Culture of Japan

Yoshikuni Igarashi’s Bodies of Memory, he discusses the post war narrative between the U.S. and Japan, and the effects of that narrative on the Japanese and Americans. The nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki set a foundational narrative in which the U.S. was masculinized while Japan was feminized. By gendering both countries, the narrative shapes how history is viewed by setting up the ways in which Japan views the U.S. after the war and vice versa. This is similar to Fujitani’s reading where he

consists of China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan. During the time period of 600 C.E. - 1450, which is also known as time period 3, this geographic region underwent numerous changes, some of which were political, economic, social, and religious. Nonetheless, several continuities relative to these matters were experienced as well. For example, East Asia experienced political changes in China, when the Tang dynasty fell and the Song dynasty arose in its place, in Japan, when the emperor

Japan reacted by modernizing quickly through the Meiji Restoration to ensure they themselves didn't fall behind the West. This proved successful as Japan was treated as a "great power" along with the Europeans. After Japan defeated Russia in a big war in 1905, it impressed the Europeans and so Japan's prestige rose with Japanese nationalism increasing tenfold. Throughout this time, Japan did not like Western influence in Asia. This prompted them to create a Japanese "sphere of influence" to rid Asia

a cultural exemption. As someone who was born in Norway, and has visited several whaling towns, I feel that I have some idea of the importance of whaling to Norwegian cultures and national identity. Although Japan is culturally and geographically a very different place to Norway, I feel that the importance of whaling to both cultures provides some similarities between the two nations. 1. Do you agree with the Norwegian and Japanese position on permitting the hunting of non-endangered species

study is Japan. I figured their culture and society is vastly different than the one that we have here in America. I discovered that it is very different to our culture. It is interesting to learn about other countries, especially high context cultures like Japan. Japan is a high context culture society, meaning that communication is less reliant on only verbal communication. They rely on close relationships and making bonds with people. In a business setting it is important in their culture to have

Guns, for better or for worse, are a central part of many societies culture. Created in the 13th century, they have been around for an extremely long period of time. (Wikipedia). They revolutionized many aspects of life including hunting and how wars are fought. With the immense power guns offer, comes an immense danger and responsibility. It is up to each country to regulate the possession and usage of such dangerous and volatile objects. When in the wrong hands, they pose a threat to societies

(Statistics Japan 2010) This extensive family downsizing is a recent phenomenon in Japan, juxtaposed to the conventional three generational cum extended families that used to dominate the household structures. (Rebick and Takenaka 2006) Table 3 – Source: Statistics Japan: Prefecture Comparisons| Rate of Nuclear Families In addition, the population density is the highest in Tokyo, with 5

In this case, the message was altered, but it was not to present the same effective message to the target culture as it did the source culture, as in the case of dynamic equivalence. Instead, it was purposefully changed to create an entirely different perception for the video game console, one that Nintendo of America thought would result in more sales. It’s clear that localization

the In the world of business most multinational enterprises, like us at Apple, have the dilemma of cultural issues. Culture

beginning and the middle of the 20th century, colonial period and 6.25 Korean War. Japan tried to change Korea in order to defeat them, but they failed. And when Japan changed Korea and left, Korean used Japanese rules. Their rules’ purpose wasn’t really helpful to Korea, but because Japan lost, some of them become helpful, and some of them made serious issues. By times flow, it changed, but still in Korean culture and society, but the change of the Japanese colonial period remains. First big issue