“Sadly, the ‘turning Japanese’ refrain didn’t refer to singer David Fenton studying the ancient Kanji writing system, adopting Buddhism, or indeed mastering a revered martial art,” Alex Hoban wrote in the Guardian in 2008. Instead, it apparently refers to a very private bedroom moment during which a man might “tighten [his] eyes and ‘turn Japanese.'”

Was looking for this so I could ignore the entire article. This is a long, long discredited boomer meme. If this guy still believes it, he's got all the credibility of a 14 year old who's friends with a guy whose uncle totally works for Warner Music Group.