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> The people living in Japan have not lived there for long enough for their genetic to become too different from those of other asian countries. The Ainu’s ski
by barry-cotter 4y ago
> The people living in Japan have not lived there for long enough for their genetic to become too different from those of other asian countries.
The Ainu’s skin tone is more like Caucasians than East Asians and the majority population, (Yamato?) are noticeably shorter than the Koreans to whom they are most closely related. There’s clearly been enough isolation, for long enough, for some differentiation. That’s not to say the distribution of traits doesn’t overlap. We’re not talking Sardinians and Swedes here, never mind Bantu and Basque.
- decafninja 4y agoA lot of the pros and cons of Japanese society could apply to Korean society too. There is a lot of overlap. Seoul, like Tokyo, could also be described as a HNer’s dream city. Ultra safe, ultra clean, amazing transit. And like Tokyo, a city like Seoul could never exist in the US for similar reasons. (Then again, cars and public transit coexist somewhat harmoniously in Seoul, with cars being an aspirational item for many Koreans, so maybe it’s not a dream city for the banallcars HNer crowd)