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Found a brand story that credits Britain and Japan for tea, but skips China entirely.

You must not be active in online beauty spaces be it on TikTok, Youtube, Instagram, or even r/MakeupAddiction aren't you? Because I see Chinese makeup products and brands get mislabeled as "Korean" or…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/7/2026
Pouncemonial: 7th Kill - Disciplined Trader

Pouncemonial: 7th Kill - Disciplined Trader — # Here's how I achieved my 7th mission! **Mission**: To become a disciplined trader **What I achieved**: Mastered stop loss and trading discipline **Background**: After my 6th kill, I was eager t…

r/JosephMurphypost4/29/2025
Need recommendations : TMS or similar solution for a GatsbyJS site

Need recommendations : TMS or similar solution for a GatsbyJS site — Our GatsbyJS website (in the works to be migrated soon-ish) is partially translated into 5 languages (French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Mandarin) with just a few pages being translated into 5 other l…

r/webdevpost5/6/2025
ICE Resources + Discussion Megathread

ICE Resources + Discussion Megathread — Hello r/asianamerican, The purpose of this megathread is twofold: 1. List of ICE-related/immigration resources 2. General discussion of ICE-related topics and news **RESOURCES** These …

r/AsianAmericanpost1/27/2026
I recently found out my close friend slept with my girlfriend while we were together. I'm struggling with how to process it.

I recently found out my close friend slept with my girlfriend while we were together. I'm struggling with how to process it. — I’m a 22-year-old Japanese guy and I recently learned something that completely changed how I see a lot of people in my life. About a year and a half ago I was in a serious relationship. We lived tog…

r/relationshipspost3/8/2026
How Marvel's Editor in Chief Faked Being Japanese

How Marvel's Editor in Chief Faked Being Japanese

r/AsianAmericanpost3/11/2026
Movie List: Chinese movies where the antagonist(s) are racist/imperialist White/Westerners and get their asses kicked

Movie List: Chinese movies where the antagonist(s) are racist/imperialist White/Westerners and get their asses kicked — I thought I would make a list of some Chinese movies(mostly martial art action films) where the main antagonist is a racist and/or imperialist white. These movies are all fun and feel good, and while …

r/AsianMasculinitypost3/13/2026
Why does Japanese video games and anime have white protagonists?

Why does Japanese video games and anime have white protagonists? — They could have had Asian protagonist and increased Asian softpower instead every anime and video game star white guys so embarassing

r/AsianMasculinitypost3/15/2026
Comically anti AM agenda in the 2025 series Alien : Earth

Comically anti AM agenda in the 2025 series Alien : Earth — The show is so bad that Im not even mad. Imagine. Weland-Yutani is a half Japanese megacorp but there is not a single AM in sight in the entire series. The company is run by AF. Wait, actually there…

r/AsianMasculinitypost3/16/2026
dealing with weebs? lol

dealing with weebs? lol — hi all, i hope everyone is doing well! i (22F) am a japanese-american who just got into a phd program and will be further studying the asian american diaspora. i love my community very very much and l…

r/AsianAmericanpost3/23/2026
Chinese American restaurants question why Chinese cuisine can't get the chef's table treatment

Chinese American restaurants question why Chinese cuisine can't get the chef's table treatment — ...  in an industry where diners rarely question high prices of French haute cuisine or Japanese omakase, Chinese restaurateurs often contend with resistance in getting customers to pay fine-dining t…

r/AsianAmericanpost3/27/2026
Cultures that never had contact with each other all described the same invisible life force energy

Cultures that never had contact with each other all described the same invisible life force energy — This is one of those things that gets more strange the more you think about it. In China, they called it qi. In India, prana. In Japan, ki. In Polynesia, mana. In ancient Greece, pneuma. Each of th…

r/energy_workpost3/27/2026
How instilling pride in their cultural heritage helps Asian American men flourish

How instilling pride in their cultural heritage helps Asian American men flourish — **Asian American men have long been marginalized by dominant white masculine ideals that portray them as outsiders, effeminate and inferior.** These negative stereotypes, perpetuated through the me…

r/AsianAmericanpost3/28/2026
Daniel Chong explains the decision to make Mabel from Hoppers Japanese American

Daniel Chong explains the decision to make Mabel from Hoppers Japanese American

r/AsianAmericanpost3/28/2026
How instilling pride in their cultural heritage helps Asian American men flourish

How instilling pride in their cultural heritage helps Asian American men flourish — **Asian American men have long been marginalized by dominant white masculine ideals that portray them as outsiders, effeminate and inferior.** These negative stereotypes, perpetuated through the medi…

r/AsianMasculinitypost3/28/2026
The Supreme Court Has Heard This One Before (on Wong Kim Ark, Japanese internees, and historical and current debates over birthright citizenship)

The Supreme Court Has Heard This One Before (on Wong Kim Ark, Japanese internees, and historical and current debates over birthright citizenship)

r/AsianAmericanpost3/31/2026
Asian Men Low Testosterone

Asian Men Low Testosterone — [https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/testosterone-levels-by-country](https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/testosterone-levels-by-country) I've been edging to make this po…

r/AsianMasculinitypost4/2/2026
Is It Wrong to go for Koreaboo/weeb girls?

Is It Wrong to go for Koreaboo/weeb girls? — Although I’m not the biggest fan of Kpop or anime, I always went for girls that were into Asian culture. To be honest i really only have surface level knowledge about Korean or Japanese culture. I don…

r/AsianMasculinitypost4/3/2026
Why is everyone obsessed with kintsugi, forest bathing, and Japanese philosophies?

Why is everyone obsessed with kintsugi, forest bathing, and Japanese philosophies? — I’m Japanese American. I never learned about kintsugi, forest bathing, or wabi sabi growing up. Yet I see so many people using kintsugi as an aesthetic metaphor for personal healing, arboretums and mu…

r/AsianAmericanpost4/3/2026
Weird dream center

Weird dream center — I had a dream last night that I was in a couple different places with my partner, all slight off-putting and controlled by something greater. We were visitng, like tourists, with other people. We get …

r/LucidDreamingpost4/3/2026
My social studies teacher keeps attempting to justify/deny slurs

My social studies teacher keeps attempting to justify/deny slurs — You read the title,And this is very strange how she's been actually accomplishing this but I'll get into both situations. First I was in class one day sitting next to a aquaintance.We were talking an…

r/AsianAmericanpost4/4/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

POC solidarity as an Asian — Firstly I would not like for this post to derail into other non-Asian POC hate, and I know this is not ALL non-Asian POCs being this way. I know this bc my own non-Asian POC (Black, Indigenous Blak, P…

r/AsianAmericanpost4/5/2026
SIL said she is looking for a women’s shelter

SIL said she is looking for a women’s shelter — My sister in law has always complained about my husband’s brother to me. She complains about what he says to her, such as the fact he doesn’t like the windows opened or that he pretends to be a good p…

r/relationshipspost4/5/2026
I APed into what I'm guessing was a monster, and also visited a weird blue building

I APed into what I'm guessing was a monster, and also visited a weird blue building — I just had the WILDEST experience, I really can’t put it any other way. Most of this is from my journal where I wrote it all out, the stuff in (these) is my personal thoughts or something that occurre…

r/AstralProjectionpost4/5/2026
How often do you guys get mistaken for a different ethnicity?

How often do you guys get mistaken for a different ethnicity? — I’m Vietnamese and people (including my own family) have said that I looked more Japanese. Maybe it’s because i’m lighter skinned than most SEA I know but idk. I remembered being in Japan during lay…

r/AsianAmericanpost4/6/2026
Is it finally time to break off and how can I (22F) bring it up with my boyfriend (22M) when I never once expressed any discontentment/resentment strongly and openly?

Is it finally time to break off and how can I (22F) bring it up with my boyfriend (22M) when I never once expressed any discontentment/resentment strongly and openly? — I really need some advice regarding my boyfriend. For context, we met abroad in a western country. I am Chinese and he is Japanese. This context kind of matters. Our relationship started poorly as a …

r/relationship_advicepost4/6/2026
Patterning

Patterning — which tape shall i use for patterning for my overall wellbeing? please experienced users who even attended institute guide me . how a quality patterning is done ? like lets say i need to learn…

r/gatewaytapespost4/6/2026
Are there any other Asian-American educators here (either K12 or secondary)?

Are there any other Asian-American educators here (either K12 or secondary)? — I’m a high school math and programming teacher. My official certifications are in Math and Physics, though I also spent a short stint as a data scientist, which is why I teach programming as well. I’…

r/AsianAmericanpost4/7/2026
How come the Japanese-American community is tiny compare to other community like Chinese or Vietnamese or even the Hmong-Laotian community in the USA ? It's like they are not exist at all ?

How come the Japanese-American community is tiny compare to other community like Chinese or Vietnamese or even the Hmong-Laotian community in the USA ? It's like they are not exist at all ? — I just realized that other Asian communities are usually more vibrant and present in massive numbers, but the Japanese community seem low key hidden in USA. So what is really going on. No one ever doi…

r/AsianAmericanpost4/7/2026
Written Chinese names for Korean/Japanese/Vietnamese people - Do you systematically follow this tradition?

Written Chinese names for Korean/Japanese/Vietnamese people - Do you systematically follow this tradition? — As a Taiwanese person who has always had a written Chinese name, I find it charming to see how my Japanese/Korean/Vietnamese acquaintances' names can be formatted in Chinese characters, compatible wit…

r/AsianAmericanpost4/8/2026
Has anyone seen this location?

Has anyone seen this location? — I’m slowly processing a series of dreams that occurred last summer and I’m using AI to recreate some of what I saw. The first was a facility (as seen in the image) that I was trying to escape from. Th…

r/experiencerspost4/8/2026
is it a break up or no?

is it a break up or no? — I would like to have outsides view from people to understand if its a break up or no. Everything started 8 months ago when i met at my japanese school in japan, this 31 years women from the US (I am…

r/BreakUpspost4/11/2026
How often did you experience racism for being Asian?

How often did you experience racism for being Asian? — Out of curiosity, how often have you experienced racism for being Asian? When I was a kid, I experienced racism a few times from other kids in grade school and middle school. They said random gibberi…

r/AsianAmericanpost4/11/2026
I'm a Taiwanese-American scientist running for Congress in CA-32. Another candidate called me a Chinese spy and asked a rival campaign to act on it. Here are all the receipts.

I'm a Taiwanese-American scientist running for Congress in CA-32. Another candidate called me a Chinese spy and asked a rival campaign to act on it. Here are all the receipts. — **Edit 2**: The full unedited video of the forum I attended on April 8, 2026, less than two hours after seeing the March 5-6 texts from Anna Wilding is now live on YouTube. I showed up, I did my job, …

r/AsianAmericanpost4/11/2026
Was I ever in Love? Me (28) & He (27)

Was I ever in Love? Me (28) & He (27) — OK, this is my first Reddit post, so cut me some slack - I'm gonna talk to y'all how I talk to my bestie. And I'm kind of beating a dead horse here, so I'd rather not bother my bestie with this AGAIN.…

r/relationshipspost4/12/2026
Journey from doomer to bloomer. ( week 4 ) - A crash that made me make a plan.

Journey from doomer to bloomer. ( week 4 ) - A crash that made me make a plan. — ​ Hey as I told you I was a doomer for many years but lately I decided to do as much to stop being a doomer and bloom even later than the other people. This is the week's progress. 1 - Someth…

r/DecidingToBeBetterpost4/12/2026
Trading book recommendation! For those trying to fix attachment issues.

Jonice Webb PhD Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect Ichiro Kishimi The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real…

r/attachment_theorycomment1/24/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! New? Start here!

Yeah its that and im usually enjoying myself and the thought of getting a photo doesnt even cross my mind so ill try to be more mindful of doing so, and theres some lovely nature preserves near me ill…

r/datingoverthirtycomment2/18/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! New? Start here!

> Edit: ill be going to a wrestling show for a Japanese pro women's wrestling event next month, would a picture with one of the performers im a fan of be a bad idea, Since it would show one of my inte…

r/datingoverthirtycomment2/18/2026
Anybody else notice people in other countries tend to doubt that you're American?

Yes. having lived in Africa for a good bit, everyone doubts you are american. theres some pros and there are some cons. if you are east asian, a lot of them assume you are chinese, and some have a ten…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/8/2026
I recently found out my close friend slept with my girlfriend while we were together. I'm struggling with how to process it.

What did you bring Japanese have to do with anything? That was like a really funny detail to me after I read the post Sorry about your life situation and stuff but like lmao bruh

r/relationshipscomment3/8/2026
Anybody else notice people in other countries tend to doubt that you're American?

This is honestly more prevalent in Asian countries for me. Every time I've been to an Asian country, most people assume I'm from Asia until I start speaking. My family knows I'm from the US, but if I …

r/AsianAmericancomment3/8/2026
Six Months of Dating in Europe as an East Asian Guy — Honestly Better Than I Expected

Glad that OP is having a good time in Europe. I get why people don’t always want to say which country especially if it’s a tiny one, but Europe (and Asia) are gigantic. Eastern Europe seems to be po…

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/9/2026
how common is it for 2nd generation asian americans who didn't really connect with their ethnic identity during their younger years to embrace their ethnic identity as they get older?

It depends on shared values and lifestyles. I see plenty of Asian Americans in their careers whose social circles are mixed because their career circles take a higher precedent over their heritage cir…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/9/2026
I've built a website with a searchable index to watch Asian American movies!

Cool, great idea I also recommend to add: West 32nd 2007- Loosely based on Korean gangs in NYC. Mao's Last Dancer- AMWF about a Chinese ballet dancer Snow Falling on Cedars- Japanese-Americans dur…

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/9/2026
The term lunar new year was first used in British Hong Kong to quell Anti-colonial anti-imperialist sentimemts

Are you trying to conflate me using logic based language to include more Asian cultures to the people who murdered my ancestors? (by the way, no British actually murdered my specific ancestors. There …

r/AsianAmericancomment3/10/2026
Rant about Asian American access to education in NYC

When I went back in the stone age there was the Chinatown crowd that was poorer, mostly Cantonese speaker (That right there is a clue, there was one Chinatown). There were richer Taiwanese kids who li…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/10/2026
Seinfeld-esque reasons you broke up with someone

Was she Japanese? Isn't that a whole thing in Japanese porn, that the women sound like little whimpering puppies and little girls? So creepy.

r/datingoverfortycomment3/10/2026
The term lunar new year was first used in British Hong Kong to quell Anti-colonial anti-imperialist sentimemts

I understand that. What I’m wondering is why you think Chinese new year is so exclusive and why you wouldn’t use respective term for that culture when addressing that person? Again I think the argumen…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/11/2026
Behavior of Asian boys vs. White boys?

Did you went to a GPS school or similar? I went to a private one in the UK with international pupils, me being one myself. I was blessed with some nice wardens but it can be vary, knowing someone enco…

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/11/2026
How Marvel's Editor in Chief Faked Being Japanese

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-curious-tale-of-the-marvel-comics-editor-who-pretended-to-be-japanese-20171220-h07pwv.html > When writing as Yoshida, his characters were often Japanese…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/11/2026
How Marvel's Editor in Chief Faked Being Japanese

Alyssa Wong criticized Cebulski when the news first dropped (although they were later hired by Marvel to write for them). Steven DeKnight (the original showrunner for *Daredevil*) got pissed when he …

r/AsianAmericancomment3/11/2026
Behavior of Asian boys vs. White boys?

I'm a 1.5th Gen East Asian American and a Gen Z, Idk if your definition of boy would fit for teenager? Or just kid under age 12? I came to US around 13 so already a teenager, I went to a middle class…

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/11/2026
How Marvel's Editor in Chief Faked Being Japanese

"Hey I don't see what the big deal is. He's honoring Japanese culture. Ya'll are too serious" I remember way back when this broke out. It's also an eerie coincidence that Betsy reverted back to her B…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/11/2026
The term lunar new year was first used in British Hong Kong to quell Anti-colonial anti-imperialist sentimemts

Perhaps “Sinospheric”or just simply “Sino”? It’s the only phrase that exists to mean “East Asia + Vietnam”. We are already familiar with seeing it describing Sino-Vietnamese, Sino-Korean, and Sino…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/11/2026
How Marvel's Editor in Chief Faked Being Japanese

Groening said that every fan asks that if he had modeled Comic Book Guy after a comic nerd that matched him to the T. Groening said Comic Book Guy represents the stereotype whoch exists in real-life. …

r/AsianAmericancomment3/11/2026
My desire for relationships disappeared after a narcissistic ex. Has anyone else experienced this?

Thank you all for sharing your experiences and life perspectives. I have to admit I feel a bit overwhelmed by the responses, but also very grateful. I am both relieved that I am not alone in this exp…

r/NarcissisticAbusecomment3/12/2026
As an East Asian, I feel discriminated by colleagues

You need to move out of state to either Honolulu Hawaii, Flushing-NYC, Nassau County (to the towns full of Asians like Roslyn, Syosset, Great Neck, Williston Park, Mineola, Jericho, Bethpage, Hicksvil…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/12/2026
Female stand up comedian that support asian man.

I believe it was on the Breakfast club. She said her first bf was Korean and her second was Japanese

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/12/2026
unpopular opinion: therapy isn't worth $200/session

get therapy in a different country! In my country therapists with decades of experience charge around 50 USD per hour. By having competitive exchange rates, the therapists in Malaysia gets a lot of …

r/therapycomment3/12/2026
As an East Asian, I feel discriminated by colleagues

You forgot Japanese. Someone needs to make a flow chart on a biz card

r/AsianAmericancomment3/12/2026
As an East Asian, I feel discriminated by colleagues

I used to work at a movie theater, and some of the whites and Mexicans I worked with tried VERY hard to try to get me fired. I got laid off due to COVID. When I wanted my job back, my white former man…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/12/2026
As an East Asian, I feel discriminated by colleagues

East Asian or Asian American? Do you see any differences for that? For me born in NYC, Asian countries would consider me as a Foreigner. Then as an American citizen an Asian American USA would conside…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/12/2026
As an East Asian, I feel discriminated by colleagues

I’m so glad we’re welcoming as we typically are. My mom’s from OC, I’m from San Jose, CA. My kids are Vietnamese-Japanese-Chinese. I love my Japanese-American in-laws and so does my Viet family in r…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/13/2026
Anyone else's parents never encouraged their hobbies?

I loved tennis, the minute my coach told my dad I had potential to play pro, i was pulled out because his “friend had a heart attack playing tennis” I loved theatre and I was pulled out of that as w…

r/EmotionalNeglectcomment3/13/2026
The term lunar new year was first used in British Hong Kong to quell Anti-colonial anti-imperialist sentimemts

This wasn’t addressed to me but I’d like to respond to this. I would say the century of humiliation still has a profound political and social effect on China. It informs a lot of Chinese policy for ex…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/13/2026
What non human beings have you encountered?

Very possible. Urantia says there are two types of Midwayers - there’s a kind that can take on material form and a type that’s more similar to angels and only exists in their spiritual essence. Watche…

r/experiencerscomment3/13/2026
Movie List: Chinese movies where the antagonist(s) are racist/imperialist White/Westerners and get their asses kicked

Thanks for posting it. Always good to see. Of course it would be heavily weighted on Chinese movies and hardly any on Japanese. Japanese movies tend to glorify white people instead. And China also get…

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/13/2026
Grand Seiko announces global partnership with Shohei Ohtani

I wonder if sports like basketball was more popular in Japan and if more Japanese men were taller we would see a Japanese basketball star, like how baseball has Shohei and boxing has Naoya.

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/14/2026
Buffalo Boys(2018) and Grisse (2018): about Indonesian resistance to Dutch colonizers

nice, i also want to see a movie on Taiwan's resistance against Dutch colonizer and importantly Japanese colonizer.

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/14/2026
Were things better for Asian men 20 years ago or now?

It's more complex than that. I'm almost 50 so it was go back to your country, ching-chong, small dick, we bombed your asses in WW2, jap, chink, all the classics. I'd get praised for speaking English…

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/14/2026
Send this to your MAGA Asian friends and family

You forgot the tradcath Filipinos, hardline Protestant fundamentalist Koreans, super-assimilated Japanese who never met any of their immigrant ancestors, and the Indian analogues to your anti-affirmat…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/14/2026
Were things better for Asian men 20 years ago or now?

3-6 years ago I probably wouldn't have answered "now" since I didn't know much better. But frankly, now. Just look at how China went from "terra non grata" during COVID to literally something people …

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/15/2026
6'4" ✅ Jacked ✅ Veteran ✅ CEO ✅ ... Dating Stills Sucks ✅

People are saying go back to Asia but I’ve actually had the opposite experience. When I was in the military I had a particularly difficult time dating in rural Japan. When me and my coworkers would …

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/15/2026
6'4" ✅ Jacked ✅ Veteran ✅ CEO ✅ ... Dating Stills Sucks ✅

Japan is a huge outlier lol if you dont speak japanese your dating pool is only travelers/other foreigners

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/15/2026
The absolute dearth of any kind of help for victims of polyamory under duress

OP is from the UK. She married a Japanese man (who physically forced her to enter a polyamorous relationship) and later an American who brought her to the United States (which got her American citizen…

r/therapycomment3/15/2026
Asians in Sci-fi

Gotta give major props to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. He was a WW2 vet in the Pacific theatre. He fought the Japanese but in the future he imagined he wanted there to be a Japanese man aboar…

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/15/2026
Asians in Sci-fi

Why does Japanese media kiss ass to white guys? In all Japanese media, they put out content that shows white guys in excellent light. I swear Japanese men have single handily caused the most damage …

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/15/2026
In light of the comments to the earlier post celebrating the achievements of Asian American service members, I decided to share even more stories of pioneers in the armed forces.

Given the level of anti military comments in the previous post, I would like to point out a lot of Asians talk about representation so why not encourage representation in the military? If u want you…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/15/2026
Major John Liu Fugh

I remember reading about him - a Manchu from China becoming a general in the US military. I remember there was also a Japanese guy who was a general. Anyway, I noticed that mixing Yellow River anc…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/15/2026
Why does Japanese video games and anime have white protagonists?

Resident Evil has no Japanese male pronagonist is insane. Not saying the game is bad but, I really do think most of Japanese video game industry has no self respect.

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/16/2026
Why does Japanese video games and anime have white protagonists?

The video game one makes sense depending on where the game is set.  With regard to anime, I remember speaking to a few Japanese friends I had in university, regardless of skin color, hair color, or …

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/16/2026
Why does Japanese video games and anime have white protagonists?

It’s so sad, most Japanese intrinsically think they are better than any black, Hispanic, and Asian race, yet put white people on a pedestal. It’s almost disgusting.

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/16/2026
Why does Japanese video games and anime have white protagonists?

There are a lot of Japanese protagonists in anime and manga. The ones most of you guys complain about are the mainstream anime that are popular in the west. There are probably thousands of less popula…

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/16/2026
Why does Japanese video games and anime have white protagonists?

It is quite embarassing when you look at capcom. Like you're a Japanese company, why the hell you can't put an Asian man as the MC.

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/16/2026
Why does Japanese video games and anime have white protagonists?

If white guys can make Ghost of Tsushima or Avatar the Last Airbender, Japanese should be allowed to make things like Vinland Saga and Frieren. With that said, it is a bit sad that specifically in…

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/16/2026