It's time for the first Round of My New World Culture Analysis Game: "Are They Compatible??": Tonight's Edition: Britain and Japan

Britain and Japan: Are They Compatible? - America World Edition.

Britain and Japan, two very different, very historic and old cultures, in some ways as different as night and day, but not completely.

Let's look at their socieites: Both emphasize honor and chivalry. And both respect the past and admire the old to a degree.

Imports:

Britain: Music, TV, literature, art, publishing, religion.

Japan: Martial Arts, animation, comics, food, cinema and film, technology and electronics, car manufacturing.

Do the Japanese and British get along? Well considering I've never seen a British person and a Japanese person in the same place, you kinda of gotta wonder.

Friends or Foes? Not necessarily either. Both countries exist on the same land, but the connection between the continents of Europe and Asia is about as "tightly knit" as the connection between the landmass of Canada and America. They're technically both the same continent like Japan and Britain in Eurasia, but there is a world of difference between the two socially.

Either way, if you ask me it breaks down to historic geographic tribalism between different races and nations and continents and geographic cultures. It's geographic tribalism. And that is why no one makes any "A Beatle and a Buddhist Monk walk into a bar" jokes. I'm skeptical as to whether people are even aware of these things in our society.