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Unit 4 Cultural
Diversity - Case Study:
Japan
- Nihonjinron
- Nihonjinron is a body of discourse which purports to demonstrate Japan’s cultural differences from
other cultures and Japan’s cultural uniqueness in the world and thus tries to establish Japan’s
cultural identity.
- Homogeneity – Japanese are homogenous and unique people
- Blood – Japanese ‘blood’ is essential for mutual communication, mutual understanding,
understanding of the culture and appearance as Japanese
- Cultural Competence – foreigners are incapable of fully understanding Japanese culture or
mastering the language
- Social Participation – the sociocultural territoriality of Japan should be defended and foreigners
excluded in the areas of marriage, employment, teaching and political and artistic leadership.
- Homogeneity – Japanese are homogenous and unique people
- Nihonjinron is a body of discourse which purports to demonstrate Japan’s cultural differences from
other cultures and Japan’s cultural uniqueness in the world and thus tries to establish Japan’s
cultural identity.
- History
- Mid-1980s Japan allowed global migration due to demographic changes and the affluent Japanese
refused to perform dirty, dangerous and difficult jobs and the workforce could not meet the rising
demands for unskilled labour
- For 230 years until 1868, under the rule of Tokuhawa Shogunate there was no cultural intercourse
with foreign countries because of the ban on foreign relations the so-called ‘national isolation’ policy.
- Mid-1980s Japan allowed global migration due to demographic changes and the affluent Japanese
refused to perform dirty, dangerous and difficult jobs and the workforce could not meet the rising
demands for unskilled labour
- Isolation
- A secure country; cherish their cultural development without experiencing invasion or
colonialization by other countries.
- Japan is geographically isolated from the rest of Asia, this separation helped tie the culture of
Japan together
- A secure country; cherish their cultural development without experiencing invasion or
colonialization by other countries.
- Facts
- 95.5% Japanese citizens and 1.5% foreign citizens.
- Three different cultures exist
side by side
- Western – emerging from a century of imitation
- Traditional Japanese – handed down by generations
- New Creative Movement – based on traditional but breaking new ground
- Western – emerging from a century of imitation
- 95.5% Japanese citizens and 1.5% foreign citizens.
- Sources
- www.contemporary-japan.org
provides detailed information
about the history of Japan and how
it has developed.
- www.unesco.org An international
organisation with useful and accurate
information on different cultures.
- Edexcel A2 Geography textbook by
Dunn et al. Written by academics and
provides accurate and basic
information but may be out-dated.
- www.contemporary-japan.org
provides detailed information
about the history of Japan and how
it has developed.
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