Your attitude toward foreigners

I�fm interested in how you, Japanese people, view interethnic relationships. I�fd also like to know your opinion about other Asians. I�fm from Kazakhstan myself, and I really admire your culture. I dream of visiting your country someday.

There's no single answer for how Japanese people view interethnic/international relationships, just like how I assume there's no single answer for how people in Kazakhstan view such relationships. Japan is a big country, made up of a lot of different people with a lot of different opinions and attitudes.

In broad terms, though, most people in Japan are fine with interethnic relationships. They're not rare and shocking, and no one is going to point and laugh at interracial couples or harass them in public. Foreigners in general will attract extra attention in parts of the country, such as rural areas, where there aren't many foreigners, but that's still a case of "Oh, look a foreigner. That's unusual around here," than it is "What?!? A foreigner dating a Japanese person?!?"

If your question is whether Japanese families are OK with their son or daughter dating a foreigner, again, that largely depends on the individual/family. For the most part, in modern Japan families are unlikely to be angry simply because their child is dating a foreigner. Some families might be concerned, though, if the foreigner can't speak Japanese, isn't familiar at all with Japanese customs/culture, or isn't planning to live in Japan long-term. These aren't negative reactions to the person being a foreigner so much as they are worries that the family won't be able to communicate with the foreign romantic partner, that their child may end up moving away from Japan and not be able to see the family often, or that future grandchildren might not be raised to speak Japanese, again preventing direct communication with the rest of the family.

For my own part, as a long-term foreign resident who can speak the language, I've never once had any negative issues with my Japanese in-laws, friends, coworkers, or the general Japanese public regarding being in an interracial relationship.