Japanese believe the most famous Japanese food in other countries is Sushi. However, perhaps, there is a one which is more famous.
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Mind of employee
Basically, in occidental culture, an employee feels more responsibility to the personal duty instead of company. If it is not necessary to ask help to organization, the employee complete his job by himself.
Silence is Golden?
Speech is silver, Silence is golden. This is introduced as the word of Thomas Carlyle but the origin is in Egypt. He did not use whole phrase on his book and when it translated in Japanese it became shorter. In Japan says just “Silence is Golden”. The meaning is little different from you know.
Employment and Culture
There is a system of lifetime employment in Japan. This idea is based on the economy will develop forver which a parson who works longer get better treatment.
Gyotaku
Have you ever heard a word “Gyotaku”? In any period there are people who love fishing. When they talk about a fish, which they catch is better and larger than actual one.