About 90% of people living in Japan are Japanese. If the theory of "All people are the same humans!" was correct, then the ratio of Japanese felony prisoner in Japan would have to be the same ratio as the 90% because that much Japanese are living in Japan dominantly. However, in reality Japanese felony prisoners in Japan are only 3%. More than 50% of murderers in Japan are Korean pedigree (meaning one out of two murderers in Japan), and 33% of murderers are Chinese (meaning one out of three murderers in Japan).
If you were British and supposedly belonged to the group of 3% in jails in your country, and most of felony criminals in jails happened to be Italians and Germans, could you possibly say "We are the same Westerner! There are good and bad people in any country!" while looking at your number 3%? Moreover, if Germans and Italians were Anti-British and constantly fabricating FAKE history trying to demonize British while they try to cover up their ongoing malicious invasions and ignoring human rights, you would probably say “No, we are not the same! Don’t call us Westerner and generalize European into one group!” But in reality, Europeans are relatively similar to each other unlike North East Asians.
I don't think it is appropriate to use the word "Asian" while generalizing Japanese, Korean and Chinese because the difference is too huge to generalize them into one group. Koreans and Chinese are very much similar and resembling to each other because Korea was a part of China until recently. So it is okay to generalize Koreans and Chinese as one group.
My point is, it is very important to ask "What kind of Asian are you?" when you see East Asians because this is exactly what all Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans are doing to each other when they first meet each other.
Nationality difference in North East Asia is huge. So you always have to specify the name of nationality instead of calling them "Asian" to make it blur as though there is no differences.
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