The Japanese emperor has finally laid to rest rumours that he has Korean blood, by admitting that it is true, writes Jonathan Watts. ... Academic debates about his ethnic and national "purity" have made little progress. read more
To me the Japanese emperor is 100% ethnically Japanese. There are no pure blooded ethnic groups in the world, at least at the national level. There may be "pure" ethnic groups in jungles of Amazon perhaps, because that's the only way you can remain ethnically "pure". read more