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Monsters Plague Japan. But What Do They Mean?
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Monsters Plague Japan. But What Do They Mean?

How ancient history and modern calamities have cultivated a national obsession with menacing creatures.
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Posted by By Aatish Taseer and Tess Ayano
Many Cultures Borrow. Japan Transforms.
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Many Cultures Borrow. Japan Transforms.

Throughout its history, the country has taken imports and changed them into something else entirely.
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Posted by By Pico Iyer and Ilya Milstein
How Impermanence Became Central to Japanese Thought
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How Impermanence Became Central to Japanese Thought

Transience has come to inform so much of Japan’s culture — even its sense of self.
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Posted by By Aatish Taseer and Moe Suzuki
Why Do Cats Hold Such Mythic Power in Japan?
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Why Do Cats Hold Such Mythic Power in Japan?

A journey through a country where felines are revered, adored and sometimes seen as actual demons.
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Posted by By Hanya Yanagihara and Kyoko Hamada

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