{"product_id":"duty-and-sentiment-how-culture-shapes-thinking-and-behavior-in-japan-and-the-west-9789811697661","title":"Duty and Sentiment: How Culture Shapes Thinking and Behavior in Japan and the West","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is an exploration that shows us how sentiment and duty form the core of Japanese culture. It looks at how the combination of common sense, culture, and social norms influence people’s ways of thinking and behavior. Although the focus is Japan in looking at these interrelationships, the author draws on his experience and knowledge of other countries from his days before graduate school, when he traveled the world as a backpacker. Now, from the world of academia, he uses his knowledge of economic analysis to consider the similarities and differences in human behavior among countries and cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe wide-ranging scope of the book takes in marital life, education, sports, business, and culture in modern Japanese society. Why, for instance, does linguistic heterogeneity generally have negative effects on FIFA rankings of national soccer teams, and what does this have to do with the difficulty of technology transfer among businesses in multilingual countries? Why was the demand for the film \u003ci\u003eBohemian Rhapsody,\u003c\/i\u003e about the British rock group Queen, so high in Japan? How do Kazuo Ishiguro’s novels resemble scenarios related to Japan’s long-term public finance prospects? How does the depiction of contemporary life compared with “the old days” in the films of Yasujiro Ozu provide a cautionary tale for aging societies today? How are older people with grandchildren more likely to accept tax increases to support future generations? And how is the Japanese government actively drawing on behavioral economics to appeal to public sentiment to contain the spread of COVID-19. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese and a multitude of other questions are tackled by the backpacker who entered academia to become an economist and who now goes on a journey to find the answers. Readers can take the trip with him under his expert guidance, as he artfully combines sentiment, duty, and economic analysis.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e​Preface\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1.  Why are Koshien high school baseball games all televised?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhy do people watch live professional baseball games?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhy did “Tiger Mask” send gifts?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat makes strong sumo wrestlers stand apart?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy were Mozart, Beethoven, and Liszt able to produce excellent music?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCan music change people’s behavior?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Do mathematical theories have national characteristics?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHow does the assimilation of immigrants affect the economy?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Will \u003ci\u003ebon odori\u003c\/i\u003e dance disappear amid globalization?: Ethnic Japanese in Sao Paulo and Jews in New York\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe global contribution of a prizefighter in the Showa era\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhy do diplomats in New York park illegally? \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat good would it do if Japanese anime was diffused across the world?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat was it in “Oshin” that won the hearts and minds of people overseas?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDo children’s values reflect their parents’ values? \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat changes if Fukuzawa Yukichi is shown on a 10,000-yen bill?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Why is it a secret to successful business management that the business owner treats job seekers to gourmet food?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHow is the French mentality relevant to the arrest of Carlos Ghosn?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat does Adam Smith have in common with an old lollipop man?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat comes out from mixing the rich and the poor?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat can we learn from the life of Kazuo Ishiguro about government finance?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMunicipalities that fared well in the tax-deductible donation scheme by not offering thank-you gifts\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHow can Takarasiennes always maintain their modesty, fairness, and graceful beauty?—the reason for the unwaning popularity of the Takarazuka Revue Company\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHow does ninjo (human sentiments) enrich the market economy? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. What will become of pupils in a class with a female teacher? \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWomen: are they born as women or do they become women? \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWomen and men, what are the differences?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAre women born non-competitive or do they become non-competitive?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAre women born to dislike math or do they grow to dislike it?　\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEqual employment opportunities for men and women, how does it affect the difference in height between a husband and a wife? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. The reason why working husband and housekeeping wife should quarrel\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhy do people seek marriage?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat comes to the minds of smokers at the sight of their children?　\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHaving a working mother, does it determine a man’s choice of a woman he marries?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDoes an arrival of a daughter change her father’s world view?　\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat changes do grandchildren engender in their grandparents? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. What came out of the spread of COVID-19? \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEffects of school closure on parents’ working styles\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“The life” of Haruma Miura: “the human take on economics” personified\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games and ninjo the humanity\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLife and money, which is more important?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe coronavirus pandemic and healthcare workers’ mental states \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Concluding Chapter   How can community be rational? \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEpilogue \u003c\/p\u003e  References\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer Verlag, Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53518305788247,"sku":"9789811697661","price":38.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/duty-and-sentiment-how-culture-shapes-thinking-and-behavior-in-japan-and-the-west-9789811697661","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}