tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post3849364820388282053..comments2024-02-15T04:42:41.606+00:00Comments on James' Empty Blog: Inconceivable!James Annanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-32816819889303625222009-03-30T10:42:00.000+01:002009-03-30T10:42:00.000+01:00To be honest the only kind of racial discriminatio...To be honest the only kind of racial discrimination I've been on the receiving end of since I got to Japan was from Indian restaurant in Yamaguchi (<A HREF="http://www.darlosworld.co.uk/2009/03/30/heading-to-hiroshima-and-the-western-way-of-honshuu-and-the-discriminating-indian-restaurant/" REL="nofollow">details here</A>).Darlo (John Darlington)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11527199777686818284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-76186410177592637952008-09-05T20:49:00.000+01:002008-09-05T20:49:00.000+01:00It doesn't look like anyone is really interested, ...It doesn't look like anyone is really interested, but I thought I'd mention that I discussed this with the fiance, and the, um, alternate history originally taught in Japan was something she had never even heard of.poughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00892038673638383735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-42610533830053627642008-08-28T22:42:00.000+01:002008-08-28T22:42:00.000+01:00What kind of human origins? How far back are you i...What kind of human origins? How far back are you interested in? Are we talking recent history (roots of Japanese peoples) or homo whatchimacallitus?<BR/><BR/>I would imagine they get taught your basic evolution, but if you like I can ask my fiance's parents, who are both in education.poughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00892038673638383735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-34455033573262585682008-08-28T22:33:00.000+01:002008-08-28T22:33:00.000+01:00I don't know what they are currently taught, maybe...I don't know what they are currently taught, maybe Masuda-san will chime in if he is reading... <A HREF="http://www2.gol.com/users/hsmr/Content/East%20Asia/Japan/History/roots.html" REL="nofollow">This article</A> has some interesting background on their old creation myth versus historical facts as they are currently understood. Of course what they are taught, what they really believe, and what shared narrative they cling onto as a security blanket for social cohesion may be rather different (eg consider religion in the west).<BR/><BR/>(FWIW, I don't actually recall what I was taught at school - I doubt we got much detail on the origin of the species or our ancestral past but this sort of stuff is standard fare in TV broadcasting and popular science writing in the UK, so I guess I got it from there.)James Annanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-48914739440866621302008-08-27T16:14:00.000+01:002008-08-27T16:14:00.000+01:00What do Japanese students get taught about human o...What do Japanese students get taught about human origins?Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.com