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Japan wrestles with its views on ‘outside people’ amid population crisis (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What? Are you really saying you couldn't tell if someone is from Spain or Russia? Germany or UK? Hair colour, eyes colour, skin colour, height, facial features are all completely different. Try finding blonde, 1.9m tall Spaniard with blue eyes for example. There are exceptions obviously, but 99% of the time you can easily spot a Brit/German/Polish/Russian in Spain. The same is true for Asia. I'm sure it's very easy for them to tell Japanese/Chinese/Korans/Indians apart.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sure, the percentages of certain traits in the population are radically different, but there is always enough variation within the population that you can find combinations without automatically having to conclude that the person is foreign. Maybe the variation is smaller within Japan, I know it's larger in China, so maybe a Japanese woman would blend easier in China than the reverse?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I can only judge from media and people i met here in Europe, but for all of them the facial structure is pretty distinct between chinese and japanese people.