Originally Posted by willy2004

"Asian" is such a general description and it usually refers to skin color.

Many Koreans don't like Japanese and vice versa.

I suppose that lumping Koreans and Japanese into one category might be offensive. To me it is not.

If you say "he is Asian" then I assume you don't know where the person is from. The term can nevertheless be an effective way of describing a person's appearance.

I think the term "Asian" often refers to a person from upper Asia (Japan, China, Korea) or SE Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, etc..) and even the Phillipines.