I'm not talking about foreigners relationships with the Japanese. I'm talking about their friendships with each other. They always seem so impersonal.

I have had the fortune of making friends with a Japanese girl who is now one of my best friends. (I'm in the US and she lives in Japan) But she is always telling me personal things because she says she cant talk about that kind of stuff to her friends. They only talk on a superficial level and internalize a lot of what they are feeling and thinking. I know that comes from the traditional asian culture, but its 2010!

Why do Japanese feel that they can't be honest with each other? American relationships are completely the opposite. I tell my friends and family absolutely everything. Maybe too much. Lol. Perhaps someone can enlighten me on this issue?

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