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Japan in modern Hollywood is a mix of old and modern. All Japanese are [[Japanese Politeness|polite]], [[Asian and Nerdy|superintelligent]], [[Gadgeteer Genius|great at technology]], and [[Salaryman|salarymen]]. They love sake, sleep in apartments the size of shoeboxes, and make fantastic electronics. They also know [[Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting|martial arts.]]
Mostly, the only part of Japan that is ever shown is [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe|Tokyo]], or a city that just happens to look exactly like Westerners imagine Tokyo looks like. Even Tokyo itself is far more diverse than the stereotypical concrete, glass and neon depiction, with vast parks like Shinjuku Gyoen, [https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2020/04/04/food/urban-agriculture-tokyo/ farms] and even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okutama,_Tokyo outlying mountains], not that you'd see this reflected in most foreign media. Otherwise, it'll be some generic [[Far East]] place. Pop culture is composed entirely of [[Widget Series|Weird Japanese Things]]. Compare [[Animeland]].
Oh, and by the way- Aaaaauuugghh! It's [[Godzilla|GOJIRA!!!!]]<ref>[[Austin Powers|Actually, due to international copyright laws, it's not.]]</ref>
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* Though filmed on-location in Japan with Japanese actors, ''[[You Only Live Twice]]'' has some funny ideas about the country. This includes (but is not limited to) Japan's [[wikipedia:Himeji castle|single most famous castle]] being a "secret" [[Ninja]] training base.
** Well, what better way to learn stealth than to avoid those pesky tourists?
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Rifts]]'' Japan is ''literally'' a mix of old and new—the city of Hiroshima and the surrounding towns
* ''Torg'', with a similar premise as ''[[Rifts]]'' got Japan conquered by the most subtle of the High Lords, and got turned into a country of high tech and [[Mega Corp]]
== [[Video Games]] ==
▲* ''[[Rifts]]'' Japan is ''literally'' a mix of old and new—the city of Hiroshima and the surrounding towns was sent hundreds of years into the future during the apocalypse and largely survived intact, while much of the rest of Japan, deliberately forsook technology, going back to the customs of the feudal era. Other areas of the now-divided country retained varying levels of technology. The conflicts, cultural and martial, between the two versions of Japan drive a lot of the story in the setting, although in unexpected ways (the Anti-technology Empire actually ''likes'' the time-lost Republic (and vice-versa), even if they wish they would give up their tech; It's some of the people that have held on to theirs that are the right bastards). Well, them and the [[Demonic Invaders|Oni]].
▲* ''Torg'', with a similar premise as ''[[Rifts]]'' got Japan conquered by the most subtle of the High Lords, and got turned into a country of high tech and [[Mega Corp]] intigrue. Nobody outside the nation noticed that anything had changed.
* Tokyo Field from ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Baseball]]'' (an obvious spoof of [[No Communities Were Harmed|Tokyo Dome]]) definitely fits this trope.
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