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| gift giving | 10/7/2009 |
Q: I am living in Okinawa and feel a little confused with the gift giving cycle! A neighbor helped ...
A: It is a nice question you are asking. I didn't know much about Okinawa (well, I still don't) but I ...
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| JAPANESE THANK YOU GIFT | 6/12/2009 |
Q: I HAVE BEEN WORKINIG WITH A GENTLEMAN FROM JAPAN HE IS NOW TRANSFERRING BACK AND I WOULD LIKE TO ...
A: If it were me, I would give something that is particular to my own culture or region. It is somewhat ...
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| Nursing Considerations | 4/17/2009 |
Q: I am in nursing school and was wondering if there is any special nursing considerations for Japanese ...
A: Though I do not know so much about this, there is a little personal experience that I can share. ...
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| Gifts for a baby before the birth | 1/11/2009 |
Q: I have a Japanese friend who is pregnant. She lost their first through miscarriage but is beyond ...
A: There is no problem in giving the gift before the birth. As for what to give; I would suggest ...
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| Modesty | 10/20/2008 |
Q: I have heard that the Japanese have a great deal of modesty about blowing the nose. Do they try go ...
A: It's true that I can't remember seeing a Japanese person blowing the nose. Then again, I am not into ...
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| School Culture | 9/3/2008 |
Q: Now I've been watching some old japanese drama shows about bullying, also read, and I've read ...
A: After all I did find out about the meaning of flowers on a desk; If the flowers are roses, someone ...
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| entertaining a guest from Japan | 8/18/2008 |
Q: I have been asked to hostess a Japanese professor in my home for four days. Are there customs I ...
A: This is a difficult question. Aside from his national culture, he might have personal or maybe even ...
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| Graduating Early | 4/27/2008 |
Q: Can a Japanese student graduate early? and what differences are there in Japanese food then American ...
A: My wife is Japanese and she understand the idea of early graduation but she doesn't know it. I think ...
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| Japanese business culture: lawsuits/depositions. | 4/11/2008 |
Q: I have read many articles on Japanese business culture. I am wondering if you have any insight into ...
A: If you are about to enter the courtroom with Japanese, it's a good thing you have read up. You might ...
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| Cultural Diversity | 10/23/2007 |
Q: I Have a project on cultural diversity due. I thought it would be interesting to do it on japanese ...
A: It is an interesting subject that I'd love to help with. Sadly, I don't know sites that could help ...
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| interrupting phonecalls | 9/8/2007 |
Q: Picture a "Japanese wife-American husband" relationship where the couple was doing something happily ...
A: No need to picture this, I was there. In fact, I think this happens with any other cultural ...
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| RE: Japanese Culture and Language | 8/24/2007 |
Q: I have two questions, one is of the Japanese culture while the other is to ask a linguistic-The ...
A: Helo Frank, About the numbers; we have only one set. The Japanese have number sets that are not used ...
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| number 4 | 7/9/2007 |
Q: i need some assistance with a Japanese cultural belief. Could you please provide me with an ...
A: The number 4 is not an unlucky number. There is just the following coincidence: Every word has a ...
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| Treatment of Westerners | 7/7/2007 |
Q: The articles I have read concerning this state basically that, since Japan has a desire for ...
A: Is your question what I think of the treatment of outsiders in Japan? In that case, I can tell you ...
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| greeting | 3/29/2007 |
Q: What is the correct way of greeting Japanese guests in a hotel or handling any queries from them. Is ...
A: If I understand correctly, you are working in a hotel and you would like to know how to treat your ...
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| culture | 1/15/2007 |
Q: Is the culture still being used today, with girls becoming geishas' or is that something that was ...
A: The picture that you might have in mind is something of the past; girls starting from a young age ...
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| trees | 11/13/2006 |
Q: i am researching about a japanese author who wrote about trees and was wondering if trees had a ...
A: There is more to explain about the symbology of trees in Japanese culture. My wife tells me that ...
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