You have no idea about the culture in Japan. I've traveled there on business for over 7 years. They've had a very strict religion already. They also believed a God, so there lies the morality of religion being the base for morality. I've seen bosses slapping the face of his employees for showing dishonor. Do you know what that dishonor was? The vice president wasn't following us when we took a tour after dinner. Crazy huh? I deal with Asian customers for years. You have no idea about their customs and it was all based on religion.
I have one passport completely filled because of all my trips to Asia. I am working on my second; which is have full. I don't travel as much now, thank God! The one thing I do know is Asian customs. One from my Korean descent and from the crazy amount of times I've traveled to Asia.
Well depends where you are going. Japan's pretty cool and mellow to get into. China is amazingly strict. Malaysia is another strict country. Thailand is really smooth and easy. Singapore is like USA. It was like I flew in from Denver. Taiwan was extremely hard. Almost as hard as china. Hong Kong easy. Korea was strangely easy too.
A good friend of mine is an English professor who has lived in Japan for the last 33 years. He says it is a country made up almost entirely of atheists, very analytical in nature.
Your friend is wrong! They used to think their emperor was God. Look at the world war 2. Are u serious?
Today, not 70 years ago. They are an advanced society with beliefs based in science. Once the old folks pass on the contry will be religion-free for the most part.
That census is skewd. Buddha monks don't take those surveys; and old people as well. And when I saw old; we are talking 40 or older. The people so close to their beliefs don't think it's a good business to talk about it. They remain silent. But you can see their tradition. You see how they still use much of the "moral foundation" that have been set from religion. Just bowing or mannerism is a form of many Shinto belief. And Shinto is an abstract religion. They believe somewhat like buddhist belief; but they are amazed on the most natural things. A tree that's wide means how powerful that area is. Some even take on samurai respect. And still believe that there is still a ranking system to true glory. In fact our customers president is an actual samurai.
Excuse me. I LIVED IN JAPAN for two years. You can shove your passport and customer experience, friend.
Lived. There. For two. Years. Calling Japanese people impolite based on some boss reprimanding an employee is insane.
So you've witnessed the epidemic of young adults having sexual relationships with anime? I think that's pretty cool!
You are straying off topic again. The article you originally linked to was about POLITENESS being linked to CHRISTIANITY. Not religions in general, or tradition, or social mobility, or any other aspect of culture that you want to bring up and dissect. It was about politeness and Christianity. Are you going to concede that Japan is both 90% non-Christian and ridiculously polite, or not?
If you call "tons of businessmen reading comic books on the train" a sexual relationship, than yeah, I witnessed it every day.
No the actual cafe that have businessmen that go in and design an anime for them. Like actually an anime girlfriend. You haven't heard of this?
Thank you! Now then, as long as you are in a conciliatory mood, how about that "Noah's Ark" discovery you linked to that was later debunked by the discoverer's own church?
