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...Japanese Culture How is the Japanese constitution still an issue in contemporary Japan, and howhas it played a role in recent developments of contemporary Japanese culture? The Japanese constitution is believed to have some very serious translation errors; yes, rendition errors are part of this constitution since its origin. Article 9 of this Constitution relinquishes war or forbids the traditional warfare in Japan. Article 9 says. “Japanese people desire to renounce war and refer to international peace as a system of order and justice. They consider it an autonomous national right of the people of Japan and also abandon...
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...?KAMI WORSHIP (SHINTO AND FOLK RELIGION The present study aims to investigate the ancient Japanese culture with special concentration on the religious belief of the country along with the influence of foreigner civilizations on social norms, customs and traditions. Belief in supernatural powers has always been the essential element of every society of the world since man’s known history. Humans have established different beliefs in mysterious elements of the universe, which they have labeled as faith and religion. They seek the support of supernatural powers for their rescue as well as for the solution of their difficulties. Thus, religion provides spiritual guidance and emotional relief to the humans....
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...Japanese culture from ancient to modern times Over the past 2000 years, China and Japan have constantly engaged in exchange and contact across several mediums including technology, architecture, religion, law and writing system (Brinkley, 2007). The influence of western powers during the 1800s resulted in the Meiji Reformation which accelerated economic growth in Japan towards modernization. On the other hand, China was unable to defend itself against the invasions of western powers and had to undergo a prolonged period of occupation until the early part 20th century (Chaurasia, 2003). Two of the most important areas that shaped the relations between China and Japan are ‘Technology’ and ‘War &...
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...? Japanese Culture Introduction Japanese culture is a complex and challenging phenomenon. Nowadays a lot of arguments can be heard about different possible interpretations of Japanese culture. The one fact is known for sure: the culture in this country has changed after 1945. Allied Forces occupied Post-War Japan (1945-1952) and the General Douglas MacArthur of the United States ruled there. This order and these changes have exerted a significant impact on Japanese culture. A democratic world order has seized Japan’s military rule of the world. The war was devastating and many territories...
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...Japanese Culture: Producing "Japan" in the World The Japanese people speak the Japanese language, follows the indigenous religious system, Shinto and Buddhism, which came from China (Lock 1). Notably there have been numerous Japanese emigrations to South America, US, and Canada, which significantly exposed Japanese Culture to western cultures and values (Lock 1). As such, Japanese Culture influences and equally draws effects from the western cultures thus affecting its identity. This paper seeks to discuss the appeal and impact of the idea of Japan in...
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...figures given by the government it is believed that is increasing every year.
Failure is what the youths and adults are afraid of. This is what the society dictated on them ever since they started to walk, talk, write and eventually go to school. The society has been consistent on making them feel that there is only one task in the world-to become successful no matter what consequences and hardships they may encounter. But this was not effective though since the increase of hikikomorians in the country is a manifestation that Japan's effort is a failure (Jones,2006a).
Chapter 1
Family and Hikikomorians
In a Japanese culture, the family adheres to the strong sense of reputation, obligation, and...
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...WORLD LITERATURE Japanese culture is a part of Asian culture. The modern Japanese culture during the trans-war period between 1920 and 1950was neither monolithic nor historical or defined the concept was flexible and subjected to frequent change. The Japanese had historical qualities in the fields of culture, social, political and economics. Some feel that qualities of Japanese-ness were the mixed culture of elements from Asia and the west rather the others feel it was as a composite culture. During the period between 1940 and 1950, the Okinawa of...
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... SNOW COUNTRY: An insight in Japanese culture Snow Country is a novel about two people, Komako, who is a geisha in a small village and Shimamaru, a wealthy visitor man from Tokyo.Shimamaru is shown to be unacquainted with the place, and refers it to as a ‘distant land’: “Always ready to give himself up to reverie, he could not believe that the mirror floating over the evening scenery and the other snowy mirror were really works of man. They were part of nature, and part of some distant world. And the room he had only this moment left had become part of that same distant world.” The story revolves around the both of them, trying to establish a relationship and connect with each other; but they are unable to do so, in the long run... and they...
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...Topic The way of Gods in Japanese culture In Japan, the religious culture practiced and believed was different from that of other Asian countries. According to ancient times, the authentic religion of Japanese was Shinto and is believed to be the reason behind all manifestation of nature. As per (Chapter 2, pg 35)“To begin with the native religion of Japan is Shinto literally “the way of Gods” according to which all the beautiful and vital manifestation of nature is deifies”. Here we can notice that the god is not seen as a single figure but there are multitudes of gods in their religious theology. The Shinto religion suggests that the departed soul of ancestors and man...
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...Across the world, social culture plays a role of layinga basis that facilitates behavior among the populace. The culture embodied by the Japanese society has strong connections with various gender roles1. Contextually, the Japanese inhabitants seem to change the gender roles of men and women in the contemporary era2. The past decades have established a extraordinary change concerning modernization due to significant influences that emanate from technology and culture consequentially changing the expectations of gender and gender roles in the society. In perspective, Japan had a fair and justifiable matriarchal system in the society until the Confucian...
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