Japan’s “non-Japanese” politicians
06/03/2006 @ 6:00 am
Check out this article on Coming Anarchy by Lord Curzon about Japan’s “non-Japanese” politicians and the openness of modern Japan
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June 3rd, 2006 at 7:09 amI think it’s only natural that as Japan evolves into a postmodern country straddling East and West in a borderless era of globalization, more and more non-Japanese will become part of the culture, from show biz to sports to education to politics. And it will be a good thing. Japan was never a homogenous island chain of one race, it was always mixed race archipelago with Chinese and Korean DNA mixing with Aboriginal DNA from Hokkaido and the Rykkyu islands.
Japan is becoming more and more open to non-Japanese and this is a good development. Come back in 100 years and see what has transpired. Japan will always be Japan, but huge changes are in store. Why not?
Good post, Curzon!
June 3rd, 2006 at 3:40 pmI can’t believe I read most of those idiotic comments on Curzon’s post. Besides, I’ve seen Japanese people that could seriously pass themselves off as white or hispanic people if they were in the States.
June 3rd, 2006 at 7:06 pmI agree with Danny Bloom’s comment that it can only benefit Japan to become more open to foreigners. Allowing foreigners to contribute to Japanese society in more substantial ways than teaching English, working in hostess bars, or slogging away in factories is certainly a step in the right direction.
June 4th, 2006 at 9:20 am