Whenever i see other Asians, even here in AF...people keep posting pics of Asians from Laos, Vietnam, and whatever.. and they look poor.

But whenever I've seen Japanese, they look all fashionable and rich. And the Japanese travel and go to tons of places abroad and yet deny they are rich.


What is your take?

Japanese people are fashion conscious and set international trends plus they have enough to afford these things but Viet Na Mese people are poor and would rather spend that money on food while people from Laos are even poorer.

Fashion is what people worry about after they dont have to wrry about food or housing so this is why Japanese look fashionable. Japanese are probably not that rich but can be comfortable, but everything in Japan is expensive, i heard a mortgage on a house takes more than one genreation to pay off.

wtf you are an idiot

Exactly what I've been thinking. Sometimes i talk to them in skype and we talk about this but they dont seem to get it.

I would never consider my immediate family 'rich' mainly because my parents were too religious and tithed a large portion of income. I, however, hold a job out here in the US and can fend for myself, my apartment, my new car, etc. I wouldn't say it's because I am 'Japanese' but rather intelligent enough to be responsible. The Japanese in Japan however are certainly not some third world country and Tokyo is considered a major fashion capitol of the world [along with Milan, Paris, etc.].

Japan is a first world country. Stop posting btw.

^ hahahah i went to check if that was true and it is!!! hahahahaha omg! very nice indeed..


well nobody wants to look poor dear

I don't consider myself rich... I'm not poor, but not rich either... I think anyone can be rich, it just depends on how intelligent you are, and how you use your money...


about the fashion stuff, Korean fashion is as good as Japanese one too

Huh. So I'm going to be penalized for a simple word error that I made on my iPhone after not checking my quick spell-check. If word logistics is something you consider argument-worthy, then you're certainly not worth arguing with at all. But hey, if it helps that troubled head of yours fall asleep, then by all means...

I don't believe anyone has actually argued that it wasn't.

^ Yeah I know... I was just saying that Japanese isn't the only fashion looking people

First and formost I am part Japanese, my mom is Japanese and I work at a Japanese big marketplace called mistuwa. And of Course the majority of the customers are Asian but mostly Japanese and Chinese. From my own experience of being part of the Japanese culture and being exposed to a lot of it I do agree Japanese plp they got money there diffently not poor and I noticed my Japanese relatives and Japanese plp in general sure love carrying Louis Vuition and coach bags, and am talking bout the real ones.

oh cool you work at mitsuwa in little tokyo? lol havent been there in awhile

they earn the same as the Yank
they just spend more money on fashion to improve their looks

It seems that in Tokyo all girls are hot. Grils are well-dressed and elegant. but guys dress casually.

my japanese friends tended to be the more well off kids when i was young. Like when i went to their houses, they were huge. And they had all these nice things. Plus their parents spoke perfect english.

Louis vuiton and coach bags are not that expensive. lol. Every girl I know own the real ones.

Which one do you work at? I used to go to the one in Edgewater, NJ [right along the NY/NJ river border] all the time. I miss it there so much. I remember when it was Yaohan also haha. My immediate family isn't well-off but all my relatives seem to be; especially my grandmother on my mother's side. She always tried to get my mother to dress fashionably.

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yup i sure do, right down here in chicago:D lovin it too!

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i work at the one in arlington heights, chicago. i heard there was one in new jersey too, never been there though. lol i know right, fashion is such a big thing in japan.

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foreign goods in foreign land thats money right there honey

I think you took it the wrong way.

Oh man, my bf was just telling me how he visited this 'Japanese market' when he was there on business last month [Chicago]. That must've been it! Never knew there was one in Chicago, but that's great! Gives me more incentive to visit the area haha. I absolutely adore Japanese fashion; not just because I'm Japanese-American, but the couture side is just absolutely gorgeous.

Oh yeah. And if you ever visit the one in NJ...well, that's about the only highlight of NJ. I'm still flabbergasted on how they can call that state the 'garden state'. Absolute BS considering the stench and people.

i live in japan and college grads only make around 200,000 yen a month or 2k usd a month. compared to american college grads, they make a little more. average americans are definitely richer but not much.

Yes, most ppl in Japan are well-off to wealthy compared to the rest of the world and Japanese Americans are among the wealthiest ethnic groups in the US.

LOL. Vietnam is still a poor country, so of course the majority won't waste money on fashion items and won't waste time on styling. This is not a fair comparison. When you see oversea Vietnamese in industrialised countries, things will be different. There they can dress like Japanese in Japan because they can afford it. Vietnamese are actually considered stylish in Europe. If you don't believe, then see for yourself.
For the ppl in Vietnam, their looks have changed in the recent time, and it will more due the rising income and demand for better appearance.

And so are Vietnamese Americans and Laotian Americans.

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i agree with u too, i love Japanese fashion too!! it's so funky and diffrent:D oh, so your Japanese American meaning your half, or your a Japanese born here? am Japanese and Black but i honestly look straight up Japanese, was born in Hayward Cali. but i do visit Japan often, infact am going there this December for Christmas.

My 20 year old Japanese bf earns more than twice than what I get every month working as a Market Data Analyst in Singapore. That's why Im thinking how much he's worth after graduating from college. Im 22, by the way. I guess, he's pretty much close to being rich.

I've been told I look half [may be my fat @$$ haha] but no, I'm full Japanese but born in NYC.

^ Mmmm, move to Scotland or the South of the USA.

You'll be anorexic.

If you've got roof over your head & owns TV, Fridge, washing m/c etc.. then you're already richer than 75% of world population.

what did you think of japan before you check it>?

babyphat, i shop in your store all the time haha, ive been to both mitsuwa in fortlee NJ and of course the Chicago store, the NJ one is WAY better though, they have Japanese Salon and clothing shop and many other cool things.

but the fact is that Japanese have a high work ethic, and lots of "old money" meaning its generally passed down through the family.
also we are very fashionable because we are very judgmental towards each other and no one wants to be looked down upon.

dude, you are freakin dead wrong. where the hell did you get this info from? we are one of the poorest people in america.

really?

Yes. Because my hair [before I bleached/darkened/etc.] was more a darker brown from the sun [I was a tomboy growing up playing sports all the time], my eyes are a lighter brown, my body shape isn't stick thin, I don't have a Japanese accent, etc. But of course, these aren't traits of just mixed people in general.

i wouldn't say rich, but since most japanese you see are from the city, and a lot of laos/viet/thai you see might be from poorer living conditions naturally they don't look that style oriented.