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Reading the air on being Japanese

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By Noah Smith, Hiroko Yoda
| Asia Times Verified
As birth rates fall and countries turn to immigration to address their labor shortages, a lot of countries around the world are struggling with crises of national identity. Japan is one of them. Over a decade ago, Japan began opening itself up to mass immigration. Because Japan did this later than other rich nations, immigrants aren’t yet as numerous as in Europe or the US, but the percentage is rising fast. And so discussions about what it truly means to be Japanese are starting to emerge.
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What defines Japan's national identity?

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By Hiroko Yoda
| Noahpinion
As birth rates fall and countries turn to immigration to address their labor shortages, a lot of countries around the world are struggling with crises of national identity. Japan is one of them. Over a decade ago, Japan began opening itself up to mass immigration: Why Japan opened itself up to immigration Because Japan did this later than other rich nations, immigrants aren’t yet as numerous as in Europe or the U.S., but the percentage is rising fast.
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Making Friends with Monsters

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By Hiroko Yoda
| Tricycle Buddhist Magazine Verified
Shinto and Buddhism are Japan’s best-known sources of spirituality. But the third tradition, Shugendo, much less talked about but no less influential, is a form of spirituality rooted in the mountains, nourished by all of their beauty and awe, reared in their peaks and valleys, fueled by their hazards and dangers, reveling in their light and shadows. It borrows liberally from Shinto and Buddhism but isn’t beholden to either.
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