gives us an example of how important traditional roles are in Japanese lifestyle. “The Pan‚ the Pot‚ the Burning Fire I Have in Front of Me‚” written by Ishigaki Rin‚ acknowledges the traditional roles for women in Japan‚ and how long it has been a tradition. The short story‚ “The Pearl‚” by Yukio Mishima‚ discusses about an event that took a turn due to a misunderstanding. This gives us an example of the different perspectives on Japanese traditional roles of women. The author proceeds to use imagery
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People are people Autumn Heather Lundy Concorde Career College Friday‚ July 12‚ 2013 Prepared for MS Hill Multicultural competence is the ability to appreciate‚ value‚ interact with and benefit from difference cultures. Cultures are group with a common outlook. They may be racial or ethnic; male or female; of a certain sexual orientation belief or age (job readiness‚ 2013‚ page 104). You will always see in this world multicultural competence because every judges everybody. Before I was born
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The Imperial Japanese Army had a reputation during and after World War II as being the most hated enemy the allied western forces had encountered. This partly stems from acts of brutality committed by the IJA that are both infamous and synonymous with the wars fought in Asia and the pacific‚ and partly because of their alien philosophies and attitudes which are deeply embedded in the psyche of the Japanese soldier and which were consequently demonstrated through out their involvement in World War
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are some of the foundations to their success. Two common phrases that Japanese culture reflects are “war is work” and “live to work”. These facts and figures on Japan will give you an idea on what the culture is like in Japan and how it positively affects their businesses. Population: 127 million people GDP:
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Intercultural Encounter in a Working Place Living together with people from different cultural context will expose us to the differences of the culture clearer rather than its similarities (Pattiwael‚ 2015). This kind of situation is faced by the Americans and the Japanese people who have experienced an intercultural encounter in the movie of “Gung Ho”. Gung Ho is a movie that tells about the clash of cultures after a certain group of Japanese work together with American in order to reopen a car factory
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Since opening its “doors” in 1852‚ Western ideals began to influence the way Japanese people saw themselves. Many did not believe a nation-state could be consolidated under the Tokugawa regime‚ and should therefore reform the government and the nation according to Western ideology. This is perhaps best exemplified in the Meiji Restoration‚ which began as a way to not only reform the old Tokugawa way of life‚ but to also transform Japan into a nation that could stand on equal grounds with the West
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Yukio Mishima‚ a renowned author‚ has come up with an erotic romance story about two young Japanese lovers in the close island community of Uta-Jima Yukio Mishima is known for his great‚ deep‚ meaningful‚ works of literature‚ and this is no exception. The plot line focuses on a love story about a young adult named Shinji‚ and the daughter of a rich‚ powerful man‚ Hatsue. The social separation between them prevents them from going on with their relationship publically‚ as this allows them to avoid
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approximately 1.4 million people descendent of Japanese living in Brazil. One of the largest concentration of Japanese immigrants these days are located in Bairro da Liberdade‚ Sao Paulo‚ Even though a couple hundred Japanese started to immigrate to Brazil in 1908‚ to work in coffee agriculture‚ before and after World War II is when 164‚000 Japanese arrived in Brazil. Which would result a couple decades later in a new subculture‚ the Nipo-Brasileiro or Mestizos (Brazilian and Japanese mixed races). In this
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Yukio Mishima was born in January 14 1925 in Tokyo. This Japanese novelist‚ playwright‚ actor‚ film director‚ model and poet is now considered one of Japan’s greatest modern writers. In his lifetime he produced over 100 works‚ including novels‚ short stories‚ plays‚ literary essays‚ and screenplays. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize three times. His books tend to have themes such as death‚ spiritual barrenness‚ beauty‚ sexuality‚ cultural norms and changes‚ and the tensions between mind and body
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Small is Beautiful The word ‘small’ represents what is minor or of minimum importance but small can also be beautiful. For instance ‘smile’ is a five letter word‚ a small word as you may see it‚ but is of great importance. Smile is a beautiful thing. It brings cheer and happiness in one’s life‚ it helps one to stay fit and healthy not only mentally or emotionally but physically too. Smile brings joy and tenderness in one’s heart amidst various amounts of sorrow‚ tension and turmoil. Not only does
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