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Originally Posted by Umihito
Well last time I checked it was at about 98% pure Japanese, so although it's not 100% homogeneous, I'd say that's close enough to call it that.
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98% pure Japanese?
First of all there isn't such a thing as pure Japanese so I doubt your statistic off the bat.
If you mean that 98% identify themselves as "being Japanese", well that doesn't say anything about Japanese homogenity.
While most Japanese are descendents of what is often referred to as Yamato, many people in Hokkaido have Ainu heritage to varying degree and the same can be said of the people of Okinawa which if not for the fact that it is part of Japan I would say has a completely different culture altogether.
That's not to mention all the mixed race people as well as the Koreans, Chinese and South Americans that live in Japan.