Culture And Japanese Culture

Culture is a specific set of morals and values that distinguish a group of individuals from another. The five characteristics that define a culture are that culture is learned, shared with others, based on symbols, it's integrated throughout a nation and lastly can have dynamic. Culture is learned, we primarily see culture taught in adolescent years through our peers, school, family, and even sometimes the media. Your upbringing has an impact on your culture. Culture often shared, it's a social construct. To learn a language, behavior, or even a tradition we must interact with other people, thus making culture shared. Culture is also sometimes based on symbols. We in America know that the flag, red, white, and blue is a symbol of the United States, this a part of our culture. Culture is integrated, it’s brought to wherever you may go in the world, it’s usually mixed with other cultures which make culture integrated. Culture is also dynamic; your culture can always modify slightly, it can always change.

Yasumasa Morimura was born in Osaka, Japan 1951; before the end of the American Occupation and during the Korean War. It was at this time in Japan that society had become increasingly modernized and influenced by western culture. Subsequently, the foreign influence of Japan’s culture affected their culture, politics and education. With a westernized curriculum, much of the education focused on occident values, ideas, and art. Despite Japan’s rich history, much of the art history that was taught had originated from western culture.

People no longer use the term “Japanese American” in today's society. Instead, they are no longer thought as a separate group and are incorrectly categorized as “Asian American”, along with Vietnamese American, Chinese American, etc. Japanese Americans have an extremely unique background in terms of their origins, history, and struggle with racialization. Like many ethnic groups, Japanese Americans have been subjected to many different portrayals throughout American history. Even though cultural separation and suspicion are deemed as immoral, such practices toward them were thought to be necessary by the American Government. For a good amount of time, they suffered from racial hostility and violence. Now, in an age where cultural diversity

Japan is about 83 years old. Japan is an island in the Pacific Ocean. It has dense cities, palaces, mountainous national parks and thousands of shrines and temples. Population of Japan as of 2016 is 127 million. Its capital, Tokyo, is also one of the biggest cities. Their national language is japanese but there are eleven other known languages.

I am going to Japan soon. I have been thinking about the things that I am going to see and how life could be different. The culture, food and the other activities that I would do. Everything is different there. Even school.

In today’s modern, fast-paced, technology driven world it is all too easy to misinterpret and misunderstand situations, both personal and professional, that could easily be solved by taking a look into the cultural concepts and norms of a group or society. In cultures with a long history of social customs, it would be beneficial for those involved to examine the special features and norms that make up this culture in an effort to better the communication and understanding of personal and professional relationships. This area can be especially favorable in working with those of the Japanese decent as this culture is deeply intricate with many traditions and standards that have been passed on from generation to generation. Some of theses cultural

This paper provided an opportunity to take a deeper look into the country of Japan by conducting a Global Cultural Analysis. Throughout this paper the following four research areas were explored: 1.What is the major elements and dimensions of culture in Japan? 2. How are these elements and dimensions integrated by locals conducting business in Japan? 3. How does U.S. culture and business compare with the elements and dimensions of culture integrated by the locals conducting business in Japan? 4. What are the implications for U.S. businesses that wish to conduct business with Japan?

According to Dyer (2013), the culture is considered monolithic in nature because the culture is formed by a single society or single background. For example, Japanese culture formed by a single ethnic group while sharing tradition, norms and values within the group (p. 220). Thus, the culture is established socially by the group of people with same background and society.

Q 1: B) Those that belong to the Japanese culture are demonstrated by the interdependent view, compared to Western cultures which are embody an independent view. Individuals that affiliate themselves as interdependent, their actions and emotions is influenced by their social situation and surroundings. ‘We suggest that for many cultures of the world, the Western notion of the self as an entity containing significant dispositional attributes, and as detached from context, is simply not an adequate description of selfhood. Rather, in many construals, the self is viewed as interdependent with the surrounding context, and it is the “other” or the “self-in-relation-to-other” that is focal in individual experience.” (Markus & Kitayama, 1991, pg. 225). They are more likely to express and display their actions and emotions based on the reactions of others, or how others around them are behaving. In sum, they are connected with social context, as their statuses, roles, and relationships are external. The Japanese are known to be the most humane, when in the context of other people. (Lebra, 1976, as cited in Markus & Kitayama, 1991). They promote other people’s goals and belong and fit in with their social groups, instead of being “unique.” They’re relationships with over individuals, in particular situations, define themselves. Independent individuals are more unique and direct, whereas interdependent individuals are not. (Markus & Kitayama, 1991).

Japanese people are just normal people, they can love and laugh, they can hate and cry, they can be moral and can be immoral, they have their own culture though, but it doesn’t make them any more or less “human” than people like “us” (whoever you are).

The magical Japanese society works towards creating a happy relationship with all people. Harmony, order, and self-development are the three most important values in Japan. Basic ideas about self and nature of the human society came from different religions and different philosophical traditions in Japan. Empathy is an important reason for the Japanese culture. Empathy began in Japanese mythology. The gods displayed human emotions like love and anger. The Japanese society discourages bad behavior by providing rewards when someone is angry. When the actions caused harm to others, they would be rewarded with negative behavior. Young Magical Japanese children learn from the early stages

Japan is located on an island in Asia. Japan has a very interesting and intriguing culture. Everything, from education to even how Japanese people greet each other. People in Japan are very proper compared to other countries. Their houses are very different from one’s in the United States from when you even enter the house to when you leave. This is the research I’ve found on my county and I hope you enjoy all the cool facts and customs.

The History of Japan plays a big factor in understanding its culture. Japan is located in Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. Japan has many concerning natural hazardous features as well as environmental problems that effects agriculture as well as economy and population. Japan’s government and civil law system reflect those of German and Anglo-American structures. Learning about the people and society of Japan can be easily accomplished by understanding their religious structure, social structure, languages they speak and interest they uphold.

Japan is a striving cultural and rich country. Japan shares its culture with the country and the world with its many festivals and there are a lot of festivals. Festivals are held almost every day in Japan. These festivals have lasted for centuries and continue their same traditions that have lasted just as long. The country shares many social traits with American but is different in many other ways. Japan and the United States both have incomparable different social greetings along with different common name usage but are comparable in education importance in society.

Throughout “Hiroshima” by John Heresy, the readers are gradually exposed to Japanese culture through each of the six survivors, regardless of the survivors' nationality, as they stitch their lives back together after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 9, 1945. Japanese-style hospitals are quite different in comparison to other hospitals, gradually reforming through the book. As a Japanese, you were happy to die for your Emperor and country as shown in Tanimoto's letter to an American and in the survivors. Japanese had a resistance toward foreigners due to the war, however, after the bombing, the Japanese accepted those they rejected. Through these Japanese customs, the audience gains further understanding of the influence the