... the same time. It sometimes confuses me and I keep asking myself who I am," my Japanese-American friend said to me once before. I didn't know what to say, but I was thinking about what he said and the answer to ... that I could never experience if I stayed in Japan. My host family, my friends, my classmates, my teachers each person has the unique background. I only knew the Japanese just five months ago, but now I have Scottish-American host mother, African-American friend, Arabian-American classmate, and Chinese-American teacher. They show me and teach me their ... words? How could t...

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... have managed over the past few decades to enter the United States and make a life for themselves. These groups include the Africans, Asians, native-Americans, and Hispanics. These people come from all over the world to enter our country and be a part of our diverse culture. Although a long ... this term does refer to so many groups and is very broad for the sake of argument in using the term Asian Americans assume that it means the Chinese, Japanese, Philipinos and Koreans. Asians are now living here in the US and according to many recent studies they are on average ... making more that...

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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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... . In the united states, people point to objects and even at people with index finger. Germans point with the little finger, and the Japanese point with the entire hand, palms up. In much of Asia including china, pointing with the index finger is considered rude. The sign ... Mediterranean cultures, people exaggerate signs of grief or sadness. Yet in the United States, white males suppress the desire to show these emotions, Japanese men even go so far as to hide expressions of anger, sorrow, or disgust by laughter or smiling. And even what the smile is ... ). But consider such touching (i...

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... classes them into a certain category. Adopting stereotype ideas, one assumes that the behavior of one represents everyone of that class. If a young Japanese boy is excelling in math, for example, then a stereotype attitude would be to assume that all Japanese boys are good at math. It is quite obvious that this is not always so. Knowing this, does that mean that stereotyping ... example, there was a sudden unwarranted broadcast stating that the Martians had landed somewhere in San Fransisco. This broadcast shocked the nation and caused absolute panic within the hearts of the Americans. ...

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... desert vegetation and Katchina rain gods, but not igloos. A Canadian's dream might have included religious figures, but not probably the ones that Zuni would recognize. On the other hand, Americans and Japanese might have experienced anxiety-filled dreams about taking exams at school. In other words, people dream about their own actual experiences in life. Also, based on Price and Crapo, there ... are basic dreams that everyone dreams about such as sex, aggression, and death. Yet, there are some cultures where violence or aggression is more likely to happen. For example, Japanese women ...

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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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... 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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... along side us. We learned more about their culture and they learned more about our. I was paired up with a girl who I spent time with getting to know more about her Japanese culture and she got to learn more about my American culture. It was difficult at first with our communication difficulties trying to understand what one another was saying or what ... in which people look at us and give us dirty looks for hanging out with one another just because the difference of our skin colors. I once had a group of African Americans yell at my friend for hanging out with a "white" girl as they p...

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... . "Through the partnership, Seiyu will benefit from Wal-Mart's position as one of the world's leading retailers" the firms said. "The partnership would give Wal-Mart a solid platform in the Japanese retail market, allowing it to leverage Seiyu's strong market position and improve management expertise" (Yuasa, 2002). The theory article Is the International Business Research Agenda Running Out of Steam? implies ... which differences often play a key role, as we found out in "Wal-Mart Counters Grumpy Germans with American Friendliness" (Rubin, Multicultural Globalization 8 2001), where Germ...

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