in your opinion which ones or who is  smarter Japanese,or Americans ??
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I don't think you can logically apply a "smartest" label to any one race. Some individuals are more intelligent than others.\n\nJapan places a much higher value on academic achievement from an early age, than most other developed countries  \nIt doesn't make them smarter, just creates an environment where natural intelligence is nourished and intellectual growth is  rewarded.
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♥I live in Japan but I am ♥American♥
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As an American born Canadian, I can tell you that I met equally nice Americans as well as Canadians.  I don't think we're any nicer. \n\nAs for Canadians being snobs about Americans, I actually believe it's true.  I love being Canadian but (and I admit it's a generalization) we define our national identity as being "not" American. I can only imagine that New Zealander's feel the same way about Australians.
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Neither, I'm from Japan.  American politics are the silliest in the whole world!
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i would say americans are
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i agree Americans can be so superior at times!\nNo offence to anyone American!!
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I'd say,"wot the hell you talkin about"? Sorry, a model of what? Asian Americans are just Americans with an ethnic background.Pacific Island Americans the same.Same as here in Australia we are all from an ethnic background,unless you have indigenous blood.We may not like it but its reality.
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I believe... if I am not mistaken its from.\n\nEASY PEASY JAPANESEE
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that is an ignorant statement. not all japanese people share the same traits.
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Oil, and i agree with you. I'm tired of hearing Americans talk about how perfect we are. In school, everyone used to say "we're from the greatest, and most advanced country!" and "We're always going to be on top!" It made me sick. \n\nI think it's great to be behind your country and to be patriotic, but being pig-headed and full of ourselves is over the top. We're NOT on top. American is not #1 in education (i believe that space is reserved for japan) He** half of america is f***ing illiterate (he**, i probubly misspelled that lol). We're only as advanced as we are because all the geniuses  ran to america for some reason or another. We're not even the most advanced though (that award goes to some asian country; china or japan i think). \n\nSo although i'm not going to say we're not a super-power, cause we are (god only knows how that happened lol), Americans need to realize we're not #1. We're just another clump of land with people on it.
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Beacause Americans are too lazy to learn something interesting in a classroom and are always playing video games all day long and watching too much garbage on TV!!!! I for one was born here in the U.S. know what part of the world a country is located and I'm bilingual so that makes me smarter than the one-dimensional, one language American that wants to be ignorant and dumb. Most Americans don't even know how to read a gas gauge on a car when it runs out empty on them.
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An Intro?....ok Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for the man who single handedly made all Americans think that German people are smarter than they are, Mr. Albert Einstein.. give it up.
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The japanese were like the nazis of the east.....the koreans think that they are better then all the other asian races with there stuck up additude only because they have the usa to back them in everything.....the chinese are lazy....but are good with math and cook a great meal!
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It is yes :p\n\nYou find stuff like that alot\n\nespecially in Anime Games rofl like maplestory and Albatross18\n\nthem japanese really like the american dumbass :/
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what we learned (me as a filipino) from the americans,I guess,is the fondness of the filipino people to learn and speak english,if not all,because obviously,we are one of the top countries that speak english fluently and/or where english language was widely spoken,so i think english language was the one that we really inherited from the americans.....yey......pero siyempre di dapat natin makalimutan magsalita ng tagalog...di ba? (yeah you mispelled the Philippines....but its ok,maybe next time)
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If you saw how long I spend on some of my answers you might think I must come from a different country according to your statement. (Or maybe you'd just think I was a bit slow witted? Ha ha!) But guess what, I'm a US citizen.\n\nOne of my humbling moments as a US citizen came when I was living in Japan. I was at a business meeting with Japanese, Australians, English, and a couple of US citizens. One of the Australians started doing an impression of US citizens. She started talking loudly, smiling broadly (showing a lot of teeth), and gesturing. I thought it was funny. The citizens from other countries thought it was even funnier. I might imagine the whole world enjoying such a joke on US citizens, but that would be another stereotype--on the other citizens of the world.\n\nI think people will see what they want to see--especially if they are looking for it. For instance, "Is it true that Americans answer immediately, without giving it much to think about?" \n\nIt's easier for people to think in stereotypes. People think like that to make sense of their world. I'm not saying it's a terrible thing. However, they may be missing interaction with people they might actually enjoy spending time with. Such separation doesn't bring the world closer to peace. It's also rather lonely and boring don't you think?
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I think that most Asian people naturally do better than other groups because they are taught from birth to be better and work harder than others.  It's part of their culture to want to succeed.  As for being naturally smarter, I don't think that's true.  It's just a matter of living up to your god-given potential.