For JSTOR Daily, Waiyee Loh explored the West’s perspective of postwar Japanese culture and why it’s so adored: Observers have long hailed Japan’s aptitude for cultural synthesis. Is this characterization warranted, or does it reflect a collective fantasy about exceptionalism?
JSTOR Daily on “why we think Japan is special”
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