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Japan's Cultural Code Words : Key Terms That Explain Attitudes and Behaviour of the Japanese

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The best and fastest way to an understanding of the traditional and emotional side of Japanese attitudes and behaviour is through their business and cultural code words key terms that reveal, in depth, their psychology and philosophy. In 234 essays, arranged alphabetically, Boye Lafayette De Mente offers personal insights into the extremes of Japanese behaviour and into the dynamics of one of the worlds most fascinating societies.show more

Product details

  • Paperback | 352 pages
  • 149.86 x 226.06 x 22.86mm | 612.35g
  • Tuttle Publishing
  • Boston, United States
  • English
  • Edition, First Edition, First ed.
  • 0804835748
  • 9780804835749
  • 196,273

About Boye Lafayette De Mente

Boye Lafayette De Mente has been involved with Japan, China, and Korea since the late 1940s as a member of a U.S. intelligence agency, student, trade journalist, editor, and author working out of Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He is a graduate of Jochi University in Tokyo and The American Institute for Foreign Trade (now Thunderbird: The School of Global Management). His 70-plus books include Instant Japanese, Business Guide to Japan, and Japan Unmasked.show more

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-This book offers keen insights into the Japanese character and more practical advice on dealing with the Japanese than dozens of other business books on Japan combined--and it reads like a bestseller!- --Alex Kerr, Japanologistshow more

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