Title: What does showing the middle finger mean in Japan? - Quora
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What does showing the middle finger mean in Japan?
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Content: The middle finger has recently become very offensive in Japan. A left over from American Occupation after WWII. Some others are
Pointing directly in someone’s face. This shows that you are very angry at the person you’re pointing at. Though this is more universal, In Japan it’s even more rude to do so unless the person being pointed at really did something very wrong to anger someone. Asking someone to come over with one finger. You know the upward curling index finger. Not only in Japan, but in most Asian countries this is a VERY bad gesture to use. Almost as bad as the middle finger is in Americ
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The middle finger has recently become very offensive in Japan. A left over from American Occupation after WWII.