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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 11:21 pm Reply with quote
Awww, that headline was begging for a Seel pun. Sad
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Pokémon's world view is one of diversity..and it is this view of the future of society that Japan is aiming to represent through the Expo.


Remind me again as to how ethnically diverse Japan is again...
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Chester McCool



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:32 am Reply with quote
Cutiebunny wrote:
Remind me again as to how ethnically diverse Japan is again...


Well, they didn't say anything about racial diversity. They just said it was diverse because they have over 800 Pokemon.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 6:16 am Reply with quote
Cutiebunny wrote:
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Pokémon's world view is one of diversity..and it is this view of the future of society that Japan is aiming to represent through the Expo.


Remind me again as to how ethnically diverse Japan is again...


Actually, Japan is still somewhat homogeneous, only 2% of Japan's population are foreingers. Why they wrote this is somewhat ironic, given that Japan's anime features a lot of diverse casts.
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Why has Japan had TWO World Expos in the last twenty years, and all of North America hasn't had one since 1986?

...It's about Disney's Epcot, isn't it? Mad
The timing can't be coincidence.
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CR85747



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:50 pm Reply with quote
Aca Vuksa wrote:
Cutiebunny wrote:
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Pokémon's world view is one of diversity..and it is this view of the future of society that Japan is aiming to represent through the Expo.


Remind me again as to how ethnically diverse Japan is again...


Actually, Japan is still somewhat homogeneous, only 2% of Japan's population are foreingers. Why they wrote this is somewhat ironic, given that Japan's anime features a lot of diverse casts.


That is quoting the official census, which does not have a race question. There are no statistics counting how many Japanese citizens are not ethnic Japanese (this is an intentional policy decision on the part of the government).
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EricJ2 wrote:
Why has Japan had TWO World Expos in the last twenty years, and all of North America hasn't had one since 1986?

...It's about Disney's Epcot, isn't it? Mad
The timing can't be coincidence.


Blame the 1984 fair in New Orleans, which went bankrupt during its run.
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CR85747 wrote:
EricJ2 wrote:
Why has Japan had TWO World Expos in the last twenty years, and all of North America hasn't had one since 1986?


Blame the 1984 fair in New Orleans, which went bankrupt during its run.


Oh. Confused I was blaming the fact that Expos are temporary and have to be torn down after two years, always leading to "Montreal" jokes about what happens to all those artsy sculptures and buildings that have to be salvaged afterwards.
(With Vancouver '86 for example: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/expo-86-landmarks-still-standing-today-1.3567061)
The Nagoya Expo in the 00's was the one that gave us the life-size Totoro House, and everyone was wondering where to put it after closing...I mean, why not the Ghibli Museum? Anime catgrin

Thought it was the "Why ARE we tearing these down??" idea that sank Expos, once Epcot's "permanent World's Fair" spearheaded the Theme Park Renaissance in the 90's, and it just made more sense for corporations to sponsor high-tech attractions for something that would stay open year round.

Most of the World's Fairs in history, like New Orleans, Knoxville, Montreal, Seattle, Vancouver, '39 NYC, and...whenever Dubai had theirs, were by cities that still felt "unknown", not taken seriously as a tourism identity of their own, and thought hosting the world at their door would literally Put Them On the Map.
Maybe Osaka needed world respect more than Azerbijan, but here in the US, Six Flags has most of the "other-city" tourism locked up.
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