This is what Euskal Herria really needs in order to regain it sovereignty, to be known around the world without the negative press and misinformation that Madrid and Paris dish out in order to perpetuate their occupation of the Basque nation. This note comes to us via EITb:
Japanese anthropologist lectures on Basque studies in Osaka
Junko Arantzazu Kajita works at the University of Osaka. These days she is gathering material for her courses and researching into Basque culture in Donostia-San Sebastian.
The Japanese anthropologist Junko Arantzazu Kajita is an expert on Basque issues and is back in the Basque Country to delve into Basque culture. She visited the country for the first time 20 years ago, and has since repeated the visit quite often. "I love the Basque Country," she told ETB.
Rural areas and landscape attracted Junko's attention as she found many similarities between the Basque Country and Japan. In her thesis she compared Basque farmhouses and Japanese "ie" houses.
She lectures at the University of Osaka on Basque studies. Over 160 students enrol for the course every year, but Junko only has room for 30.
She is also learning Basque on her own and dedicates one hour a day to that task, although she says it is quite difficult as she lacks a teacher.
A few years ago Junko was converted to Catholicism and chose her second name Arantzazu, Basque town she loved with her first visit there.
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