Friday, June 8, 2012

Japanese People

Mmost of the japanese people are really shy and seems they don't like to talk with the foreigners.But,i think they really like to speak with the foreigners when they have build up trust and the closeness with them after sometime.Most of the japanese don't like to observe the strangers and welcome them.Because they think the interrelations with them may be harmful to them.

 

Then, the japanese are not speaking in English language most often because they respect their language first like the French people.So,they don't let their language to become disadvantaged by an foreign language.Even,the most fluent speakers of the English language don't use the language unless its necessary.]The japanese ladies are prefered to cover their mouth by a hand when they are laguhing because they think that laughing makes others uncomfortable sometimes.

 

Most of the time japanese ladies work hard as the men.They work in companies and also in the hard working companies and they never give up.most of the cases they become much aggressive due to the preasure of the men.Most japanese women find that they don't have the right place in their office due to the gender issues.Sometimes the japanese ladies are illtreated although they have the skills and the other qualifications due to the gender inequities. 

 

In the contemporary japanese society the women has played a important role for the development of the japanese economy and she is contribting alsomst all for her family. The most japanese women nowadays finds it easy to work and and have a famliy rather than staying at home as a house wife.During the period of the second world war the japan was defeated to USA and as a result of that the Hiroshima and Nagasaki was distroyed by a nuclear bomb.This incident make japanese to rethink about their country.From there the japanese women began to contribute for the country as a strong workforce.This resulted in the economic boom in Japan later and this was known as "baburu economy"-The bubble economy in later periods.

Monday, May 21, 2012

The silence in Japan


Chinmoku   - The silence in japanese society


     one of the  most prominent feature in the Japanese society is Chinmoku or we call it silence in English. The Japanese people use Chinmoku as a medium of communication. It means Japanese people use fewer words in communication. Specially, the Japanese people keep in silence when in the circumstances that they have to show anger, disagreements and other forms unnecessary communication.The Japanese believe that anger showed not be showed because it will destroy the group consciousness and may lead to fracture the friendship among the colleagues.Hence,they prefer silence and they think it will not affect the relationship. This is the reason why Japanese people take much more time to respond to questions in the conversations. They think twice before they are going to converse.

Then also they use the words and choose them very carefully when in conversation because they think it will influence the other person who you are talking.
.Hence, they believe that the Chinmoku concept build up the friendship and harmony among people.

Especially the Japanese people are very group conscious and they work as a group to do things from ancient times. When in this kind of a situation most of the Japanese people don’t go for arguments because they think that it will ruin the value of the group consciousness.By keeping in silence means to solve problems earlier stage. Then the Japanese people always avoid the ineffective conversations and this is seen as keeping in silence in most of the occasions. The Chinmoku than also gives the message to the people of the Japanese society to understand the feelings of the other people before conversation. In most of the time Japanese people don’t hurt the feelings of the people and its very good custom in the Japanese society itself.

The following two proverbs shows the value of silence in the Japanese society
1.Iwa nu ga hana-Silence is golden
2.Kuchi wa wasawai no motho-The awful expressions are coming out from the mouth

As far as I believe the chinmoku also leads to generate the power of the mind and to develop the spirit. In most of the cases Japanese people do not talk while working. This means talking interrupts the work and delay the work. If not the stability of the mind be interrupted by the talking. The main aim is to get the maximum profit by maintain the silence. The major influence of the Chinmoku came to Japan with the introduction of the Zen religion. According to the Zen religion truth cannot be expressed by the words. The certainty or the truth lies in the silence.