Michael Hoffman's article on the apparent rise of nationalism in the wake of the March 11 earthquake disaster leads me to wonder: If Japanese "intellectuals" like conservative journalist Yoshiko Sakurai and professor emeritus Masahiko Fujiwara (both cited in Hoffman's article) make themselves and their country ugly to the rest of the world by exalting their racial superiority—"Japanese genes"—who will care when the next earthquake strikes?
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donald seekins