Fukuzawa was determined that Japan should benefit from the best of Western technological and economic achievements, and so embarked on a conscious programme to adopt into the Japanese context key elements of European and America life. During that period, Eurocentrism has a great impact on Fukuzawa and Japan. ... First, Fukuzawa used Europe as a standard that Japan should follow because he wanted Japan to truly become part of the civilized world of the West. ... Therefore, he felt that Japan should keep the traditional Eastern relgion. ... Fukuzawa was one of the first experts on the West in mo...

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"I"m neither an American nor Japanese and I"m an American and Japanese at 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 have experienced various things that I could never experience if I stayed in Japan. ... 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. ... So, I want you to cherish your American heritage and Japanese heritage. ...

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Jean Baudrillard argues that "Disney functions as a kind of simulacra for the American society and past. ... Disneyland exists because it conceals the fact that it is the real' America.""...... ... "To most Americans, exotica means the tropics- whether jungle or desert. ... (Vinyl Leaves) Not far from the China Showcase sits the Japan showcase, yet another Orientalist overview of Japanese culture. ... 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 th...

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From China, tattooing spread to Japan. In Japan they also used tattoos to mark criminals using a Chinese character that meant dog (midre). ... From Japan, tattoos spread to the Philippines and Pacific Islands. ... Chatham Square in New York City became the birthplace of American style tattooing. ... Tattooing came to America and was used by the Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs. ...

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As an emergency response, a team of American experts was hired to assess and solve the problem. ... As one indication of that fact, it was reported that, "the Japanese Disneyland was meant to be thoroughly American, most signs are in English, and only one of the 20 restaurants serves Japanese food" (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 this sense, Disneyland in Japan is really not an American organization abroad like Euro Disney, but rather an American product sold by a Japanese com...

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The two chosen articles are "Growing up White in America" by Bonnie Kae Grover and "Growing up Asian in America" by Kesaya E. ... Growing up white in America is not so different from any other culture in America. ... She is enraged by the stereotypes in the society for treating Japanese American with prejudice. ... Since Noda is a third generation Japanese-American she wants to be recognized as an American but due to stereotypes in our society she will not be able to escape her race. ... Noda's mother was raised in Japanese family and is trained to be humble and obedient. ...

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In China, the laughing Buddha is called Budai and Hotei in Japan. ... In America, you can see the laughing Buddha when you visit the Asian markets. ... This is why Asians in North America want to have these statues in their stores and even homes to seek wealth and blessings from them. In the Japanese homes having the laughing Buddha is a custom. ... Earlier we indicated that there is a group of the Asians of about 2000 people in the America who were immigrants that were evading the Vietnam War. ...

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In this paper I will be discussing the story of the Asian American woman and the Native-American woman. Asian American refers to many different groups. These groups include the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Guamanians, Philipinos, and Vietnamese. The fact that 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. ... These two cultures, Native-Americans and Asian Americans, especially differ in many aspects. ...

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Society usually speaks of culture in reference to origin, such as Japanese culture or Russian Culture, but we do not distinguish between the numerous groupings inside a national boundary. ... In English "Imperialism:" the Japanese have more to gain than lose by learning the language, a government panel recommended Japan consider adopting English as an official language in the future (45). ... The result of this is that in much of the world there is now a competition between two cultures, the local and the American. ... American culture is not by any means a world culture but it is making an...

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This is a semi-structured interview composed of 16 questions that focus on the individual experience and social context – two versions are available, one for the individual and one for an informant (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). ... In 1994, the Diagnostic Statistical manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-IV took the unprecedented step of including culture bound syndromes (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). ... In many traditional cultures for example there is a strong belief in the spirit world (Marsella & Yamada, 2010), some religions such as Christianity or Islam forbid sui...

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Look at the whacked-out infusion Japanese culture had on everything from high fashion to Duran Duran music videos in the 1980s for such an example. Popular culture and its natural process of development can be and is affected by virtually everything from other cultures (the recent Latin influence on American popular music), the weather (would Morrisey have happened in a country that didn't get as much rain?)... When it comes to popular music in a North American setting, there is some precedent that we can examine. ... The next thing you know, country stations will be banning any artis...

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In another study of Korean immigrants reported higher levels of depressive symptoms than the Filipino, Japanese and Chinese immigrants (Kuo, 1984). ... However, immigrant children are generally eager to embrace American culture and to acquire an American identity by becoming indistinguishable from their American peers (Zhou, 1997). ... The major issue with American immigrant children is do their parents provide them with opportunities that they have a change to accomplish or even be introduced too. ... But the issue is right after school they get stuck continuing the work of their parents be...

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The seven corporations, with their nation of origin and reported 1990 sales, are: Sony (Japan, $3 billion), Time/Warner (U.S., $2.9 billion), Polygram (Netherlands/Germany, $2.6 billion), Bertelsmann Media Group (Germany, $2 billion), Thorn/EMI (U.K., $1.88 billion), MCA (U.S., $1 billion), and Virgin (U.K., $500 million), total 1990 sales $13.88 billion (1993, pp. 141-143). ... This comes from evidence that American pop stars demand a higher sense of appreciation and perks compared to foreign stars that demand less and cut less exclusive record deals. ... Through promoting foreign artists t...

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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 this doesn't promote acceptance of other cultures it simply fuels more hatred by saying that it's okay as long as that's how your culture feels. ...

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Intercultural Communication History teaches us that culture always changes because of internal and external influences. Communication is the most important quality for anyone to work on if they want to work or be part of an intercultural society. Communication between different cultures is a maj...

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The following questions are based on the article entitled "Leadership and Cooperation in Marketing Channels: A Comparative Empirical Analysis of the U.S., Finland and Poland " as well as reviewed the Video Module discussion of Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions both of which went above and beyond the textbook description and application of Hofstede's theory. (A) Define and discuss in SUBSTANTIVE DETAIL EACH of the five dimensions of culture as identified by Hofstede. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hofstede's research is based on the informa...

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