... is often difficult to tell where one begins and the other ends. Japanese culture altered Japanese culture dramatically. One of the effects caused by the impact of American culture in Japan can be seen in the Japanese diet. Secondly, Japanese tend to learn how to choose and wear their outfits from Americans. Finally, the adoption of American medias concepts and policies is common ... with Japanese media. American culture has brought a lot of effects in Japanese culture. First, an American meal is a part of a Japanese meal. For example, the introduction of McDonald's ... and indigenous fa...

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... of a robust business relationship. Business Card Exchange Such emphasis on trust is not to diminish the importance of details regarding intercultural business relationships between Japanese and Americans. Most notable might be that of the Japanese business card exchange traditions (Petroski, 2009). In short, business cards are presented from one businessperson to another (with both hands) with the appropriate ... and the subordinate mirrors the superior's ending rise from the bow. If not properly executed the Japanese party may be left with feelings of "extremely awkward and uncomfortabl...

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... by the Japanese for use by the Japanese in conversations that use Japanese cultural references. Therefore, the emojis do not easily lend themselves to use by Americans for use in conversations that make reference to American culture. Damon Darlin feels that Americans need ... their own emojis alphabet that is more diverse and represents the American lifestyle and culture. According to him, once Americans have a customized emojis system Americans ... teenagers (Blagdon). Thus, emojis were created for a younger audience to include people between the ages of 13-19. However, the Japanese dev...

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... , caused by rejection, or criticism. "Tatemae " is social lies and verbal sound that is not meant to convey information, but to maintain good feelings through the avoidance of pressure. The Japanese have a difficulty of saying "no " to someone, or to superiors (Alston and Takei, 2005). Employees have more respect for their superiors. For example, in the workplace, employees will ... factor and a leader is recognized as giving a behavior model for their subordinate. However, U.S scores below average of rank 46 on the uncertainty avoidance dimension (Geert-hofstede.com, 2014). Americans te...

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... insistence on using predetermined procedures for operating a theme park that were based largely upon its previous successes (Clotaire, 1995). Euro Disney's human resources manager made it a point to say, The Americans took what was done in the past and implemented it here. They brought their techniques. Disney has what we call "Savoir faire" or they know of certain things like animation ... " (Rudolf, 1991: 48). However, it is enlightening to learn that the theme park in Japan is owned and operated almost entirely by the Japanese. In fact, Disney receives only 10 percent of its profits (...

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... , Mandarin, Szechwan, Kiangche and Cantonese -in rooms decorated in brown, red and gold.""(Vinyl Leaves) Not far from the China Showcase sits the Japan showcase, yet another Orientalist overview of Japanese culture. "The Japan showcase is characterized by Disney versions of grace, refinement, serenity, formality, taste, proportion, decorum, delicacy. The Disney people are not suggesting commerce nad technological facility but art ... , landscaping and other elements of the exotic harmony Americans have vaguely come to understand as the flip side of Japan."" (Vinyl Leaves) Beautifully desi...

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... more direct and indirect than their mother's speech. Tannen explains that this may be disturbing when looked at from our culture, but that in other countries this would be normal. Americans align directness as logical and aligned with power while indirectness reflects subservience and lack of power. However, if you find speakers in other countries, they will consider this behavior normal ... . Tannen goes on to provide examples from both Japanese and Chinese sociolinguists. From their examples, the reader is led to believe that maybe the art of indirectness has some validity in the busin...

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... graduate, they opted not to pursue a language and dropped the class, making the classes much smaller. Contrary to other high school course offerings there were no Russian, German or Japanese classes taught because when the school attempted to introduce these new classes, students were just not interested in learning about other people and their cultures. This eventually led to ignorance ... to many unlike people in Jericho, increasing the variety to become the student body that is present today. Now, Jericho High School educates a more culturally diverse group consisting of Asian-America...

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... would be no problem because it is what that culture deems as right, but does this promote tolerance? What if a group of Mexican-Americans in Kansas City decided they don't want to have anything to do with the Japanese-Americans so they bar them from all Mexican-American run businesses? The Mexican-American culture believes this is the right thing to do, but ... ...

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... viewed as abundant and free, so punctuality is not nearly as important. Business meetings and social events have different rules of punctuality. Bowersock (2002) stated that different nationalities such as Americans and Japanese, expect guests to arrive on time, or within fifteen minutes of the start of a social gathering. In South America or the Middle East social events may not begin until ... hours after the planned start time. In the case of formal meeting, Americans typically are punctual for meetings and tend to discuss business immediate. There are other countries like Saudi Arab...

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... viewed as abundant and free, so punctuality is not nearly as important. Business meetings and social events have different rules of punctuality. Bowersock (2002) stated that different nationalities such as Americans and Japanese, expect guests to arrive on time, or within fifteen minutes of the start of a social gathering. In South America or the Middle East social events may not begin until ... hours after the planned start time. In the case of formal meeting, Americans typically are punctual for meetings and tend to discuss business immediate. There are other countries like Saudi Arab...

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... would be no problem because it is what that culture deems as right, but does this promote tolerance? What if a group of Mexican-Americans in Kansas City decided they don't want to have anything to do with the Japanese-Americans so they bar them from all Mexican-American run businesses? The Mexican-American culture believes this is the right thing to do, but ... ...

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... misinterpret the true needs and desires of a target market. Many of the time, the wrong research is undertaken, as with the example below: "Unilever introduced a super concentrated detergent to the Japanese market only to find out that a premeasured package on which they were trying to differentiate their product was unacceptable to the market because it didn't dissolve in the wash, the ... trouble spent in preparation and presentation. Latin diners, from Spain or Mexico for example, will praise the "gift" of the chef for her special ability with a particular dish. The North Americans a...

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... one's primary language, but it also affects the likelihood of knowing other languages and which specific languages will ever be readily comprehended. For example, it has been widely observed that Americans tend to know languages other than English, while Europeans often know multiple languages. However, the languages that Europeans are most likely to know are those that use Western-style alphabetic ... characters, not the characters of Middle Eastern or Asian scripts. Conversely, Japanese individuals are more likely to gain facility with Mandarin Chinese than with Spanish. In short, one...

• Word Count: 631
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