# Japanese beliefs about blood type - why?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 31, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-beliefs-about-blood-type-why/226875 "2004-01-31T04:51:05Z")\
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> [@SnoopyFan](#):
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> How do the Japanese explain when someone is nothing like their blood type’s characteristics?

The same way Westerners do whe horoscopes don’t pan out–they BS, shuck & jive. :dubious:

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