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An 11 page overview of Japan’s educational system. Stressing the negativities of “exam hell”, a process through which Japan’s youth determine their suitability in the eyes of their government for pursuing higher education, the author emphasizes that Japan is indeed a multifaceted culture, one which is sometimes more characterized by diversity and conflict that by harmony and homogeneity. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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There has sometimes been a notable tendency among some groups in the U.S. to downgrade our own achievements and to emphasize
those of other countries. Japan in particular has been held up historically as a measuring stick for various aspects of U.S. culture and achievement. During the 1970s and
1980s, in particular, the literary emphasis was on explaining Japans phenomenal success by concentrating on the more immutable aspects of her culture (Henshall, 1999). Most of Japanese culture, in
fact, came to be considered as something superior to that seen in the West. We came to regard Japanese culture as something that was based in "harmony and homogeneity"
(Henshall, 1999, X), as something that was void of the strife and conflict and mixed emotion we most often find in Western culture. Just three decades ago, however, literature
on Japan would take a different tactic. That tactic would be the demonstration that Japan was indeed a multifaceted culture, one which was more characterized by diversity and conflict
that by harmony and homogeneity. That is the case with Japans education system. The purpose of this paper will be to examine that education system. A specific
emphasis will be placed on the phenomena we know as "exam hell", a process through which Japans youth determine their suitability in the eyes of their government for pursuing higher
education, and how "exam hell" contributes to some of the more negative aspects of Japanese society. Japan has been a spectacle to behold
since reestablishing herself after World War II. Much of her success can be attributed to her culture. In contrast to the U.S., Japanese society is essentially homogenous in
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