Japanese Culture

Between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. government wrongfully imprisoned thousands of Japanese American citizens and profited from their labor. Japanese American Incarceration recasts the forced removal and incarceration of approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II as a history of prison labor and exploitation.

Among the many types of egg cuisines, tamagoyaki is said to be one of Japan's unique household dishes. It is also known as atsuyaki tamago.

Umeboshi are a type of pickle made from ume (plums) fruits that are dried in the sun after being salted and soaked in ume vinegar.

Tsukemono is a kind of food, mostly vegetables, that has been pickled in salt, rice bran, miso, or something else.

Tori-no-Ichi (day of the rooster), held at Otori shrines across Japan every November, is a festival where people wish for good fortune and thriving business for the coming year.

Hiraizumi in Iwate Prefecture was the political, economic, and cultural center of the Tohoku region

Yakisoba is a noodle dish created by frying steamed Chinese noodles with meat and vegetables.

The onigiri (rice ball) is a simple dish consisting of a compacted ball of rice with some ingredients placed inside.

Sukiyaki is a dish made from beef, tofu, spring onions, and other vegetables simmered in a sweet and salty sauce made with sugar and soy sauce as a base.

Dumplings can be fried, steamed, or boiled, but in Japan fried dumplings are the most common.

Basic tempura is fish, shellfish and vegetables fried in a batter made from eggs, water, and flour.

Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture is a popular tourist destination where you can feel the charm of the

En esta sección se presentan elementos de la cultura tradicional japonesa tales como el "Sumo", el "Kabuki" y el "Zazen", con la finalidad de que el visitante conozca su historia y sepa cómo disfrutarlos mejor.

There are many events and festivals throughout Japan all over the year. It is introducing its charm and history.

Rei Shimura, a California girl living in Tokyo, has an antiques business that's only slightly more successful than her love life. When her aunt enrolls her in the Kayama School of Ikebana to learn how to arrange flowers, disaster strikes. A mean teacher is found with scissors in her neck, and Takeo Kayama, the sexy billionaire heir to the school, considers Rei's aunt the main suspect.

Introducing famous sights representing Tokyo, such as Tokyo-Sky-Tree and Shibuya Crossing.

This is introducing Japanese traditional culture such as "SUMO," "KABUKI," and "ZAZEN."

International business requires a deep level of industry insight but also a keen understanding of the cultural differences that impact how business is done. If you’re an American working in China or Japan for the first time, you may not realize the way each culture thinks and reasons is quite different from your own, which can lead to frequent misunderstandings. You may be unaware, for example, that Americans reason in a linear manner, Chinese in a lateral manner, and Japanese intuitively.

Copying Buddhist sutras is called shakyo and in Japan it typically refers to copying the Hannya Shingyo (The Great Heart of Wisdom Sutra).

The Emperor and some of his relatives, the imperial family, are referred to as the imperial household.