japanese main values日本价值观.ppt

Japanese main values Social stratum Human relations Crisis consciousness Exquisite Japanese Japanese mythology（神话） displays human emotions. In these stories, behavior that results in positive relations with others is rewarded. But those actions that are individualistic or antisocial (those that harm others) are condemned. Japanese people pay attention to the relation between human and society. In their opinions, human fulfillment comes from close association with others. They also recognize that they are part of an interdependent society. In interpersonal relationships, most Japanese tend to avoid open competition and confrontation. They tend to cooperate with others in order to achieve win-win（双赢）. Japanese people treat social stratum very seriously. In the company, they respect their leaders very much. In the society, they respect the elders . However, this value brings some negative effects. They don’t take the young’s words seriously. They also look up to men and down on women. Strong crisis consciousness. After this strong crisis consciousness, Japanese people have the qualities of diligence tenacity sacrifice . They are hardworking, the manufacture in Japan is advanced, such as the Toyota, Honda, Sony, Panasonic. With a higher density of population in Japan, life pressure is great. Instead complaining, Japanese people bear it silently and try their best to improve it. Japan also is an area with natural disasters happen frequently. There often occurs earthquake and typhoon. Facing these disasters, Japanese become stronger and stronger. Japanese are proud of sacrifice. They treat death calmly. In their opinion, they pursue the realm of life “Let life be beauty like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.” Because of the hard condition, Japanese people couldn’t create a wonderful culture by themselves. And the strong crisis consciousness makes them become a nation which is willing to absorb foreign culture. Japanese pursue inner satisfactions