Profile: Young people in Japan are choosing to study Shinto rather than becoming obsessed with popular culture

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09-20-2004

Profile: Young people in Japan are choosing to study Shinto rather than becoming obsessed with popular culture

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Young people in Japan complain that news stories about them oversimplify everything. Either they are obsessed with all that is hip and now, or they are aimless slackers still living w...

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