... . I mean that we have to follow the rules of the place where we live. Of course, when I read this article, I was surprised by the difference in common sense. Each country has different ideas about the definition of common sense. I have realized some differences between Japan and America since I came to America. I realized that American people sometimes say "Hi!!" to other people who they do ... be proud of own culture, we should follow the rules where we live. In my opinion, we should not judge what is right by only our point of view. The common sense, which you have, may be wrong for ot...

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... goal to make their cars look similar to Mardi Gras parade floats. With these people modifying their cars the way they do, they create a false sense of high speed security. Most of the modifications that can be purchased at low cost automotive stores will not help your car go faster, handle better, ... or break quicker. The drivers of these poorly modified cars disagree as it is a common sight to see dangerous, high-speed maneuvers by inexperienced drivers who are trying to simulate what they had seen in the movie. One trend among ... population of car modifiers plans to light up the n...

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... living together is receding. Family life has changed since WWII. The trend is toward smaller nuclear family units as in the U.S., not generational extended ones, though these are still fairly common, especially in the rural areas. Families are smaller. The birth rate in Japan has declined sharply. Typically, mother, father, one or two children in an urban apartment, father commutes by ... this is that the interest in matchmaking has remained, but the parents of a couple do not have as final a say as they did 50 years ago; yet it is still common to be sure that one's parents approve and ...

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... occurs when one culture interacts with another culture and is forced to contend with it. It can be defined as a representative, interpretive process in which people from different cultures share a common means. Intercultural communication can be linked to the concepts of authority; different cultures vary in the way they handle relationships between those with authority and those without. Power and how ... power is interpreted and disputed within different cultures. Gender in the sense of viewing the status and role that the male and female sexes play. Technology and how it has linked c...

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... like during WWII for most of the Japanese citizens, they were forced to do something by a superior and had no other choice. This allowed many people to have sympathy for common civilian letting them realize that everything the Japanese military did in WWII was not the average person's fault. The story begins with a group of juvenile delinquents and talks about how ... an autistic child but it can be overcome and their children can do amazing things such as Oe's son Hikari has done which include conducting orchestras. Oe also brought a strong sense of realism to the modern era showing pe...

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In many traditional countries of the Middle East and Far East, arranged marriages fulfill significant social and economic functions. This type of parental power is more common where devotion to tradition is greater than that of a woman's position. Data received from Japan illustrates that these engagements often replace dating. In the present-day Western countries, this is ... wise and not as easily mislead. (Document B) On the other hand, some easterners think the western marriages aren't as great as they may seem. Some find it humiliating, in the sense that, a girl has to attempt to appear...

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