Using You're Welcome

[sukoruduwan]

こんにちは。　アメリカ人にしたら労われる上で「You're Welcome」とは言い足してことがごです。日本語人もですか。宜しくお願いします。

Answers and corrections to my question both apprecated

[Psy]

あのう、母語話者じゃないですけど、上のメッセージはちょっと分かりにくいと思いますが... Ummm... though I'm not a native speaker, I'm having troulbe understanding you...

[sukoruduwan]

Sorry... Should have thrown an english translation, since I don't really know what I'm doing here. (Your Japanese is undoubtedly better than mine, and if you can't understand me, then it's more likely my mistake than yours...)

Anyway...

The question itself was:

For an American it is polite to say "You're welcome" after you are thanked. Is this the same for a Japanese person?

[Psy]

Absolutely. Normal answers are どういたしまして (you're welcome) or simpler いいえ (no, [it was nothing]).

[sukoruduwan]

どうもありがとう。


(Edited to fix どうも)

[Tom]

How would a conversation go after the いいえ? In English, the first person might then say, "Well, thanks anyway," or something like that.

[Psy]

I suppose it depends...? Saying that concludes the thanks/your welcome exchange. It's rather like saying "don't mention it." Unless you're talking with a friend or something, the conversation ends.

[Comazon]

^Exactly.

As far as I can tell, it's so well-established into the Japanese language that people know how you meant to use it and won't bother following it up.

I'd be surprised to hear otherwise.