●Japan
■JapayandCulture
◆TheJapaneseand“Face”
◇Savingfaceisveryimportantiy。
◇TheJaparefusingsomeobringsembarrassmentandlossoffacetotheotherperson。
◇Iftherequestotbeaccepted,theywillsay,“it’si”or“it’sundersideration”。
◇Faceisasymbnityandmeanshavinghighstatuswithone’speers。
◇TheJapanesewillhiolossofface。Therefore,theydonotpubliclycriticize,offend,orputahe-spot。
◇Fabelost,takenaraiseandthanks。
◆Harmonyiy
◇Harmonyisthecorevalueiy。
◇HarmonyistheguidingpriheJapaneseinfamilyaingsandiyasawhole。
◇Japanesearetaughttobehaveharmoniouslyaivelywithothersfromthetimewheopre-school。
◇TheJapaioressestheinterdependenceofallpeople,andJapanesearenottaughttobeirathertether。
◇Theneedforharmoioweenpeopleisdisplayedinmuesebehavior。
&achgreatimportaeness,personalresponsibilityandwetherfortheuherthantheindividual。
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◇Theyviewwinharmoalfactproductively。
◆JapaneseNon-Verbaluni
◇SiheJapanesepursueharmroup-depeheydependonfacialexpression,toneofvoidposturetotellthemwhatsomeonefeels。
&enhavemorefaithinnon-verbalmessagesthanthespokenwordsaswordstainseveralmeanings。
◇Themeaningofthewordsisaffectedbythesituationinwhiethingissaid。Therefore,itisouhetexttofullyappreciatethereply。
◇Frowningwhilesomeoneisspeakingissideredasasignofdisagreement。
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◇Watchoutfortheexpressiinthroughchedteeth,tiltigthebackofthehead,andsgtheeyebrow。
◇Non-verbaluniissoimportantthatthereisabaijins”(fners)onhowtoreadthesigns!
◇Itisregardedoffeareintoanotherperson’seyes,especiallythoseofapersonwhoisseniortoyoubecauseofageorstatus。
◇IionstheJapaneseavoideyetacttogivethemselvesprivacy。
◆JapaneseHierarchy
◇TheJapaneseareveryseageandstatus。
◇Everyonehasauioninthehierarchy,beitthefamilyuendedfamily,asocialorabusiion。
◇Atschoollearherstudehem(“senpai”)orjuniortothem(“kohai”)。
&personinagroupisaledhonored。Inasotext,theywillbeservedfirstandtheirdrinkswillbepouredforthem。