Ethnology: As a native of Finland he is extremely durable to cold weather

Do the Japanese and the Finns have anything in common? Well, to a non-Finn and non-Japanese their respective languages might sound sort of similar or at least equally strange and difficult. What more? Both nationalities have a reputation of being reserved* and shy. There are also similarities in some of the design styles of these countries. With Nokia developing into a giant of a company both countries now rely heavily on hi-tech industry. You can probably find more things they have in common (pls comment!).

Read about Marutei Tsurunen, an ex-Finn who was born Martti Turunen. 38 years ago he went to Japan as a Lutheran missionary and now he is still there but with an other mission...

* Swedes also has that reputation but the Finns and the Japanese take it to another level.



Thanks to Mr Feckenbrenner

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