A new diversity is emerging in Japan (Looking To The East)
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This largely emanating from sports activities. Diversity and Japan – Japan is 98% Japan but is starting to see itself as multicultural as with Hawaii. And what is driving that more than anything else is sports. Naomi Osaka (see picture) She is called a hafu in Japan, mixed descent. The Japan Brave Blossoms rugby team is nearly 50% non-Japanese native (see team picture) 15 of the 31 team members are citizens but not full Japanese descent. (see picture of running player) See graph on growing number of non-Japanese in japan Case study of Rakuten Japan switching to English over Japanese for internal conversation. We will also discuss the current Japan USA FTA status, and the Asia reaction to the Trump impeachment process. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Stephen A. Zurcher.
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