Japanese People and Society

Japanese People and Society

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  Japanese People andSociety by Steve McCarty Briefing foreign officials & scholars for the Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA Kansai Chapter (2022 slideshow)
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  Fuji japan byTravelbusy.com, 2012, CC BY 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/da5BdG Symbols ofJapan (Spring sakura& Mt. Fuji)
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  Geography and Climate
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  Japanese People Image andReality
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  Japanese Society • Populationtrend • Family structure
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  Demographic shift,its reasons,anddifficultyof solutions(more children and immigration) “Six out of10respondentssaid thebiggestreasonfor havingfewerchildrenthan theyreallywant is that‘it coststoo much moneyto raise and educatechildren’.” From: https://japanforum.nbr.org/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1307&L=list&F=&S=&P=70494
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  伊勢神宮外宮別宮月讀宮 - Tsukiyominomiya (Gekuof Ise Grand Shrine)by Tamago Moffle, 2010,CC BY-SA2.0 Japanese religions
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  NARA: 法隆寺 Horyujitemple by ume-y, 2013, CC BY 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/eSekCB
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  Kyoto spring: Kiyomizu Temple Summer: Gion Festival
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  Kyoto fall
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  OSAKA Big Issue Stall– Osaka Station by GanMed64, 2011, CC BY 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/aGkhiz
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  SHIKOKUisland DSCF0752.JPG by KazuLetokyoite, 2007, CC BY 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/LcWcC
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  HIROSHIMA: Peace Memorialby Stripy T-Shirt, 2004, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/2fuzj NORTHEAST JAPAN earthquake/tsunami: Volunteer at Kesencho, Rikuzentakata by Hajime Nakano, 2011, CC BY 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/aGC8ia
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  Why the world’slongest average healthy years (73+) • Japanese food: • variety, nutrition, strict standards • Abundant water, sanitation • Cleanliness, daily bathing • Public transportation: • exercise, cleaner air, economical • Socialized medicine, including dental care • Safety: low crime & violence, solid infrastructure • Economic stability, mostly middle class society • Traditional values: communal, trust strangers • Relationships: contributing to the family or group gives especially older people a reason for living
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  More about Japanese Society •Traditions & new attractions • Gradually changing values • The Lonely Crowd • Difficult to meet strangers
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  Japanese ways of thinking •Other-oriented values • Individual and peer group • Concept of time • Environment and nature • Status and hierarchy • Male-female differences • Importance of age • Reasons for many suicides • Human relations most important
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  Social behavior & relationships •Levels of social distance • Intimate circle, face relations, strangers • Politeness, indirectness, formality • Avoiding confrontation • Inside and Outside • uchi & soto, honne & tatemae • Private self (reserve) & public self (restraint) • Many Obligations: gimu, on, giri • Balancing give & take of gifts & favors • Symbolism of gifts and objects
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  https://japanned.hcommons.org/japanology