Which action is considered as disrespectull in Japan, which is normal in many other countries ?

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1. Apparently eating while walking as I’ve been told.

2. Pointing at someone.

3. Going outside to check the mailbox, barefoot.

4. It’s hard to answer this question. In my country sticking your fingers up someone’s a$$ is considered sexual assault, in Japan it’s “the culture”

5. how you address your superiors would be an easy one.

   i think its pretty normal on average jobs to call your boss by just their first name. dont think that would go over very well in japan.

6. Blowing your nose. Sniffing only.

7. Taking loud phone calls on the train. In Australia I hear the most personal details by people having loud phone calls which most of the people on the carriage are doing as well but in Japan I noticed the calls are quick and quiet.

8. Being loud.

   Throwing things at people instead of handing them over politely.

   Aggressive physical contact.

   These things can be relative, and situation is an important factor too. Are you in the street? In the train? At a party or somewhere with a lot of foreigners?

9. They don’t like you tipping, my ex was followed out of the restaurant and had it returned. For all I know this may have now changed as it was a while back

10. Got your nose!

11. In a group setting when you order drinks you should wait till everyone has their drink before drinking yours.

12. Eating while walking.

13. Acting like a drunk on street

14. Blowing your nose in public.

15. Saying “No” directly

16. Taking paid time off.

17. Leaving the office before じょうし.

18. Hugging and kissing total strangers

19. Burping

20. Isn’t stabbing chopsticks into your food/ leaving them sticking up in a dish a faux pas?

21. Blowing your nose.

    You are expected to sniffles instead.

22. Tipping is considered rude in Japan and should not be done.

    Japanese people get angry if you give them small change because they think they are being treated like beggars.

23. Not lining up before entering the train. Also not using both hands when being handed something.

24. Thanking bus drivers.

25. All of them

26. Talking on the phone in subway!
    Should be adopted in US, which is impossible, freedomzzz

27. Hands in pockets.

28. Isn’t PDA also a thing?

29. Sitting on a Desk in a school, or at least it was in the past.

30. Calling someone you don’t know very intimately by just their first name.