Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The face mask has become a more defining feature of everyday life in the last few months than any of us in the West expected. Though it’s now a visible reminder of the coronavirus pandemic, in Japan they’ve been commonplace in hay fever season or as winter […]
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Japan: Country of diversity?
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The idea of Japan as an ethnically and culturally homogenous country is a pervasive one, both in Japan and across the world. For foreigners, the idea of Japan as a homogenous country is pretty ingrained – and for most Japanese (as any expat in Japan will tell […]