Japan Studies for JICA Students by Koji Nakaura
History and Culture: The heart of Japanese Culture
Education in Japan:  The Secret of Japan's Recovery and Economic Growth  
Japan and Japanese Society (The consistency and changes of Japanese Society)

   
   
   
     
     


Power point Presentation 

 Japanese History
Exploring the Possibility of Asian Union through the Voices of JICA Participants from Asia

The heart of Japanese Culture
The Consistency and Changes of Japanese Society
Eduction in Japan
Toyota and Sony
Asia Pacific War
American Individualism and Japanese group Harmony
Zen and Japanese Culutre
The Japanese Sense of Beauty

@日本の文化の可変性と不変性
 
集団の和と家族主義の労働倫理  (Consistency)
Group Harmony and Family-oriented Work Ethic
2  和魂洋才Wa Kon You  Sai     (Consistency)
3  本音と建前 Formality (Word) and Actual Intension
4  もののあわれ・無常観  (Consistency)
          View of life as something transient and empty
5  仏教と神道の共存 (Consistency)  
     The coexistence of Buddhism and Shintoism
6 武士道  Japanese Chivalry (Bushido) (Consistency)
7  平和主義Japanese Pacifism (Changes)
8 男女関係 Male and Female relationships (Changes)
9 教授法 Teaching Methodology (Changes)


A武士道  Japanese Chivalry (Bushido)
 
武士道の淵源は仏教(禅)の心と神道(忠君、祖先崇拝、親孝行)の調和で, 惻隠の(Consideration for enemies and the weak)を重視する。

 Rectitude   義  Respect 尊敬
 Courage  勇  Benevolence 仁
 Honor   名誉  Honesty  誠
 Loyalty   忠  

   These traditional moral codes are still highly estimated in Japanese society and business world as a universal values.   (Professional Pride)
 
 
Bushido furnished a sense of calm trust in Fate, a quiet submission to the inevitable that stoic composure in sight of  danger or calamity, that disdain of life and  friendliness with death.
Zen represents human effort to reach through meditation zones of thought beyond the range of verbal expressions…
To be convinced of a principle that underlies all phenomena, and if it can, of  the Absolute itself, and thus to put oneself in harmony with the Absolute. Inazou Nitobe  (1899) from Bushido



The three important factors of national Identities among university students in five countries (UK, Germany, USA, Japan and Thailand)


British Students of Leeds University, Yorkshire, UK (46) 英国の大学生

1. English language    (52.2%) (n=24)         英語
2. Cultural heritage     (39.1%) (n=18)         文化遺産
3. History                     (37.0%) (n=17)                  歴史
4. Liberal democracy  (32.6%) (n=15)          自由な民主主義
5. Ethnic diversity (28.3%) (n=13)          多文化主義



German Students of Bochum University, Germany (46) ドイツの大学生

1. History                     (61.2%) (n=30)        歴史
2. Liberal democracy  (51.0%) (n=25)         自由な民主主義
3. Human rights           (44.9%) (n=22)        人権
4. German language    (40.8%) (n=20)                  ドイツ語
5. Cultural heritage      (30.6%) (n=15)




American Students of University of Hawaii (30)  アメリカの大学生

1 American English     (80.0%)(n=16)                  英語 
2  Cultural Heritage     (55.0%)(n=11)          文化遺産
3  History                       (30.0%)(n=6)                歴史
4  Citizenship                (30.0%)(n=6)               市民権




Japanese Students of Konan University in Kobe, Japan (216)日本の大学生

1. Japanese Language (66.2%)(n=143)              日本語
2. Human Rights            (43.5%)(n=94)           人権
3.National Pride      (31%)(n=31)                    国民的誇り
4. Cultural Heritage    (37.0%)(n=80)        文化遺産
5. History                       (27%)(n=27)         歴史




Thai graduate students of Srinakharinwirot Univ. in Bangkok, Thailand (40) タイの大学院生

1. Thai Language         (70%)(n=27)                タイ語
2. Cultural Heritage     (70%)(n=27)         文化遺産
3. King                          (62.5%)(n=25)        王様 
4. History                      (22.5%)(n=9)         歴史




Factors of national pride among university students in five nations






British students of University of Leeds, UK
      multiculturalism        (76.09%) (n=35)   多文化主義
    liberal democracy     (47.83%) (n=22)   自由な民主主義
    English pound           (32.61%) (n=15)   英国通貨ポンド
    Social Welfare           (23.9%)   (n=11)   社会保障


German students of Bochum University, Germany
      Social Welfare              (67.47%) (n=33)  社会福祉
     Liberal Democracy      (61.22%) (n=30)  自由な民主主義
     Multiculturalism           (55.1%) (n=27)  多文化主義

American Students of University of Hawaii, USA
      Multiculturalism               (65.0%)(n=13)        多文化主義
      Political Influence            (55.0%)(n=11)        国際政治の影響
      Liberal Democracy          (40.0%)(n= 8)     自由な民主主義

Japanese Students of Konan University, Kobe Japan
      Science and technology  (62.0%)(n=134)  科学技術
      Business Companies     (50.9%)(n=110)   日本企業
      Economic performance  (42.6%) (n=92)   経済力
       Liberal Democracy     (37.3%)(n=80)    自由な民主主義

Thai graduate students of Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok Thailand
        King and Royal Family  (87.5%)(n=35)     王様と皇室
         Religion (Buddhism)      (52.5%)(n=21)    宗教(仏教)
              Multiculturalism             (38%)(n=17)     多文化主義  
              Love for others               (38%)(n=17)     他人への愛






Graph 1:  What makes 216 Japanese Students of Konan University proud of Japan?