[throwawaymaths]

I wouldn't know, I've never gone drinking with Japanese people, just been friends with Japanese Americans as a kid. It's a thing.

[maksimur]

I don't know if Japanese Americans truly represent their country of origin. If it's like Italian Americans and Greek Americans they tend to have customs that in their country of origin are outdated.

[throwawaymaths]

There are at least some Japanese Americans that do this, who then informed me that it's a thing