Japan's Open Future

Haffner, John; Klett, Tomas Casas i; Lehmann, Jean‐Pierre

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“…In general, although the World Values Survey rates Japan as highest in the world on "secular-rational values" (WVS, 2014), contemporary Japanese culture is mainly the result of an intersection and combination of ancient Japanese religion (Shintoism), Zen Buddhism, Confucian teachings and the values, virtues and ways of thinking of the long feudal period governed by the samurai class (Mason & Ciager, 1997). It is also important to remember the influence of modern culture, especially after Japan opened up to the world during the 19 th century (Haffner, Casas, Klett & Lehmann, 2009)…”

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Spiritual and Secular Existential Meaning-Making Coping Methods among Japanese Cancer Patients

Ahmadi¹,

Rabbani

et al. 2019

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The present article is written on the basis of a sociological international project on meaning-making coping. The aim of the project has been to understand the role of culture in meaning-making coping. The project embarrasses studies among cancer patients in 10 countries. The present article is confined to the results obtained in the study in japan. The main aim was to investigate the impact of culture from a sociological perspective on the choice of coping methods. Twelve participants with various kinds of cancer were interviewed.Several meaning-making coping methods are found in the present study. This study underlines the importance of investigating cultural and social context when investigating into the use of the meaning-making coping methods in different countries.

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Spiritual and Secular Existential Meaning-Making Coping Methods among Japanese Cancer Patients

Ahmadi¹,

Rabbani

et al. 2019

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“…Frequent visits to the Yasukuni shrine increase its symbolic significance as one of the most important shrines in Japan – as it was regarded before the end of the war (Hardacre, 1991: 90). Attitudes expressed regarding Yasukuni by Japanese politicians have already become an important indicator of their sentiment towards Japan's wartime past (Haffner et al ., 2009: 39–40). Elevating the shrine's status would again create an impression of continuity with the wartime past, and it would distance contemporary Japan even further from the legacy of the Tokyo Trails and the purge.…”

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Back to the Past: Analysis of the Amendments Regarding Emperor and the National Symbols in the LDP 2012 Constitutional Draft

Pletnia

2017

Japanese Journal of Political Science

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Since the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan's (LDP) return to power in late 2012, there has been on-going discussions regarding the possibility of revising the Japanese constitution. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe has made numerous remarks regarding his intention to implement significant changes. Understandably, amendments to the controversial Article 9 as well as to the Article 96 have become the main points of interests for both journalists and scholars. Judging by the LDP's constitutional draft from 2012 there are other significant changes that the ruling party would like to implement. This article mainly analyses the proposed amendments regarding the position and significance of the emperor, national flag, and anthem, as well as separation of the state and religion. Based on textual analysis of the draft and analysis of the remarks made by Abe Shinzō regarding changing the constitution, this paper argues that, if implemented, the proposed changes would symbolically link contemporary Japan with its pre-1945 past. Furthermore, both the LDP's constitutional draft and leading politicians’ comments regarding the necessity of those amendments fit into a much broader narrative regarding Japan's historical past, and signify another attempt to reconstruct collective memory of both the Pacific War and occupation years.

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Acquiring knowledge through management consultancy: a national culture perspective

O’Mahoney

Sturdy

Galazka

2021

Journal of Management & Organization

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This paper examines how national culture informs the sourcing of management knowledge through external consultancy. First, it hypothesises and compares the relationship between quantitative measures of Hofstede's cultural indices with adjusted expenditure on consulting in nine countries. Two cultural indices are found to correlate with consulting use – power distance (negatively) and individualism (positively). However, the disparity between our findings and prior research suggests limitations of generalisation in studies solely employing quantitative cultural indices to understand the purchasing of business knowledge. We therefore propose the use of supplementary, qualitative data with sensitivity to local contexts and briefly apply this by using secondary sources to provide historical narratives for two countries – the UK and Japan. Overall, we find and tentatively explain significant statistical relationships between Hofstede's cultural indices and adjusted expenditure on consultancy. We then draw attention to wider implications for consulting research and for practitioners involved in this context.

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Japan's Open Future

Cited by 6 publications

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Spiritual and Secular Existential Meaning-Making Coping Methods among Japanese Cancer Patients

Spiritual and Secular Existential Meaning-Making Coping Methods among Japanese Cancer Patients

Back to the Past: Analysis of the Amendments Regarding Emperor and the National Symbols in the LDP 2012 Constitutional Draft

Acquiring knowledge through management consultancy: a national culture perspective

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