The Japanese have a penchant for blood types, that is easy to tell. While people back home might ask you for your star sign, here they ask about your blood type. There are numerous books on the subject in bookstores and it seems to be a fairly well-rooted hokuspokus. I am bloodtype A, which is associated with perfectionism, orderliness, discipline, introvertion. Up to those of you who know me in real life to judge whether there is anything to it... I`d say I`m more of an extroverted messy...
Even companies ask for blood type when doing job interviews (for that my blood group might be good then, since perfectionism is a highly valued attribute here). So more scientific minded groups have coined the term Burahara (blood harassment) to describe the discriminatory hiring or attribution of tasks according to blood types. I seriously hope, I won`t just get jobs in accouting now... I should maybe tailor my blood group declaration to the job I`m applying for. My truthful A for those jobs that are associated with perfectionism, AB for more creative stuff...
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Blood-Types-Make-All-the-Difference-in-Japan-103419.shtml
The victims of "Alhara" can be observed on any random late night train on weekdays. Outrageously drunk "salarymen" boarding the trains in a state that borders coma. Hanging on the handles, moving around like a human pendulum. Or half sitting, half lying on a bench, the head sunk into the neighbours shoulder. Sometimes even puking over themselves (as observed), which makes fellow passengers merely take some

Obviously, going for drinks after work and getting very drunk with your boss and colleagues is somewhat compulsory, at least for the group harmony oriented Japanese. Keeping up with the drinking level of your boss is a MUST. Since around 30% of Asian people lack an enzyme that transforms alcohol, they get very sick after small quantities of alcohol. So being pushed to drink alcohol is even less fun. I read the statement of a guy who said his only solution to it was to pretend to fall asleep at the table... For this phenomenon, being pushed to drink more by your superior although you`re sick, the term "alcohol harassment" was created.
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So over 50 year of reeducation indeed did not manage to root out racial principles to social structure. hmmmm.
One related question: Do they distinguish between Chinese or Korean origins?
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