Americans are more asian friendly,

People have told me that the French refuse to speak to you in English even if they can, apparently they're proud of their own language to the extent of alienating people. :\

And I thought they were on good terms with the Japanese, has that changed lately?

I've talked with several french people in english, i've been there on vacation. It's bullshit, none of them even thought twice before replying in english, besides a few who said that they didnt speak english, i knew some french but not enough to ask questions back then.