Japanese Ethnography Study
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Japanese Ethnography Study Rogelio Mendez & Laura Rodriguez
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Japanese Ethnography Study. Rogelio Mendez & Laura Rodriguez. Japan ’ s History. Has been around before the current era. Has had man rulers, from councils to shoguns, throughout several periods. Had a major role during WW II, but today the U.S. and Japan are important economic partners. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Japanese Ethnography Study
Rogelio Mendez
&
Laura Rodriguez
Japan’s History
Has been around before the current era.
Has had man rulers, from councils to shoguns, throughout several periods.
Had a major role during WW II, but today the U.S. and Japan are important economic partners.
Japan’s Culture
ReligionArtsFoodEducation
Japan’s Religion
Shinto: Japan’s major religion.Buddhism: Second largest, death is
honored through the Buddhist religion.Christianity: Brought by European
traders.
Japan and the Arts
Flowers and nature are important to their forms of art.
“No” is a form of theater, Pine tree painted into the background is the only prop on the stage.
Kabuki is the more well-known form of theater.
Wine and Dine in Japan
Sushi
Ramen
Seaweed
Japan’s Educational System
Borrow from Chinese Confucianism: Cultivation and Wisdom.
Children are taught reverence for learning.
Foreign observers saw some problems with the old system.
Japan’s Ed. System Continued
During the mid-1980’s their government decided to change their “broke” system.
Eight areas were looked at.
The three level of educational bureaucracy went through some changes as well.
Japanese Teachers
They are highly revered and well paid for their services.
They have great health and retirement plans.
Not enough jobs to go around for all hopeful teachers. (1 assignment for every six teachers.
Near and Dear to my Heart
Nintendo brought back the video game craze with their famicom (NES)
SquareEnix, Konami, Nintendo, Sega, Etc all create world-played games.
I’m addicted to Tetris DS as of today.
