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‘Yes’ or ‘No’?

Japanese people are well known for having long decision making processes. We attempt to explore how they manage to eventually get things sorted out.

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How The Japanese Would Like To Be Seen

The Japanese would like to be seen as orderly, hard-working people who are capable of meeting…

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The West Through Japan’s Eyes

To be Japanese means you must have a Japanese name and exclusively Japanese blood. Everyone else is a gaijin (foreign person) and can never be Japanese.

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The ins and outs of being Japanese

In Japan, there’s a big difference between how you treat people within your inner circle of family and friends ‘Uchi’ and how you treat other people outside that circle ‘Soto’.

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It’s A Small World After All

Japan is made up of 7,000 islands and adds up to an area a little larger than Germany. With its 127 million inhabitants, the population is only 41% of the US…

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