Multiethnic Lives and Monoethnic Myths Tachihara Masaaki, write of Korean and Japanese ancestry, once posed this question: "I wonder if the day will ever come when the fact of being of mixed blood would be understood in Japan." ... Persons of multiethnic ancestry may pose this challenge of expanding the mental and spiritual boundaries of Japan, simply by being both Japanese and not Japanese.
――愛知県立大学 前期日程/外国語学部(2月25日実施)――2006年