It might be a cheesy line, but at some point in your life, someone's probably asked you "What's your sign?" But in Japan, they're asking “What’s your blood type?”
Some Japanese people believe your blood type determines your personality. And just as some people follow horoscopes, the Japanese believe you can learn a lot about your life, work and love by your blood group. An article from BBC News points to a girl who said she had a bad experience with a guy who was a type B. She now steers clear of men with a B blood type, generalizing that men with B blood are disorganized.
Japanese women’s magazines offer a little help for those looking for love. Many claim that A types are dependable and self sacrificing, but reserved and worry a lot. If you’re looking for someone decisive and confident, look for someone with type O blood. A-Bs are known to be well balanced, clear-sighted and logical, but also high maintenance and distant. And then there are those with B type blood, said to be flamboyant free thinkers, but selfish.
One man says he was even asked by a prospective employer what was his blood type. He was a bit hesitant to admit he is a type B, but says he got the job anyway. Turns out she was also a B, but couldn’t hold her alcohol so at company parties she sent home all the workers with type B blood early because she didn’t want them getting drunk. In Japan, it’s called burahara, which means blood group harassment.
It’s such a big deal in Japan that even the politicians are using their blood types as a selling point during elections. The last Prime Minister revealed he is a type A on his official profile on the Internet. If he thought the favored blood type would give him a boost the polls, it didn’t work. He ended up losing.
For the record, my blood type is O ~Traci
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