Old maps on Google Earth unveil Japanese secrets


World | 207035 hits | May 07 12:54 am | Posted by: Hyack
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TOKYO (AP) — When Google Earth added historical maps of Japan to its online collection last year, the search giant didn’t expect a backlash. The finely detailed woodblock prints have been around for centuries, they were already posted on another Web site

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  1. by avatar Bacardi4206
    Thu May 07, 2009 3:04 pm
    What are they bitching about exactly? I don't quite understand.

  2. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu May 07, 2009 3:19 pm
    "Bacardi4206" said
    What are they bitching about exactly? I don't quite understand.


    They don't like to be reminded that they used to (and still do) discriminate based on the accidental circumstances of a persons birth.

    The emperor is nekkid.

  3. by avatar RUEZ
    Thu May 07, 2009 3:23 pm
    They should get over it, after all India still does this.

  4. by avatar commanderkai
    Thu May 07, 2009 5:12 pm
    So Japan is full of racists? Is this new to anybody?

  5. by avatar RUEZ
    Thu May 07, 2009 5:16 pm
    "commanderkai" said
    So Japan is full of racists? Is this new to anybody?

    Was.

  6. by avatar commanderkai
    Thu May 07, 2009 5:20 pm
    "RUEZ" said
    So Japan is full of racists? Is this new to anybody?

    Was.

    Eh, there's still a lot of discrimination in Japan.

  7. by avatar taraa Gold Member
    Thu May 07, 2009 6:05 pm
    An employee at a large, well-known Japanese company, who works in personnel and has direct knowledge of its hiring practices, said the company actively screens out burakumin job seekers.


    “If we suspect that an applicant is a burakumin, we always do a background check to find out,” she said. She agreed to discuss the practice only on condition that neither she nor her company be identified.


    Japan definitely IS still discriminating against those with Burakumin ancestors. I think it's completely unfair, it isn't their fault their ancestors did the dirty work. Makes me glad to live in Canada that's for sure.

  8. by avatar QBall
    Thu May 07, 2009 8:57 pm
    It sounds like the problem is with Japanese society, not with Google. Maybe Japan should be more inwardly focused instead of trying to find a scapegoat. If companies in Japan are still scanning for ancestors of these people (who are Japanese, not foreigners), then Japan has some serious internal issues to work through.



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