Hmm. Thought I was writing to somebody else so I really don't know who you are. Apologies. I had in mind American people I knew when I was in China who became much more anti-American than the Chinese, and also whites I've known who became more black than the African-Americans, and in both cases it seemed to me that there was something not happy about their choices. But hey, if you like being Japanese, do so. I've certainly known many, many immigrants from other cultures who've become more American than the Americans, too--sad for their children who then wanted to return to the roots of the original culture (the case in my own family) but who's to judge.

Apologies again.