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| A chain of islands off the North-eastern coast of [[offtopic:Asia]] with the capital being [[offtopic:Tokyo]]. It should be noted that in most AH (i.e., most amateur first AH maps), Japan, no matter the time period, will //most likely// have similar capabilities to post-[[timelines:Meiji]] Japan and will, for some reason, be able to conquer SE Asia. This is known as the First Rule of Poorly thought-out Asian AH, although for some reason more experienced AHers tend to give SE Asia to India, which is like saying Germany rightfully belongs to France because of Charlemagne. See also [[offtopic:India]] for the Second Rule. | A chain of islands off the North-eastern coast of [[offtopic:Asia]] with the capital being [[Tokyo]]. It should be noted that in most AH (i.e., most amateur first AH maps), Japan, no matter the time period, will //most likely// have similar capabilities to post-[[timelines:Meiji]] Japan and will, for some reason, be able to conquer SE Asia. This is known as the First Rule of Poorly thought-out Asian AH, although for some reason more experienced AHers tend to give SE Asia to India, which is like saying Germany rightfully belongs to France because of Charlemagne. See also [[India]] for the Second Rule. |
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| Having lost the Second World War, Japan has nonetheless managed to persuade a generation of American youth that its culture is the best thing since <del>sliced bread</del> boiled rice, and by 2100 the USA will probably be persuaded that Japan won and was on the Allied side anyway. (Some tourists are even convinced that the whole World War II was a 'minor' affair when asked about it) | Having lost the Second World War, Japan has nonetheless managed to persuade a generation of American youth that its culture is the best thing since <del>sliced bread</del> boiled rice, and by 2100 the USA will probably be persuaded that Japan won and was on the Allied side anyway. (Some tourists are even convinced that the whole World War II was a 'minor' affair when asked about it) |
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| Japan is famous for for its vast array of cartoons called [[offtopic:anime]], much of which has an adult theme unlike those in the West, as well as hordes of tourists that have either colonized [[offtopic:Hawaii]] or can be seen in the most remote corners of the world. Resident China expert [[Hendryk]] is fond of Japanese inspired tentacle porn. | Japan is famous for for its vast array of cartoons called [[offtopic:anime]], much of which has an adult theme unlike those in the West, as well as hordes of tourists that have either colonized [[Hawaii]] or can be seen in the most remote corners of the world. Resident China expert [[Hendryk]] is fond of Japanese inspired tentacle porn. |
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| Japanese popular culture has managed to do what the Imperial Forces could not, and that is spread across the world in a type of media based imperialism, seducing people of all ages with utter coolness and a sometimes huge (but often overblown) amount of weirdness. Ironically, it is pretty popular in many of the places the Japanese formerly ruled, such as [[Korea]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Taiwan]], and even [[China]] and South East Asia. A cold war between Eastern and Western Cultural Imperialism has fortunately not been declared yet. | Japanese popular culture has managed to do what the Imperial Forces could not, and that is spread across the world in a type of media based imperialism, seducing people of all ages with utter coolness and a sometimes huge (but often overblown) amount of weirdness. Ironically, it is pretty popular in many of the places the Japanese formerly ruled, such as [[Korea]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Taiwan]], and even [[China]] and South East Asia. A cold war between Eastern and Western Cultural Imperialism has fortunately not been declared yet. |
| Japan is currently in the middle of a bit of a demographic crisis, although the FH forum people don't care because there aren't any brown people involved who can declare an Inevitablid Caliphate | Japan is currently in the middle of a bit of a demographic crisis, although the FH forum people don't care because there aren't any brown people involved who can declare an Inevitablid Caliphate |
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| As with many cultures, a lot of what we "know" about Japan actually comes from the same Western media that appareantly believes all Spaniards are matadors, Mexico is inhabited only with drug runners, maids, and mariachi bands, Romanians drive Victorian stagecoaches to vampire castles, Arabs fly around on flying carpets, Egyptians still build pyramids, and China hasn't left the Ming Dynasty. So take anything you here about them with a grain of salt. | As with many cultures, a lot of what we "know" about Japan actually comes from the same Western media that apparently believes all Spaniards are matadors, Mexico is inhabited only with drug runners, maids, and mariachi bands, Romanians drive Victorian stagecoaches to vampire castles, Arabs fly around on flying carpets, Egyptians still build pyramids, and China hasn't left the Ming Dynasty. So take anything you hear about them with a grain of salt. |
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