Culture of Japan

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

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

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

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

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

I. Introduction Prior to the Chinese influence, Japan had been through significant periods such as Prehistory or Paleolithic period dated from 100,000 to 30,000 BC and Jomon period from 14,000 BC to 300 BC when they advanced their own civilization known as Jomon culture. However, since Yayoi period (300 BC to 250 AD), Chinese culture gradually evolved in Japan society and it also predominantly influenced in Classical Japan which made up of Kofun period from 250 to 538 AD, Asuka period from 538–710

Japan's Changing Culture and the Global Economy: Japan is an Eastern nation that is equivalent to the United States with regards to her economic status. The country's capitalistic philosophy started during the Meiji restoration in the late 1860s and was further developed and embedded through the work of Deming. Throughout its history, Japan is regarded as a religiously and ethnically standardized society with a feudal past of strong nationalistic and internal allegiances. While the country falls

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

reported that an average of 609,000 immigrants per year from 1995 through 2050 is needed for Japan in order to maintain its workforce at the 1995 level (U. N. Population Division 53). The news surprised many people in Japan, and they were forced to face the immigration issue sincerely. This controversial issue has been discussed for last 150 years. Facing today’s low birth-rate and ageing population, Japan should now accept more immigrants and become a multi-ethnic country in the future. On the other

The adventurous, visually enchanting animated Japanese movie, My Neighbour Totoro, by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli released in 1988 in Japan, attempts to show the viewers the innocence and the sense of community in Japan before the prevalent industrialization and economic boom. The movie is set in the countryside away from the big industrialized cities. The main characters are the schoolgirl, Satsuki Kusakabe, and her younger sister, Mei Kusakabe. Their days are brightened thanks to the spirit