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   1. apan, Japanese culture and the JapaneseIntroductionReams have been written to question, explore and define ‘Japan’, ‘Japanese culture’ and ‘the Japanese’, both by. Japanese scholars and by foreign observers of Japan. Most of it is based on an unwitting existential assump-tion that ‘Japan’, ‘Japanese culture’ and ‘the ...

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   Globalization is usually thought of as the worldwide spread of Western-particularly American-popular culture. Yet if one nation stands out in the dissemination of pop culture in East and Southeast Asia, it is Japan. Pokémon, anime, pop music, television dramas such as Tokyo Love Story and Long Vacation-the export of Japanese media and culture ...

   • Author: Koichi Iwabuchi

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   We need to rethink culture, national culture, and Japanese culture in order to be responsible for the political significance of our work. 2. Culture. Culture is a complicated word. The meaning of culture has been debated in anthropology for decades. In their historical overview of the meanings.

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   Reams have been written to question, explore and define 'Japan', 'Japanese culture' and 'the Japanese', both by Japanese scholars and by foreign observers of Japan. Most of it is based on an unwitting existential assumption that 'Japan', 'Japanese culture' and 'the Japanese' are 'things' out there, whose objectively verifiable forms need only be ascertained.

   • Author: Harumi Befu

   • Publish Year: 2009

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   Nov 8, 2002 · He shows how Japanese popular music and television dramas are promoted and understood in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and how "Asian" popular culture (especially Hong Kong’s) is received in Japan.Rich in empirical detail and theoretical insight, Recentering Globalization is a significant contribution to thinking about cultural globalization and transnationalism, particularly in the ...

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   In Recentering Globalization, Koichi Iwabuchi explores how Japanese popular culture circulates in Asia. He situates the rise of Japan’s cultural power in light of decentering globalization processes and demonstrates how Japan’s extensive cultural interactions with the other parts of Asia complicate its sense of being "in but above" or "similar but superior to" the region.

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8. www.toki.tokyo › blogt › 2016/9/15The Japanese Mind: Communication - TOKI

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   Aug 11, 2021 · Haragei — (n) literally translated to English as ‘hara’ meaning ‘stomach’ or ‘belly’, and ‘gei’ meaning ‘art’, haragei is a way of exchanging feelings or thoughts in an implicit way. This relies on the universal ability of Japanese people to read between the lines, understanding others through non-verbal cues, context ...