日本人被認錯成中國人時會怎樣

How do the Japanese people react when they are mistaken as being Chinese by Westerners?
當日本人被西方人認錯成中國人時有什麼反應？

獲得3.8k好評的回答@Misako Fukuda

I don’t feel bad or angry at all. I just said, “I am Japanese”.
我並不覺得糟糕或者生氣。我只是會解釋說：“我是日本人。”

I know that they can’t recognise which one is Japanese or Chinese.
我知道他們沒辦法區分哪個是中國人哪個是日本人。

We are all similar faces. I think they feel Asian is all same. I can’t recognise which one is American or English either.
我們擁有相同的臉，我覺得他們認爲亞洲人長得都一樣，就像我也沒辦法區分美國人和英國人一樣。

獲得3.7k好評的回答@Mari Seto

I would actually be impressed if a Westerner recognizes me as Japanese.
如果西方人能認出我是日本人我纔會很驚訝。

I mean, even I sometimes can’t tell the Asians apart.
因爲即使是我，有時候也沒辦法區分亞洲人。

It’s a reasonable assumption since what, almost 90% of the East Asian population is Chinese.
這是非常合理的一條假設，因爲，中國人口占據了東亞人口的90%。

I usually politely correct them, teach them the Japanese greetings (Konnichiwa), and walk away to get on with my life.
我通常會禮貌地糾正他們並且教他們日本人的問候方式，然後走開繼續過我的生活。

P.S. In reverse, I will also confess that despite living in Germany for the past two years, I have never been able to tell Italians and Germans apart.
備註：反過來，即使我在德國生活了兩年，我也沒辦法區分意大利人和德國人。

獲得556好評的回答@Paul Irving

My wife either ignores it, or politely corrects them, depending on context.
我的妻子要嘛忽視它要嘛禮貌地糾正他們，完全取決於當時的語境。