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A 3 page paper comparing US and Japanese culture, from the perspective of a Japanese immigrant. To say there are vast differences between life in Japan and life in the United States is to commit gross understatement. Though many values between the two cultures are quite similar, many habits and perspectives are quite different. The purpose here is for an individual originally from Japan to reflect on likes and dislikes of Asian culture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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vast differences between life in Japan and life in the United States is to commit gross understatement. Though many values between the two cultures are quite similar, many habits
and perspectives are quite different. The purpose here is for an individual originally from Japan to reflect on likes and dislikes of Asian culture. Students Concerns
This Irish-Cherokee from the hills of Tennessee has no foundation on which to assess how a student from Japan views either Japanese culture or more generally
that of Asia relative to the United States. Yeh and Inose (2002), however, do have a sufficient background from which to arrive at judgment. They also conducted a
study of 274 middle- and high-school students, all of whom are immigrants from either China, Korea or Japan. The students provide a variety of points to consider.
Mikami (1991) reports on 12-year-old Mayu Omura, whose father was sent from Japan to work in New Jersey for five years. Reflecting on what
she left behind in returning to Tokyo, Mayu commented that she missed the familys big house, that "Everything was so much bigger there" (Mikami, 1991; p. 13). Other accounts
report similar sentiment from adults, particularly those who play golf and were gratified to play for far less than the $200 customary price of a round of golf in Japan
(Buckley, 1988). It would seem that size limitations dictated by geographic realities would be appropriate for a "likes and dislikes" discussion about remembering life in Japan.
Other than matters of size, Asian immigrant students reported in the Yeh and Inose (2002) study that they had encountered contradictions in values and customs between
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