The Globalization
of
Japan
Tatemae & Honne
Suzanne T. Bell
Jonathan B. Cox
Clifton G. Ganyard
Igor E. Klyukanov
Anthony R. Paquin
Outline
History
Business Practices
Aesthetics
Communication
Research Tools
Nihon no Rekishi
History of Japan
An Undiscovered Country?
Master Narrative
Mysterious Orient
Isolation
Homogeneity
Nihonjinron
2 Themes
Global Connections
Social Conflict
Japan and the World
Tokugawa
China, Dutch
Meiji
Perry & Westernization
Imperial Japan
Mirror to the West?
Postwar Japan
Security Treaty, Economic “Miracle”
Social Conflict
Tokugawa
Urbanization, Sangaku
Meiji Restoration
Satsuma Rebellion, Democracy
Taisho in Crisis
Democracy, Socialism, Feminism,
Modernism
Postwar Japan
AMPO, Miike, Vietnam, Tokyo U., Narita
1989, End of the “Shining Peace”
Death of Showa (Shining Peace)
Ascension of Heisei (Attaining Peace)
Economic Bubble Burst
The Japanese “Disease”?
Materialism, Birthrate, Education
Global Power?
Okinawa, Article 9
Nihonteki Keiei
Japanese Style
Management
Tatemae
Productivity Boom
The 4 Sacred Treasures
Kaizan
Constant Improvement
Kanban-hoshiki, etc.
JIT Inventory, Taguchi Method, SQC
Wa & Gambare!!!
Harmony & “Don’t give up!”
Ouichi’s Theory Z Organizations
Honne
“Z” Japanese Organization
Ijime & Karoshi
Bullying & Death from overwork
Dark Side of Kanban-hoshiki, etc.
Kaizan?
The 4 Lost Treasures
Productivity growth: A Closer Look
Nihon no Bikan
Japanese Aesthetics:
An Introduction
Ikebana
The Principles of 3D Design in Living Materials
The Japanese Artist/Craftsman
Beauty & Perfection in the Simple
Japanese Joinery & Woodcraft
Applications in Architecture & Furniture
The Japanese Garden & …
Contmporary Installation Art
Isamu Noguchi
The Man & His Legacy
Contemporary Japanese Sculptors:
A Short Survey
Japan As/And the Other
Breaking the (Invisible) Wall
Japan and the Other:
The Communication Problem
The “lies” and the “evasive” Japanese
style.
Focus: Culture and communication.
Nihonjinron as discourse on
Japaneseness.
Kokusaika as challenge to Nihonjinron.
“Kokusaika:”
Effort to place a nation that has its own identity
and unique culture in the international
framework.
Reason for Nihonjinron and Kokusaika:
searching for an identity caused by the
encounter with the Other.
“Kaikoku”: Opening the Door
First kaikoku: Meiji Restoration
Modernization and military build-up
Result: Economic and military
Second kaikoku: 1945-1980s
Democratization and demilitarization
Result: Political and social
Kokusaika: Mission Accomplished?
Cultural and communication barriers as the
foremost impediments to Japan’s
kokusaika:
Stereotypes:
Other cultures’ stereotypes of Japan.
Japan stereotypes of the Other.
Prejudice:
Other cultures’ prejudices toward Japan.
Japanese prejudices toward the Other.
Breaking the (Invisible) Wall
Oe’s 1994 Nobel Prize acceptance speech:
“Ambiguous Japan and I”
Third Kaiku:
“Kokoro no kokusaika:”
Internationalization of the mind.
Cultural knowledge and communication
skills as keys to successful interactions
between Japan and the world.
Toshokan
Globalization &
Information Access
University of Guam
Website
Map
Library
Mission
Orientation
Library of Congress
Periodicals
Regional Map
Periodicals
Serials
Magazines
Academic Journals
Globalization & Technology
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Electronic Databases
World Wide Web
Resources
List of readings (handout)
List of websites
What I’m Taking Home
Enhanced regional perspective
SDSU Japan resources
Collection development
Displays
Handout
Honne
Tatemae