Japanese Culture 101: Why Japanese and Americans. Seem Rud

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• Japanese Culture 101
• Why Japanese and Americans
• Seem Rude to Each Other
• Darien Reinman
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• Japanese Culture 101
• Why Japanese and Americans
• Seem Rude to Each Other
• Darien Reinman
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• Culture Shock!!

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• Differences in the Japanese and Americans think
• Differences in the way Japanese and Americans
  view life

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• the way we do business
• the way we make friends
• the way we discipline our kids
• the way we joke
• the way we communicate with each other

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• Why? Why?
• Why?
• Communication
• Breakdown
• Why?
• Why? Why?
• Why?

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• Polite Fictions
• Nancy Sakamoto
• Reiko Naotsuka

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• What is a polite fiction?
• a certain fiction that is acted out for the sake
  of being politeregardless of the facts

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• Japanese and American
• SHARED polite fiction
• You and I like each other.

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Japanese and American DIFFERING Polite Fictions
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Japanese and American DIFFERING Polite Fictions
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• MOST FUNDAMENTAL
• American POLITE FICTION
• You and I are equals.
• VS.
• Japanese POLITE FICTION
• You are my superior.

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• FUNDAMENTAL American Polite Fiction
• You and I are equals.

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• KEIGO honorific language or parts of speech
  which show respect to the listener
• Keigo is used to
• emphasize social distance
• show disparity of rank
• emphasize social intimacy
• show similarity in rank

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• American Polite Fiction
• You and I are equals.

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On opposite ends!!
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Japanese Polite Fiction
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• Happy New Year!
• ??????????????

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• Best Wishes!
• Gods Best in the New Year!
• Please continue to help me this year??

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• ?????????
• The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.

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• Difference in culture is to be enjoyed and
  celebrated!!