I just now turned to my Japanese husband and asked him, 'When you think of a Jewish person, what comes to mind?' To which he replied, 'They're the ones with all of the money, right?'. So I guess the Japanese are not entirely immune to western stereotypes. *shrug*. read more
Generally speaking, anti-Semitism is a strange and alien concept to the Japanese, and most people don't get why they had to be singled out for persecution in Europe, so no one has to fear anything like that in Japan. Most of my Jewish friends have had positive experiences in Japan. read more
To most of Japanese people, Jews are just one of the Western people. We know 'The Merchant of Venice.' Also we know many Hollywood people (producers, directors, actors and actresses) are Jews. read more
Jews and their culture, religion, are one of most heavily extremely minor ethnic and religious group in Japan, presently consisting of only about from 300 to 2,000 people or about from 0.0016% to about 0.0002% of Japan's total population. read more