Archive for October, 2007
The history of Japanese women
Gender discrimination in Japan became severe when the Edo government regarded Confucianism as an important study during the Edo period (1603 – 1868). This serous gender discrimination continued until WWII and finished when the U.S. established democratic rule in Japan.
However, social position of females in Japan had not always been miserable, traditionally speaking.
During [...]
Discrimination against black people in Japan
An African-Canadian man living and working in Japan seemed to believe that Japan has less discrimination against black people because Japan has many fans of black culture and many young Japanese girls are interested in having a black boyfriend. Do you think that this means that Japanese people do not discriminate against black people?
I [...]
Religion in Japan Now
I found in the United States that many Christians talked to me. I didn’t know why at the time, but thinking about it now, I suppose it may have been because I wore a cross pendant.
Before my trip, my friend had sent me the pendant, and a couple of days before leaving [...]
Japanese can live without a dream!
In California my friend told me about a video he’d watched at school in which a Japanese office worker was interviewed.
“It was funny.” He said. “He was able to answer any question about his job, such as his goals, visions, and his aims; but when he was asked, ‘What is your [...]
Asian life was difficult for a Japanese.
(California in 1998)
“In Japan I used to eat different foods every day… Yesterday Italian, today Japanese, tomorrow Chinese… But in this town it’s always Chinese. Even when people from the adult school talked about having dinner together, it was Chinese. Where is my spaghetti?”
I’d already partially become weary of living in an oriental town. Japan [...]
