Harari, has a PhD in history from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

 

Following the World wide best seller:

Sapiens      2014

Homo Deus  2016

 

21 Lessons for the 21’st Century,  2018

 

(these three books were translated in the Japanese )

 

Here are three points concerned on Japan:

 

 

Japan upheld the native religion of Shinto as the cornerstone of Japanese identity.

P135

 

 

In 1931 the Japanese army staged mock attacks on itself to justify its invasion

of China, and then created the fake country of Manchukuo to legitimize its conquests.

P232

 

 

In 1930s Japan, people even found imaginative ways to combine Buddhist doctrines

with nationalism, militarism and fascism.

P305

 

 

 

NEXUS will publish in coming September.