I jokingly call myself a weeb because I like some Anime/manga/LN/WN and had/have an interest in their history and culture... but because of such interest in history I also know of a lot of terrible things they've done, plus how conservative and bigoted the country is. They've always been resistant ro change, and proud of it. I haven't fully kept up, but like America, they also love to hide their atrocities.