The Japanese Mind : Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture Condition:Well Read Condition: Hardcover

Condition: Hardcover

”— Wall Street Journal

This true-life mystery will keep you turning the pages to the final chapter

one armed treasure hunter obsessed with finding the lost treasure of pirate Jean Lafitte

the sexually harassed women in her office take action to improve their working conditions

The Japanese Mind : Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture Condition:Well Read Condition: HardcoverIn The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what really makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explored: aimai (ambiguity), amae (dependence upon others' benevolence), amakudari (the nation's descent from heaven), chinmoku (silence in communication), gambari (perseverence), giri (social obligation),