Actions for Japan : a guide to traditions, customs and etiquette

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Japan : a guide to traditions, customs and etiquette / Boyé Lafayette De Mente, revised by Geoff Botting

Author
De Mente, Boye
Uniform Title
Kata
Additional Titles
At head of title: Kata as the Key to Understanding the Japanese
Published
North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, [2017]
Physical Description
1 online resource (225 pages)
Additional Creators
Botting, Geoff, 1961-
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Contents
Frontcover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; What Makes the Japanese Japanese?; 1 The Kata Factor; Japan's Secret Weapon; Mental Training; The Shikata of Harmony; The Feeling of Rightness; The Uniqueness Factor; Kata Comes First; The Coming of Foreigners; 2 The Kata-ization of Japan; The Way of the Gods; The Way of Wet-rice Farming; The Country of Wa; The Mother Kata; Handicrafts and Art; Shikata of the Samurai; Shikata of the Swords; The Ritual of Tea; The Shikata of Sumo; The Shikata of Poetry; Behind the Masks of Kabuki and Noh; The Beauty Cult; The Art of Bowing., The Art of AmbiguityThe Importance of the Apology; Big Brother and Groupism; The Way of Suicide; The Kata-ized Mind; 3 Kata in Japan Today; Continuing the Kata Culture; The Role of Martial Arts; Survival Linked with Kata; The Compulsion for Quality; Japanese-style Sincerity; Building Trust; Winning by the Numbers; Traveling by the Numbers; Reconfirming Japaneseness; Baseball the Wa Way; Copying as a Cultural Attribute; Dressing the Japanese Psyche; Cuteness and Infantilism; The Shikata of Being Japanese; Behind the Bamboo Curtain; Dealing with Foreigners; Kata in Politics; The Layered Culture., Becoming International4 Kata in Business; Learning the Roles and Rules; Risk Factors in Building Consensus; Managing without Giving Orders; The Japanese Way of Working; The Dangers of Speaking English; Coping with a Humble Mode; Etiquette as a Weapon; Avoiding Emotional Blocks; The Kata of Rank; Sitting in the Right Place; Calling People Names; Exchanging Name-cards; The Structure of a Japanese Office; Dealing with the Consensus Kata; Following the Chain of Command; Behind-the-scenes Management; Inter-company Relations; The Advantages of Illogical Thinking; Designing as a Cultural Expression., and Production as a Religious ExperiencePackaging Makes Perfect; Seeing Kata in Action; 5 Weaknesses of the Japanese System; The New Playing Field; Right-brain vs. Left-brain Influences; The Downside of Speaking Japanese; Speaking in Tongues; Channeling Competitive Power; Japan on "Clark's Curve"; Waves in the World of Wa; Personal Failings; Might is Right; 6 Can Japan Survive without Kata?; Japan vs. the World; The Dwindling Kata; Influence from Abroad; From No. 2 to No. 3; Japan Today; Index; Photo Credits.
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ISBN
9781462920082 (electronic book)
146292008X (electronic book)
9784805314425
4805314427
9780804833868
0804833869
Note
Includes index.
Previously published in 2003 as Kata : the key to understanding and dealing with the Japanese.
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