By LISA VOGT/ Special to Asahi Weekly
January 9, 2024 at 07:00 JST
After stating “indisputable” (really?) facts such as “Japan has four seasons” or “It’s because Japan is an island nation,” the narrator on Japan Broadcasting Corp.’s popular program “Chico chan ni shikarareru” asks the audience, “Now, I ask all Japanese citizens...” (“Imakoso subete no Nihonkokumin ni toimasu...”), and people are stumped and grope for an answer to the question. [Read More]
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