In this "New York Times" Notable Book, Patrick Smith offers a groundbreaking framework for understanding the Japan of the next millennium. Authoritative and rich in detail, the book is a timely guide to understanding a society whose changed are sure to have profound consequences around the world. "An invigorating blast of fresh air . . . An important book". "Time".
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Foreigners who reside in Japan are part of the system by virtue of their exclusion. Rarely does the "outside person" enter the intricate, burden-some web of duties and obligations that covers all interaction among the Japanese and binds each to the group. According to custom resident gaijin, like a Japanese, will be known as Fuji Film's Wilson or Smith of the International Herald Tribune. One is considered to be part of a group, as every Japanese is. But the foreigner soon recognizes that just as Japan is a nation of insiders, it is equally one of "others." (查看原文)
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