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Japanese Ethnography Study

Japanese Ethnography Study. Rogelio Mendez & Laura Rodriguez. Japan ’ s History. Has been around before the current era. Has had man rulers, from councils to shoguns, throughout several periods. Had a major role during WW II, but today the U.S. and Japan are important economic partners.

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Japanese Ethnography Study

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  1. Japanese Ethnography Study Rogelio Mendez & Laura Rodriguez

  2. Japan’s History • Has been around before the current era. • Has had man rulers, from councils to shoguns, throughout several periods. • Had a major role during WW II, but today the U.S. and Japan are important economic partners.

  3. Japan’s Culture • Religion • Arts • Food • Education

  4. Japan’s Religion • Shinto: Japan’s major religion. • Buddhism: Second largest, death is honored through the Buddhist religion. • Christianity: Brought by European traders.

  5. Japan and the Arts • Flowers and nature are important to their forms of art. • “No” is a form of theater, Pine tree painted into the background is the only prop on the stage. • Kabuki is the more well-known form of theater.

  6. Wine and Dine in Japan • Sushi • Ramen • Seaweed

  7. Japan’s Educational System • Borrow from Chinese Confucianism: Cultivation and Wisdom. • Children are taught reverence for learning. • Foreign observers saw some problems with the old system.

  8. Japan’s Ed. System Continued • During the mid-1980’s their government decided to change their “broke” system. • Eight areas were looked at. • The three level of educational bureaucracy went through some changes as well.

  9. Japanese Teachers • They are highly revered and well paid for their services. • They have great health and retirement plans. • Not enough jobs to go around for all hopeful teachers. (1 assignment for every six teachers.

  10. Near and Dear to my Heart • Nintendo brought back the video game craze with their famicom (NES) • SquareEnix, Konami, Nintendo, Sega, Etc all create world-played games. • I’m addicted to Tetris DS as of today.

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