ed population known to human history. The Japans are extremely orderly. Crime rates, for example, generally run about one tenth or ours and one half those in Europe.(State, 10) At the same time, when we Americans think of the Japanese as a cultural people, we are in danger of thinking they are cultural robots. The Japanese see Americans as very friendly and open, but we are impatient by their standards. We Americans tend to think out loud, and the Japanese believe in following the proper order of things. The Japanese do not operate under the assumption that truth lies in words, and the Japanese find us literal and legalistic. Finally, the Japans see us as a rather poorly educated, in some cases childlike or unsocialized.(State, 11) Many problems in the Us relationship with Japan have a cross cultural dimension. The cultural influences under which the two societies developed were about as distinct as any the world. It is not surprising, therefore, that Americans and Japanese apply rather strikingly different value systems as they att
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