Thursday, December 2, 2010

Ian Buruma

Like earthquakes and other natural calamities common in the Japanese isles, jealousy, pollution and death simply happen. They will always be with us. But they do not occur because of a sinful act. The concept of sin was, and still is, alien to Japanese thought. The Japanese gods (kami) are like most people, neither wholly good, nor completely bad. There is no Satan in Japan.

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  1. He is a British-Dutch writer and academic. Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands. With an English mother, Dutch father, and Japanese wife, was educated in Holland and Japan, where he studied history, Chinese literature, and Japanese cinema.
    But what attract him to choose living in US now? what were all the reasons?
    even the freshness of daily milk, his wife can't stop him coming and living in US.
    I'm not comparing or thinking US is better than Japan or any other country, I'm just wondering maybe because the international surrounding, international thinking attract many intellect people? hope you too, like US just a little bit?
    I noticed to many immigrants, the longer they stay, the more they like it.

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