When people communicate, speakers and listeners use information shared by both the parties, which is referred to as ‘context.’ It is believed that there are cultural differences in the degree of ...

Hosted by the National Museum of Ethnology under the patronage of UNESCO, and co-organised with the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre, the event was a follow up to the 20 th jury meeting of the UNESCO ...

JAPAN'S LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WEST by Sukehiro Hirakawa. Folkstone: Global Oriental, 2005, 557 pp., £50 (cloth). Rudyard Kipling, one of the most popular writers in the English tongue of his ...

Introduction: Japanese Communication -- 1. The Context of Japanese Communication. 1. Cultural Myth, Self, and Society. 2. Relationality and Communication. 3. Competing Orientations within ...

This June 20, 2025, file photo taken in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward shows Gunma Gov. Ichita Yamamoto. (Mainichi/Kentaro Ikushima) Japan is facing major debate regarding policies related to foreigners, ...

After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Imperial Japan’s declaration of surrender on Aug. 15, 1945, brought an end to World War II. It also marked the beginning of the rebirth of Japan as ...

Three years after the Tohoku disaster, people from other countries are still volunteering for the recovery effort. On March 22, an intercultural cooking class will be held in Hanaizumi, Iwate ...