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Alexy M's avatar

Thanks for taking a shot at another one of these tired bystander takes on "how to fix Japan". It's become quite common to use the worldwide birth rate issue as a conservative talking point.

If you'd be open to more lighthearted and timely topics, I'd be curious to hear about the history and spread of Christmas (the consumer holiday) in Japan.

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Kominka Life Japan's avatar

Good read and analysis. I have been here more than 20 years. Wrote a book about my foibles and deeply rooted cultural biases and in the process uprooting them and seeing the world and Japan in a very different light.

Anyone who thinks they understand Japan and Japanese people after a visit or even a few years simply does not.

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