The Role of Children in Japanese Family
Children used to play a very important role as householders in Japanese family. However, nowadays the role has changed and it has been very common that children barely help their parents household. In my opinion, there are a couple of reasons for that phenomenon. First, since Japan got richer, it has been so much easier for family to sustain their life, so parents has gained more time to take care of kids. As a result, children are less encouraged to do house works. Second, the decline of the number of children in a family is a lot to do with children’s less involvement in house works. In the past, there were at least 2 or 3 kids in a family, so the elder siblings were supposed to take care of their younger siblings. Moreover, since the elders were expected to be an exemplary model for the younger, they always help out their parents. In contrast, children now do not necessarily have to look after younger siblings, as there are few siblings in a family, and their parents have room to take care of them by themselves.
2008年1月10日木曜日
2007年12月13日木曜日
Essay assignment about marriage and divorce in Japan
In Japan, divorce rate is not nearly as high as in the U.S., but it is true that the figure has been gradually going up since early 1990’s. One of the reasons for the accumulation of the number is that Jyukunen-Rikon is getting common among Japanese families. Jyukunen-Rikon means getting divorced after getting done with bringing up with their kids. Why so many old couples undergo a divorce then!? In my opinion, the phenomena has become popular, because more and more women start desiring for freedom, which they have given up when they take care of kids, as it has been more acceptable in the society and the empowerment of women in society as a whole has been established. In the past, women thought that they should not divorce after a long marriage, because Japanese society tended to think that women should devote themselves to their husbands for their life. However, that type of stereotype has been gradually gone from people’s mind, as women gain more and more status in the society. More jobs have been available for women and female CEOs have not been that rare, for example. As women gain more power in the society, women in 60 to 70(whose divorce is considered to be Jyukunen-Rikon) also start ambitious for the rest of their life by doing whatever they want to do with sufficient money and less pressure from the society. By the way, I have a question for students in Colorado. Why do you thing divorce is so common in American society, and what is your opinion about divorce!?
In Japan, divorce rate is not nearly as high as in the U.S., but it is true that the figure has been gradually going up since early 1990’s. One of the reasons for the accumulation of the number is that Jyukunen-Rikon is getting common among Japanese families. Jyukunen-Rikon means getting divorced after getting done with bringing up with their kids. Why so many old couples undergo a divorce then!? In my opinion, the phenomena has become popular, because more and more women start desiring for freedom, which they have given up when they take care of kids, as it has been more acceptable in the society and the empowerment of women in society as a whole has been established. In the past, women thought that they should not divorce after a long marriage, because Japanese society tended to think that women should devote themselves to their husbands for their life. However, that type of stereotype has been gradually gone from people’s mind, as women gain more and more status in the society. More jobs have been available for women and female CEOs have not been that rare, for example. As women gain more power in the society, women in 60 to 70(whose divorce is considered to be Jyukunen-Rikon) also start ambitious for the rest of their life by doing whatever they want to do with sufficient money and less pressure from the society. By the way, I have a question for students in Colorado. Why do you thing divorce is so common in American society, and what is your opinion about divorce!?
2007年11月22日木曜日
Dating in Japan
Dating in Japan
Without any doubt, it can be said that dating is a very important aspect of a culture, so every culture has different ways of dating, so is it true for Japan. Time is also another important factor to determine dating culture. Contemporary dating culture in Japan is totally different from that of my parent’s generation. Considering these two points, contemporary Japanese dating culture should be recognized by two key points, that is implicit way of dating, and communication centered on cell phones.
First, compared to American way of dating, Japanese way of dating is so much more implicit, which means that Japanese couples are not as openly dating as American couples. For example, although most American couples, especially when they are high school students, know their partner’s parents by visiting and even spend some time together with them. On the other hand, most Japanese are rather reluctant to be known by even their own parents that they are dating with someone. Therefore, Japanese always date at somewhere apart from their home. However, in my opinion, this trait of Japanese dating is kind of diminishing compared to before.
As cell phones have become one of indispensable tools for Japanese, cell phones have also become an important tool to be used for dating. People first get to know each other by exchanging their cell phone e-mail address and sending messages to each other. Since it is also common for Japanese to ask for going out before they actually go out, some people use cell phones to do so.
In conclusion, Japanese dating can be featured by its hesitation in openness and use of cell phones. At this point we can be more certain that dating is definitely influenced by cultures and time.
Without any doubt, it can be said that dating is a very important aspect of a culture, so every culture has different ways of dating, so is it true for Japan. Time is also another important factor to determine dating culture. Contemporary dating culture in Japan is totally different from that of my parent’s generation. Considering these two points, contemporary Japanese dating culture should be recognized by two key points, that is implicit way of dating, and communication centered on cell phones.
First, compared to American way of dating, Japanese way of dating is so much more implicit, which means that Japanese couples are not as openly dating as American couples. For example, although most American couples, especially when they are high school students, know their partner’s parents by visiting and even spend some time together with them. On the other hand, most Japanese are rather reluctant to be known by even their own parents that they are dating with someone. Therefore, Japanese always date at somewhere apart from their home. However, in my opinion, this trait of Japanese dating is kind of diminishing compared to before.
As cell phones have become one of indispensable tools for Japanese, cell phones have also become an important tool to be used for dating. People first get to know each other by exchanging their cell phone e-mail address and sending messages to each other. Since it is also common for Japanese to ask for going out before they actually go out, some people use cell phones to do so.
In conclusion, Japanese dating can be featured by its hesitation in openness and use of cell phones. At this point we can be more certain that dating is definitely influenced by cultures and time.
2007年11月1日木曜日
Assignment 1 Essay about Peer Group
Social lives of teenagers, especially high school students, are always centered on their peer groups. As every country has different cultures, natures of peer groups vary in each country. From my own experience and reading the Murray’s essay, Japanese and American high school peer groups are very different when considering how much they are related to student’s status.
Japanese high school peer grouping is nothing to do with student’s status compared to that of American high school student. As Murray says, it seems that peer groups are significantly important for American students, considering the fact that with whom they hang out is fairly influential to their status. However, on the other hand, Japanese peer grouping is simpler. Students belong to group in which they can fit the best, no matter how much popularity they can get from staying in the group. Therefore, Japanese high school peer groups tend to derive from each club. For example, soccer team members always stay with teammates. In my opinion, the reason why peer grouping for American students can be directly related to their status is that students live in or are from the same community or town, so they all know each other well, compared to Japanese students. Thus, they know who is popular or not. However, on the other hand since Japanese high school has students from fairly large area, students barely know each other, so they cannot judge about each other from the beginning. As a result, all students have equal status and never try to gain different status from others actively because of Japanese nature of conformity with everybody.
In conclusion, by comparing natures of Japanese and American, it seems to me that peer grouping in context with status is significantly influenced by the cultures of the countries, such as community and their implication to status.
Japanese high school peer grouping is nothing to do with student’s status compared to that of American high school student. As Murray says, it seems that peer groups are significantly important for American students, considering the fact that with whom they hang out is fairly influential to their status. However, on the other hand, Japanese peer grouping is simpler. Students belong to group in which they can fit the best, no matter how much popularity they can get from staying in the group. Therefore, Japanese high school peer groups tend to derive from each club. For example, soccer team members always stay with teammates. In my opinion, the reason why peer grouping for American students can be directly related to their status is that students live in or are from the same community or town, so they all know each other well, compared to Japanese students. Thus, they know who is popular or not. However, on the other hand since Japanese high school has students from fairly large area, students barely know each other, so they cannot judge about each other from the beginning. As a result, all students have equal status and never try to gain different status from others actively because of Japanese nature of conformity with everybody.
In conclusion, by comparing natures of Japanese and American, it seems to me that peer grouping in context with status is significantly influenced by the cultures of the countries, such as community and their implication to status.
2007年10月11日木曜日
Hi
Hello, my name is Yusuke . I am a student of Waseda University and I am a freshman at the college. My hobbies are playing soccer, reading watching and so forth. I am taking this class because I have an experience of studying in the U.S. for about an year in 2006 and I would like to come back to the U.S. to study next year again. At last, I am looking forward to contacting with anybody interested in Japan and its culture.
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