Japanophilia is an interest in, or love of, Japan and all things Japanese. (Its opposite is Japanophobia.) One who has such an interest or love is a Japanophile.[1] Various cultures and peoples have gone through various periods of Japanophilia, for various reasons, throughout history. However, to be accused as a Japanophile is regarded as highly offensive in East Asia.[citation needed] This was mainly because of the inhumane Japanese war crimes committed on the colonies during the early 20th Century and the Second World War.[citation needed] In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Carl Peter Thunberg and Philipp Franz von Siebold, who stayed...
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