Characteristics Of Japanese Culture

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The word culture normally refers to the shared beliefs, norms, interactions, effective understanding and shared patterns of behaviors among a particular group of individuals. For a particular norm or believe to be termed as a culture it must possess some special features. One of the features is that the culture must be a learned behavior that is passed from one generation to another especially as a person grows in a given environment. Another feature of cultures is that they are interrelated. Cultures emerge from family, educational institutions and social institutions which offer a ground for learning the basics of the cultures. Other characteristics of the cultures include; cultures are adaptive, it is shared, it is a symbol, and it is dynamic …show more content…

The most common features of Japanese cultures comprises of the fact that it has a multiple of religions. The religion in Japan is not being preached as in other Western Countries but instead it is perceived as a way of living and moral codes that cannot be separated from people 's social and cultural values. Japanese cultures are characterized with different manners and customs such as bowing when people say hello, thank you or sorry (Otmazgin, 2012).
Due to the island nature of Japan, sub-Urban Terrain consists of plain and steep lands which require a lot of skills to build or establish any construction. As a result, it has influenced the establishment of various kinds of buildings so as to suit the terrain of the area. On the other hand, it has advanced infrastructures that are well-maintained than in most of the countries. Its infrastructure cover roads, railways, air transports among other transportation systems. The country possesses an extensive road transport network consisting of roads covering more 1152207 kilometers (Otmazgin, 2012). On the same note, the country has the modern sea transport systems composed of ports and harbors. The air transport has also seen a lot of development due to the establishment of the various modern 171 airports, 14 heliports, and 140 runways. Japan 's lines of Communication comprise some …show more content…

For instances, the rice which is the staple food in this country is adversely affected by the general heat experienced and the global warming thus posing a threat of changing the type of food to be grown in Japan. Away from the agriculture, the weather also provides the best condition for smuggling good into and outside the country. Unscrupulous business persons and gangsters participate in the smuggling of drugs especially during winter when the seas are turbulent, and the authorities guarding the harbors are indoors (Horanont, Phithakkitnukoon, Leong, Sekimoto, & Shibasaki, 2013). Again, the weather condition in Japan has greatly affected the insurgency in this country. Most of the uprisings organized against the government often involve guerrilla training and insurgency. However, the bad weather and extremes climate cannot allow people to go and have such organization in the bush, therefore, making Japan express no insurgency since world war

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