When I lived in Missouri, I realized that there's so many things Japanese people don't know in the United States. But, at the same time, I came to know that Americans don't know something about the United States that most Japanese people know. For example, in Japan, everybody who likes mystery novels knows Ellery Queen, an American writer. His name is not that popular in the US. Some old people may have seen the drama series, but few Americans have read "Tragedy of Y," which is a must for Japanese mystery fans.
Also, American writers who are translated into Japanese by Motoyuki Shibata, a guru of translation, aren't read by young American litterary people. Basically, they prefer classics, such as Steinbeck, Twain, Hemingway, and Vonnegut.
It's not a bad thing. Also, most Westerners know much more about classical Japanese than Japanese youngsters.
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