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> We Japanese had better be more direct when we talk to Americans.
Kenji> Oh, Really ?
Kenji> If I would stay in another country, I may change my way of expression.
Kenji> However, this is MY OWN land, Japan.  Why I should adapt to Americans,
Kenji> or any other nations' way of behaviour ? 
Kenji> So, I do not believe any word of 'internationalization' of Japan.

This is a good point. We don't need to "adapt" to another country's ways, but
I think we have to "understand' how the other part (in this case,
foreigners) will interpret what we are talking. As in Japan, we have
basicly "one culture" (note: I said basicly), there's that kind of
"ishin denshin" where the japanese can understand each other very
easy. However, in my home country, we have a lot of people coming
from many parts of the world and we have to think all the time in
what they "really" want to say. It's not a kind of adaption, but
it's very useful to have different values to understand different
people. When I'm talking with an Italian, I behave an Italian,
when I'm talking with a chinese, I try to respect their values,
when I'm trying to japanese, I lost my patience and... :-)

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