Category: Social values (Page 3 of 5)

Cannabis

Japan has some of the harshest punishments for cannabis use in the world.  One might presume this stems from the country’s dedication to hard work and efficiency, but it’s rather the legacy of the US occupation after WW2.  In fact, … Read the rest

Gratitude

 

In Brazil, I once talked to the elderly priest at the Brasil Daijingu, named Tamotsu Sato.  He’d gone to Brazil on May 22, 1934, and only been back briefly to Japan after the war to get his license to … Read the rest

Animal testing

 

Green Shinto is an enthusiastic supporter of animal rights, though surprisingly this sometimes proves controversial.  One aspect that surely defies controversy is animal testing for cosmetics, which has been shown to be totally unnecessary.  That innocent creatures should be … Read the rest

Shinto spirit

There was an interesting item on a television variety show last night involving Yamamoto Masahiro, a professional baseball pitcher with Chunichi Dragons.  The programme centred on admirable people who were doing things remarkable for their age.  Yamamoto is 48!

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State Shinto (Book Review)

Shinto and the State 1868-1988
Helen Hardacre  Princeton University Press, 1989

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‘Nowhere else in modern history do we find so pronounced an example of state sponsorship of a religion – in some respects the state can be said to

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