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Originally Posted by kj1980

Oh and just for fun, what do Japanese teenagers think of America and the English language?
No one cares, like the majority of the kids in your country doesn't care about things happening outside of their own social life. Do you really think Japanese high school kids caring about some Texan dullard (read: Pres. Bush) ? Do you really think American high school kids caring about some Japanese dude with funky hairdo (read: PM Koizumi)? Same thing.

Perhaps it is different in different areas?
I've been living with a Japanese girl from Oita for nearly a year now and she said that majority of her friends are in love with English. Not so much speaking it, but wearing it. It's very popular for teenagers to buy shirts simply because they have English text on them. She's been sending nonsense home the entire time she's been here.
As for American politics, I don't think most American teenagers care about it, yet alone people in a seemingly unaffected country.