personified bya Japanese diplomat, Kawasaki Ichiro, who wrote a book in English in 1969 wherehe said Of all the races of the world, the Japanese are perhaps physically theleast attractive, with the exception of Pygmies and Hottentots. The Japanesewomen seem to have the same opinion despite the fact many Caucasians find themattractive, many go as far as to surgically remove their epicanthic fold tolook whiter (epicanthic folds are the extra layer of skin that makes Asianshave their distinctive eye shape.)Before surgery, upper figure. After surgery, lower figure. One aspect of Japan that seemsto astonish many foreigners is how they so readily thrash their culture.Fortunately, in the past decades this trend is reversing, however, by the timethis book was written it was probably the peak of the Japanese lack of care fortheir own forms of cultural expression. This obsession for the West in generaland Anglos in particular came from a sense of inferiority that was firstbrought by the commodore Perry forcing the Japanese to open their markets andlater came by the defeat in the World War II. Both humiliations brought a senseof despair and inferiority in the Japanese for the decades after the events. This sense of inferiority ledJapan to a quick and strong process of westernization. This process of westernizationand the desire for it was so intense that intellectuals of the time called formass conversions to Christianity and even for a program of mass miscegenationto strengthen the race! While this self-imposed genocidedid not take place, the Japanese were very successful in industrializing andcreating a strong modernized Army which they used to conquer resources and landin other parts of Asia to compensate for their scarceness at home. Japan becameincreasingly nationalist and completely subjugated and annexed Korea until 1945in the hope of eliminating the Koreans by indirect means. After the end of theSecond Great War again the Japanese got into a submissive position and lookedwith great admiration towards the Americans. The Japanese school systemgreatly neglects its national culture, which is eclipsed by Western curricula.The traditional Japanese architecture has been largely replaced by a Westernstyle one, which is a shame because many forms of traditional Japanese pantingand dance absolutely require a tatami floor that is now completely absent ofmost relatively new buildings. Japanese food and calligraphy at least are stilltaken very seriously, being national patrimonies. A really sad and also comicalsituation is how the English language penetrated Japanese daily language. TheJapanese are terribly bad in speaking English or writing English but still thelanguage is found everywhere. This leads to all sorts of home grown Englishthat most Japanese do not know is not actually proper English and might usewhen visiting foreign lands. T-shirts in Japan for example, are full ofnon-sense home grown English such as chickens of the pool, Arabian camelor cool elegance. Misspellings are also common, with advertisements aboutways to change your PARSONARITY. Many Japanese have absolutely no idea of whatis that is written in the products they buy. It is not that uncommon to seehousewives walking with bags with the word shit printed all over it andthings of that nature. One would expect that