. On our graduation day she read a statement “it’s surprising how you can live in the biggest metropolitan area in the world and yet still feel so isolated and unloved”. That comment broke me. She left Japan the next day after graduation and never came back.
I mean, the cultures and everything are completely different to begin with. There’s no way it’s that easy to fit in. And it goes both ways Asians feel the exact same way when they go to Europe.
2026-08-02 14:00:10
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mikisantiago :
I’m half Filipino, half Japanese, and without a second thought, I would choose the Philippines over and over again even if it meant having fewer career opportunities. One of the greatest lessons I learned living in Japan is, never mistake politeness with kindness.
2026-08-05 08:11:59
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Kara :
I live in Japan for decades I don’t feel like that I feel safe , comfortable, peaceful
6 months... I am here for 13 years and developed panic attacks, gastritis, agorafobia, etc... it's like military as someone said... I am married to a japanese and I can't leave right now, but I am miserable
2026-08-04 11:16:48
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これってどう思う?🤔 :
日本人だけど日本は苦しいです🤣
2026-08-05 19:49:23
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garry :
i survived 2 weeks in japan the silence in the city's is weird
2026-08-03 01:29:04
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Rabah HZ :
even Japanese people are stressed from their own social rules, how could it be different for you ?
2026-08-02 13:23:55
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るるるーん :
It’s hard.everyone look at you when you were different.I’m Japanese,but I spent my childhood in China.and when I back to Japan to go to mid school,everyone was so kind to me at first,I thought I made a lot of friends.someday I just find they hate me,and make fun of me.It breaks me,and I turn to be Japanese,just like everyone in here.Now I still can’t trust anybody in my life.I don’t know where you live,but maybe you should go to Tokyo or Osaka.Big city a little bit different.
2026-08-06 10:17:56
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Prometheus :
I lived in Japan for three years and never felt that way…
2026-08-09 09:43:40
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