japan continuity & patterns

• TRADITIONS/CONTINUITIES IMPORTANT

importance of elders

• ETHNOCENTRISM AND HOMOGENEITY

most important in the world & desire to have one ethnicity only in your society

• RESPECT FOR/LOVE OF NATURE

ex: bonsai cutting

• ADOPT AND MODIFY FOREIGN IDEAS

ex: cars (lexus, toyota, honda, mitsubishi); tvs (lg, samsung)

• RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY

ex: bow to your superior (lower bow = more respect)

• EDUCATION VALUED

ex: test into high school @ age 5

•  DISCIPLINED, AUTHORITARIAN MILITARY TRADITION

ex: kamikaze; your leaders are in charge & you follow them

•  ISOLATIONISM

you isolate your country (japan: several times)

• NATIONALISM

pride in your nation; nationalism is the belief that people should identify as a single nation with others who share the same characteristics and common bonds.