CULTURE SHOCK! Japan

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CULTURE SHOCK! Japan

• Socializing with the Japanese

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Definition of Terms

• Gaijin - foreigner
• O-furo - ritual community bath
• Expatriate - foreigner living in another country
• Faux pas - social blunder
• Wa - harmony

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• Omoiyari - empathy
• Hierarchy - classification of a group of people
  according to ability, or economic, social, or
  professional standing
• Uchi - inside
• Soto - outside
• Kao - face

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Bowing

• Formal and first time meetings - 45
• Second meeting - 15

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Name Cards

• A man without a card is like a fish without a
  tail.
• Cards respect
• Presenting cards

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Basic Concepts of Personal Behavior

• Wa - harmony. Cardinal value of interpersonal
  relationships
• Omoiyari - empathy. Feelings are important.
  Empathy is valued more than ability to be
  rational and practical.

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Two Faces of the Ego

• The inner person is the honne
• The outer person (mask) is the tatemae

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Hierarchy

• Confucius says
• Japanese are very conscious of status and age
  differences.
• School - senior students are senpai junior
  students are kohai.
• Still part of social fabric

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Social Responsibility

• kashi - a loan
• Kari - a debt

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Whos in, whos not?

• Uchi - inside
• Soto - outside

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Kao - Face

• The Japanese are always concerned about what
  others think of them.
• And, they dont ever want to lose face, or the
  face they present to others,

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Table Manners

• Where are your shoes?
• How do you use your chopsticks?
• Eating, drinking, and conversation?

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CULTURE SHOCK! Japan

• Rex Shelley (1993)
• Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
• Portland, Oregon