Japanese Values

Japanese values are cultural assumptions and ideals particular to Japanese culture. The honne/tatemae divide between public expression and private thoughts/feelings is considered to be of paramount importance in Japanese culture.

Read more about Japanese Values:  Empathy and Human Relations, Public Sphere: Order and Status, Private Sphere: Goals and Self

Famous quotes containing the words japanese and/or values:

    “The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.”
    —Paul Theroux (b. 1941)

    “The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice.”
    —Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978)