Prayer in schools: Japan vs. U.S.A. | Special Guest: Shino Yokotsuka

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Crossing Faiths

Religion & Spirituality


Shino Yokotsuka, a Tokyo native and a PhD student in Boston, joins Matt and John to compare school prayer practices in United States and Japan. Did you know Japanese school children must dye their hair black if their hair isn't naturally black? Can western-style religious freedom be exported verbatim into collective cultures? Who's deity is referred to by "under God" in the U.S.A.'s Pledge of Allegiance? Also, is it really religious freedom if you must bow to an emperor? Special Guest: Shino Yokotsuka.