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

NPR Special | September 20, 2004| | Copyright

ALEX CHADWICK
NPR Special
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 with Mom and Dad and drifting between part-time jobs. Both versions hold some truth, says reporter Bryan Shih. But he also has this story about a ...

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