The Japanese Mind : Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture David McCullough takes up the search after

takes up the search after Nell's death that all the pieces of the puzzle are assembled

author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Publication Date: 31 Aug 1994

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The Japanese Mind : Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture David McCullough takes up the search afterIn The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what really makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explored: aimai (ambiguity), amae (dependence upon others' benevolence), amakudari (the nation's descent from heaven), chinmoku (silence in communication), gambari (perseverence), giri (social obligation),