in article CsZ1d.2761$rX7.916@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com, Musashi at
Miyamoto@Hosokawa.co.jp wrote on 9/15/04 8:45 AM:
(snip)
> Now, this whole thread started because some website claimed that the term
> "eskimo" was
> offensive to the actual people because thats not what they call themselves.
> I merely pointed out that Japanese in Japan don;t call themselves "Asian"
> either.
> Although now that I've said this, we don't call ourselves "Japanese" or our
> country
> "Japan" either.

It depends on the Japanese. I know plenty of Japanese both in Japan and in
Canada who would refer to themselves as Asian or 東洋人 if the conversation
led to it. It seems, in part, to be a marker of one's position on the
political spectrum.

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