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    Misunderstanding Religion and Culture Religion‚ whether directly or indirectly has always played in important role in societies all over the world especially during a time when colonization was taking place in different parts of the world. In the nineteenth century‚ a new stage of Western expansion into Asia and Africa began. Colonialism in Asia‚ and Africa displayed many similarities but also some differences by different countries. Then there was the ‘‘missionary factor‚’’ where European

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    Culture of Japan The culture of Japan has evolved greatly over the millennia‚ from the country’s prehistoric Jōmon period‚ to its contemporary hybrid culture‚ which combines influences from Asia‚ Europe‚ and North America. The inhabitants of Japan experienced a long period of relative isolation from the outside world during the Tokugawa shogunate‚ until the arrival of "The Black Ships" and the Meiji period. Fūjin and Raijin‚ Tawaraya Sōtatsu‚ 17th century. Pine Trees‚ Hasegawa Tōhaku Japanese

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    Religion in Japan In Japan today‚ religion is freely practiced and‚ at least in small numbers‚ a multitude of religions are present. The religious beliefs of Japan’s populace breakdown to 91% Shinto‚ 72% Buddhist‚ and 13% other (less than 1% is Christian). Although in the West religious faiths are viewed as mutually exclusive‚ in Japan it is common for a person to adopt beliefs from more than one theology. The majority of the population therefore is both Buddhist and Shinto. Both of these faiths

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    Be Careful‚ Misunderstanding by Different Cultures Have you ever visited another country and made many misunderstandings that you did not realize? Every country has its particular culture‚ and people can identify those cultures by different races‚ genders and nationalities. In addition‚ different races of people have their particular cultural backgrounds‚ and every different culture has its interesting parts. People benefit from learning other cultures; by doing that‚ they can improve their nations

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    Culture a Misunderstanding “Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself.” This quote by Johann G. Hamann talks about language and how it can be misunderstood. What he means is if you don’t understand someone because you don’t speak that language how things are going to work out. Everything will just be you listening to someone but you can’t comprehend what the person is saying. Just like in the

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    AP English 27 March 2014 A Misunderstanding The fact that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ a fictional book‚ has caused such an outcry from certain people is downright ridiculous...although somewhat understandable. Those who believe the word nigger is an unacceptable insult in every circumstance are completely narrow minded and stubborn because they are choosing to associate “nigger” with the worst type of connotation instead of emerging from David Foster Wallace’s “water” and viewing

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    Businessmen‚ There are many different types of cultural issues one needs to take into consideration when dealing with a Japanese business men referred to as (salary men). For example there are no types of arguments in the Japanese business culture. There is much respect given to their elders. A salary man will never question or talk ill of the company it works for. There is no retiring at the age of 65. The career is for life in the same company which will also take care of the salary men for

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    CHANGING VALUES AND THE LEGAL CUl.TURE IN JAPAN FUJIKURA Koichiro 1. THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF MODERN JAPAN Since the Meiji Restoration in 1868‚Japan has pursued a path of modernization‚ using the industrialized nations of the West as its model. In this way‚ modernization in Japan meant westernization and industrialization; it led to the transformation of the traditional governing structure into a highly centralized one and turned the agricultural society into a technologically modern and industrially

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    Class Discussion Compare the business culture of the UK with that of Japan. How would business negotiations between delegations from the two countries be affected‚ and how would you advise a UK team to prepare for the negotiations? “Nihonjinron”‚ literally “the Theory of the Japanese”‚ has been of fascination for both Japanese and foreigners alike‚ and the industrialised world seems acutely aware that the Japanese are very different to Westerners‚ in ideology‚ religion‚ and business strategies

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    The bento as a culture in Japan ID NO.12411099 Word count: 1075 It is very convenient that students who study in APU can go to convenience store buying bento as lunch or dinner. In fact‚ everyday there are so many people who are students or businessmen buying bento as their lunch when they have no time to eat lunch in resturant or made by hand. In some way‚ bento is a pretty important culture in Japan society. Bento first appeared in ancient period in Japan‚ which mostly

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