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Japanese People and Society

Japanese People and Society. by Steve McCarty Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College Japan International Cooperation Center, Osaka, November 10, 2004. Japanese People. Image and Reality. Changing Society. Population structure (see print) Family structure Traditions Religions (see print)

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Japanese People and Society

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  1. Japanese People and Society by Steve McCarty Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College Japan International Cooperation Center,Osaka, November 10, 2004

  2. Japanese People Image and Reality

  3. Changing Society • Population structure (see print) • Family structure • Traditions • Religions (see print) • News media • Gradually changing values

  4. Comparative Culture • Other-oriented values • Individual and peer group • Taking responsibility • Concept of time • Environment and nature • Status and hierarchy • Male-female differences • Importance of age

  5. Social Behavior • Inside and Outside (uchi & soto) • Competition and Harmony • Politeness and conformity • Obligations (gimu, on, giri) • Honne and tatemae impression • Language and body language • Symbolism of objects and gifts

  6. The Lonely Crowd • Avoiding confrontation • Face and F2F rituals • Fashions and fads • Accessories & gadgets • Envy and jealousy • Indirectness and secrets • Privacy of home space • Attachment to land and place • Too expensive to have children • Obstacles to meeting strangers

  7. Leisure • TV • Music • Sports (see print) • Mobile phones • Computers and Internet • Shopping • Traveling • Reading • Drinking

  8. My Japanese family • Lessons in Other-Orientedness • Pressures to assimilate • Child-raising • Husband-wife relationship • Employment and faithfulness • Fitting in while sticking out

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