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But Japan and the U.S. have many cultural differences, too. Here are some of them. Japanese people are usually more formal (正式的). The Japanese stand farther when talking than Americans, and last names with honorifics (敬语) are used. In America, good customer service is usually warm ...
Compared to the United States, there are 1 a lot of similarities. But Japan and the US do have many cultural differences as well. Here are some of 2 : Japanese people are usually more formal (正式的). The Japanese stand farther when talking than Americans, and last names with honorifics...
In the end of and just after the Second World War, mass rape by Soviet troops against Japanese women took place in Manchuria and Korean Peninsula. Many pregnancies and venereal disease were uncovered upon arrival of groups of repatriates to Japan, and hundreds of abortions were carried out insi...
Here are some of them:1. The Japanese stand farther when talking than Americans, and they always address other people's last names with honorifics (敬语). In America, good customer service is usually warm and friendly. While in Japan, waiters don't usually stop to ask customers how the ...
The Japanese stand fartheraway from each other when they are talking than Americans, and the last nameswith honorfics(敬语) are 3 . In America, good customer service is usually 4 and friendly. In Japan,waiters don't usually stop to ask the customers how the food is, and strangers don't...
In contemporary Japan, the family remains a strong social and legal entity. The right to make decisions on behalf of another in emergency situations lies with the immediate family. Similarly, immediate family members are legally entitled to claim from deceased family member's estates. One way to...
samurainoun(n. pl. & sing.) In the former feudal system of Japan, the class or a member of the class, of military retainers of the daimios, constituting the gentry or lesser nobility. They possessed power of life and death over the commoners, and wore two swords as their distinguishing...
Here are some of3 : 4 people are usually more formal.The Japanese stand farther when talking than Americans, and last names with honorifics(敬语) are 5 . In America, good customer service is usually 6 and friendly. In Japan,waiters don't usually stop to ask customers how the food is, ...
・”When he held a puff of cigarette smoke in his mouth and furrowed his brow.” This response was given by a 24-year-old, surprisingly enough. While smoking seems to be decreasing in Japan, it appears that it still “looks cool” — something Don Draper could no doubt attest to. Th...