The Culture of Respect in Japan 

During the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami that devastated Japan, everyone was helping each other. There was no looting or rioting. These are highly honorable and respectable people!

If I were to put the Japanese culture into one word it would be "harmonious". As an American I have great respect for the people and the culture of Japan. I wish we could see that more here in the U.S.

I have a deep admiration of the Japanese culture, and it is my absolute #1 bucket list vacation destination.

Respecting elders is the first spiritual lesson you will ever learn

The concept is efficiency. The idea is harmony. Form follows function, therefore everyone is polite to an absurd extreme. I appreciate it, because here in America everything is me, me me, compete with others, me first.

❤️🇯🇵❤️ JAPAN IS BEST .

Proud to be a Japanese 🙂🇯🇵

I really admire and respect Japanese culture. Everything is done so neatly and with care and consideration.

Absolutely love Japan. A wonderful country! 🇯🇵

I have always loved Japanese culture. I feel like I was meant to be born into that culture. 🙏🏼🇯🇵

that goat bowing at the end got me haha, Japanese culture is amazing

I love Japan. I'll visit one day.

the most country i respect is Japan , i love japanese culture and hope to experience it one day

I'm currently learning Japanese and I'm here to stay motivated Japanese culture is so beautiful I love the language and everything

japanese culture is beautiful ❤❤

Japanese culture is so beautiful and I'm currently learning more about it. I find all cultures incredible but Japanese might just take first place for me! I'm excited to educate myself on it!

Hierarchy is an built in part of most organisms like lobsters which is 300 million years old. Japan is a culture which not only accept the nature as it is but celebrate it.

I grew up for some years w a Japanese exchange student..And as a little girl I fell in love w her..illl never forget her and the love and respect she instilled in my soul..Her name was and I'm gonna botch this bad But how I said it was Jewelry..I am 42 now and still can live in so many memories we had w her..an amazing human being..now today I have taken these teachings and instilled them into my own children..same schooling style too as the Japanese...JUST BEAUTIFUL

Japanese are Clearly healthy moral people.. Thank you!

We need more of this in America

Japan is TOP!

To all the graduates, congratulations, you have made it against ALL odds 😇💃🏽

This is the reason that japan is my dream country one day I'm going to japan and i will make it happen 🙏😍

Even the animals Bow😂

I am an uncultured swine. But I would love to adopt practices and principles from other cultures. I am very fascinated with Japanese culture. The respect for everything and mother nature and how they do their wood working compared to Americans. It's just so awesome and I wish America would adopt some of their cultures. Would make us better

The history of Japan is very old, about 2,000 years since the Emperor's reign, but humans began to live in villages and communities in this island nation about 14,000 years ago, during “the JOMON pottery” culture. (That's 30,000 years ago, if you count the Neolithic period.) The country name word "NIPPON”(Japan) means "the land under the sun" , but another name is "WA" or "YAMATO" , meaning “Peacefully Harmony among People with Nature”.　So, Japan's name means “the Land under the Sun” and” the Land of "Great Harmony of People and Nature,” Surrounded by the sea on all four sides, geographically isolated from Eurasia continent in the Pacific Ocean this island nation has a warm and humid climate and is blessed with abundant clear water resources, a variety of plants, and fishery resources. Since ancient times, people have lived peacefully with nature. They have respected harmony, lived peacefully in groups, and overcome many severe natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and typhoons, with each other in groups based on their wisdom and have enjoyed the blessings of nature by cooperating. The name of the ancient Japanese nation of "YAMATO" or "WA" reflects the wishes and realities of the people to live and to survive in this natural environment of the island nation that differs from that of the Eurasia continent. And in the names of the ancient countries, the essence and secrets of Japanese Cultures are hidden. In public places where everyone gathers, everyone should act in a way that “you do not disturb others.“ If all participants can act in a way that “you do not cause trouble to others," that is, at the same time, it will create an environment in which “No one cause trouble to you” The same is true if we substitute the phrase "everyone always help others in need.” If everyone does this, it will create a social situation in which "when you are in trouble, someone will help you.” This is a very rational group wisdom to live in peace with each other. This is not for the sake of any particular person, but in order to live equally comfortably with each other, the obligation to act for the peace of mind of "all participants with each other" also arises. Therefore, they believe that the right thing to do in public places is not to bother others, even if there are no garbage cans, to take home garbage that they have soiled themselves and dispose of it on “their own responsibility”, and not to throw garbage away in public places where it will bother others. This is because they have been taught through their childhood “education as a proper manner in public places where you spend time with others” that this is an ancient traditional teaching, and “a natural duty of adults.” It is a teaching and a rule of life that has been handed down in this island nation since ancient times. “A peaceful environment can only be built through mutual give and take, each other.” One for all, all for one, the sprits of OTAGAI-SAMA, TASUKEAI (help each other, everyone)". ”In times of trouble, we are there ,help for each other.”（Komatta Toki ha Otagaisama) Because of its so long history, the Japanese themselves are unaware that they themselves have an "no-named religion”. However, they have inherited it through the long history of this island nation. They have lived collectively in their island environment for more than 14,000 years, and this has given them the wisdom of life to survive in that environment, which is condensed in the traditional Japanese teachings. There are two main reasons why Japan, an island nation, has developed its own unique culture. One is the natural environment of its volcanic islands. Surrounded by the sea on four sides, Japan has a warm climate that provides abundant water resources, plants, and food. On the other hand, the warm and humid climate is a favorable environment not only for humans, but also for microorganisms and bacteria, which can easily multiply and cause health problems and epidemics if left in their natural state. Also, in terms of location and topography, typhoons, windstorms, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc.,　 It is an environment that has both a rich natural environment suitable for human life, and a harsh natural environment. Japanese cleanliness is a necessary behavior to overcome this negative element. This concrete example, such as daily cleaning and washing, tidying up, and daily bathing habits, and they has done education from an early age because it is a matter of life and death. This is the reason why the culture has developed a perfectionist behavior and that everything be handled to the last detail in order to eliminate negative environmental elements from thier lives. This is all from the ancient wisdom of life in order to survive in this island environment, unlike life on the life of continent, where it is dry and stable natural environment. Second, because they are geographically isolated from Eurasia in the Pacific Ocean, they have historically been less vulnerable to invasion from other continental nations and powers, and in fact have not been invaded by other nations, including cultures, until the modern era. These two factors (an island nation's natural environment and geopolitical isolation) are the reasons why Japan is different from other Asian nations and historically gave birth to a unique Japanese culture. The island environment has influenced the Japanese people's preference for cleanliness and tidiness, ”SEIKETSU,KIYOME” their attitude of never cutting corners when it comes to a task and completing it to the last minute, ”MAJIME,SEIJITSU,RICHIGI” and their appreciation for creating something better rather than being satisfied with the status quo, ”KAIZEN” and their preference for mastering a single art to its pinnacle. ”KIWAMERU,　KYUDOU-SYA” So once you enter this island, it doesn't matter if you are foreigner or Japanese, “all people are equally” expected to cooperate and contribute their behavior to make life comfortable for each other. " We act with each other so as not to cause trouble for others." Because if even “one person stops this”, the comfortable environment “will disappear” in an instant. But the interesting thing about Japanese culture is that this obligation is only for the peaceful life of each other in public places where everyone gathers, and does not regulate individual personal beliefs, hobbies, and preferences, which are the free choice of the individual. This has not been treated academically yet, but it has been a feature of Japanese culture since ancient times. That is why so many different cultures have blossomed in each period of Japanese history. How can we act and behave as human beings in order to live peacefully in a community without killing our own freedom and harming others at the same time? The unique culture of Japan, an island nation, contains hints for action that can provide a solution to this difficult question for mankind. This is an idea that neither Western nor continental Asian cultures could have come up with, but it is a way of life brought to them by Japan's unique natural environment. This is because the island nation of Japan is blessed with a rich natural environment where light and darkness coexist, and at the same time, the harsh and violent natural environment has had an impact on human behavior. The Japanese culture may in fact represent another way of human civilization that has been overlooked in world historiography to date, which has been strongly influenced by Western perspectives. Surprisingly, a unique and advanced civic cultural consciousness has existed in Japan since ancient times, don't you think?

I swear I love japanese people more than the people from my own country ❤

Japanese people are my kind of people. I wanna live in Japan. My only hesitation is the cost of living and the tsunamis.

I have been living and working in Japan for the past 22 years from America. Interesting video.

Thanks for this very important information about l really love to learn japanese language and culture and the way of japanese people living its incredible😊🥰🥰💪🙏

Yes i like japanese more than the US for there respecfull culture👍❤️

ちゃんと伝えてくれてありがとうございます。

Japanese are the best people with etiquette and manners. Indians should learn etiquette and manners from Japan and be humble

Hi i am from Oman, i love Japan and everything about it, it's culture and everything , is there anyone from Japan who would like to be friends with me?

good culture,,,,👍👍🙏

I am in love with this culture....not to mention the stunning views of the Island. I WANT tongo there someday!❤

Americans needs to adapt Japanese culture they are so Respectful

ありがとうございます。　hope you will continuously make more video like this ❤❤❤❤

very helpful thankyou :)

Japan is my dream country

respect and work safety

I just want to say that i figured this out after living in Japan and not from some video. It's 100% true. They're not the same as you or I. This is the hardest idea to comprehend and believe. That another human acts and behaves differently in EVERY way. It's almost alien.

Very friendly to tourists** as a black person who witnessed them literally move from the seat when i sat down I Would BEG to DifFer.

Yet, Jporn is the craziest I have ever seen...

I'm not a japanese but I do bow too

Hi! May I please use some clips from your video as part of our school project(educational purposes only). I will make sure to give proper credit. Thank youu!

People should go there to learn some manners

Ill always remember the words of my friend, who spend 3 years in Japan. "Dont misunderstand the politeness of those yellow monkeys for friendship", he said. Always brings a tear in my eye.

I ADORE the japanese

👍👍

means i have to visit japan

over the top if you ask me

If 1 year new employee calls his boss with "san'' at a customer site, they laugh at him.

Sennsei (先生) means "previous life"? I thought it more like "who has lived ahead/先に生きている."

I was born in the wrong country! This seems like the perfect life for me

interesting it has similarities with turkic cultue and tengrism,but also very huge differences between it.trieng to be a very polite and respectfull person like the japanese do,would be too much pressure for me :D

Sensei does not mean previous life. It means someone who was "born before" you. Its origin is the same word in classical Chinese

It’s too bad my grandma didn’t teach my family Japanese. I’m Japanese but I have to learn it on my own.

Only if the rest of the world was like this...

It is SUCH a shame we don’t have more immigration between Japan and the West. I’d much rather the Japanese came over in abundance over the others.

u saved my life

5:59 wheow.

i've lived in Japan for a decade. Although very beautiful, there are some dark sides to the culture as well. (e.g. workaholism, competitiveness, perfectionism). This leads to a culture of bullying that cannot attain such "ideals" and thus, high rates of depression, suicide and self-isolation. The very thing that is spoken about in this video (e.g. respect, hierarchy, social structure) can also be very intimidating and overwhelming.

小さな子供はクラス6に入る。 13歳クラスVIで学ぶ。

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was this after WW2? Serious question

Me walking down street. Random dude starts bowing towards me on the phone Me: "I guess I'm worthy"

I am Japanese. You forgot to mention that Japanese people also bow when they enter public bathroom. If you don’t bow when entering the bathroom, people will think that you have no respect for the Japanese bidet. You gotta have respect for everything in Japan.

Quoting Sima Guang's evaluation of the Japanese in the "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" of the Northern Song Dynasty: "Knowing small etiquette but no great righteousness, being strict with trivial matters without great virtue, emphasizing trivial details but underestimating shame. , Awe of power but not moral, the strong will be bandits, the weak will be humble." It should be said that Sima Guang's summary of the Japanese is still very accurate, but this is only at the level of phenomena. The deeper reasons can only be explained by survival mode.

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Why is jav free to produce there?

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One thing for sure. Im never gonna learn the japanese way. Not to say its wierd in any way. Its just complex 😅

Except for foreigners

Why isn't the world like this?

The culture that embraces hierarchies in the deepest sense of the word. The most distinct value differences between liberals and conservatives according to Professor Jonathan Haidt. This makes Japan one of the most conservative culture.

they say you should learn japanese culture while learning their language

Uhmmmmm? Respect in workplaces? How about that? Because of the seniority system many people in position does power harassment. So that is respect too? Respect should be earned not impose

lol whenever I watch one pace they say lufysan, I never understood why 😂😂😂

There respect is more like obligation. Very different from Western form of respect.

I have met several Japanese people who tell me particular things without explaining themselves any further! I've had enough of these mysteries! I have several questions about these people, based on my encounters! please, I want someone reasonable to answer my questions, to explain things to me until the end without omitting the details, without bad faith! I can show you their comments and you must enlighten me!

He said no one would believe me and indeed he was right. I have beauty marks all over my body as evidence of the torture I went through...stretch marks, chicken pox marks, a healing wound on my big toe

Hi

The culture of respect that fades in war time..where was that culture then??

April 20, 2023 Japan opened up to the world by war (War in the Pacific or WWII), and China opened up to the world by trade (WTO). The very strong work ethics of the Japanese and swift response made the Japanese resilient, and Japan has become the envy of the world that Great Britain welcomed them in London. England noticed them that airline travel from Japan to England began. The problem was Philippines wasn't deeply anchored when Japan attack it. Philippines has no military to defend itself from attacked so it lost to the occupying enemy forces of the Japanese Imperial Army. US got involved to end the war in the Pacific by bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but US also helped to develop Japan post war. I heard rumor in GU that Japan is waiting for me to build the Japanese Army that is still talked about today because of fear of Asian extinction in Asia-Pacific when Madeleine Z. Bordallo well positioned in GU, wouldn't release Norma Laca and Orlando Ferrer Imanil to be seen and to talk to, with that much given by the Japanese gov't. Japan tried again with me, but Madeleine did the same. At worst she grabbed the land of GU for her own commercial development, and align with, improvise on traitor ship and betrayal of, and influence INC of Manalo in the Philippines. China noticed her. Clearly, almost all Asians noticed and blinked an eye why she's white without helping to lift up the condition of the couple and especially me. Madeleine never spoke to me, much less gave a dime, but she drafted letters and signed them for me without my say. She framed me of saying GU is the island of white people to be, and she said that to the Japanese in Japan. Madeleine Z. Bordallo began to slowly clean up the "On of Egypt" indigenous population of GU in the '80s when I arrived. She shot an On of Egypt school boy behind the school, and she shot him running. She also got the Mendiola killed. She is also cleaning up FSM of indigenous. Furthermore, Madeleine got involved with Jonathan Imanil in HI without Jonathan knowing who he is. In 2021, Madeleine was beginning to be breached by my presence in HI and she ditched Jonathan Imanil. She abandoned them leading to the helpless victimization and death of Jon Da, homelessness and poverty of the generations of Norma Laca and Orlando Ferrer Imanil in HI. The straw that broke the camel's back was when Caroline Kennedy, another white who became the ambassador of US in Japan during Barack Obama's term without doing anything for Orlando Ferrer Imanil or me who at one time a Boston resident. Meanwhile, Orlando Ferrer Imanil waited for Mr. Obama to pick up African origin name Imanil, but he didn't. Orlando was under the assumption that Obama is to arrive to pick him up so Orlando drove to the gate of AAFB, GU and was there at 4:00a.m. waiting for Barack to arrive. Maybe he did that for a week. Orlando knew that he is known globally by name, and he lives in GU. Orlando thought that AAFB, GU would lift him up after 9/11 of 2001, but it didn't. Madeleine Z. Bordallo super suppressed me and never said anything. That construction of GRMC (GU Regional Medical Center) is disturbing for Asians in general because even Asians from the Orient, especially retirees, elderly are being enticed to take a tour and live in GU known as ecotourism but it is meant to eventually kill them. Madeleine is spending litlle $ in Asia to kill many Asians. Some Asian women with military partner like Minerva says my generation is already white so that encourages Madeleine and others to get many Asians rich and poor killed. Help me, Jonathan, my nephews and nieces to live. Secure us to live together under one roof and give us guns for our defense and protection.

Japan should rule the world.

colok tinggal

I'm a rebel, l'll never fit in. 😈でも日本はすごい

Respect for what, though? For those with more money.

wait until they they angery.............. nani.......bageroooooooooooo

Me and my familly were not felt welcome when we travelled there by sea in a catamaran we vacationed there for two weeks and while we were there my dad told me to be respectfull to the people of japan i even learned some polite phrases and tried to learn but its def not true imo about Japanese people being polite and welcoming we got looks and even sneered at in my culture which im maori from newzealand we are born warriors of our country and to see my father being sneered at by a female worker in this restraunt we dined it made my blood boil

Let me introduce you to the horror of we Japanese people's desire to use honorific language. O-tsuke, which means soup with an polite "o" added to tsuke, became numb over time and became mi-o-tsuke, which eventually became paralyzed and became o-mi-o-tsuke.

Keep strong. Dont forget that despite the evil in this world, God is full of justice, mercy and love. Justice said we broke His perfect law - causing the world's previous perfection to be destroyed - and therefore we deserve Hell (like a punishment in any legal system but this is eternal as His perfect law is eternal too). Don't think you fit in that category? Ever done one of these?: lying, stealing - regardless of how small the object EVER, hating others - which is murder in God's perfect law, lusting (plus God sees our entire thought life). Justice says "the soul that sins shall die" - if we break one in thought/word/deed it's as if we're guilty of all of them. Quite simply, living by the law (which is doing everything perfectly) is impossible for sinful humans . The law shows us that 1. We will die in Hell if we fail to follow it and 2. We cannot save ourselves BUT, 3. God's perfect, immovable law points us to Christ, who followed and fulfilled the law in thought, word and deed perfectly in our place. He did what we couldn't and did it on our behalf. He was then sentenced to death on a cross, and took our personal punishment for our sin, paying our penalty (like paying our fine) completely FOR us, and has given us freedom. If we turn from the sins we have committed and repent (pursue the opposite direction of love through Christ) He will, overtime, recreate us into His image through The Holy Spirit which Jesus sends to all who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior of their life. We cannot purify ourselves, but Christ lived that perfect sinless, pure life and then allotted it to our "account". That's where our righteousness comes from. Not from any good, works that you or I could do. It is not based on the amount of good works we do. God starts the changes, He carries it on, and He completes it in those who let Him. It's about letting Christ in to guide and teach you and obeying Him, again, through His power and instruction). He is our substitute in His life, death and resurrection. He essentially rewrote history in our place so that, if you believe in Him, it will be as if YOU had never sinned if you accept Christ's death as our own in our place. He is in Heaven right now preparing a place for us so that He can take His faithful, believing children home with Him when He returns. He will ressurrect us from death when He returns, giving mercy to those who accept His love, forgiveness, instruction and teachings in their life, and give justice to those who refuse it. He doesn't want ANY of us to go to Hell and die for continuing in evil and rejecting His way to life, thats why He died FOR us. Hes giving EVERYONE a chance, He wants everyone to take the free gift of salvation from Hell. He wants us to be His and begin to follow His life of love and service through His power and abiding (staying) with Him. So long as we keep our hearts near to Christ through His strength, strive to follow His will of perfect love revealed in the Bible, and let Him lead in the midst of (very certain) pitfalls and struggles, we will, in time, win the ultimate victory over sin, pain and DEATH through Christ. Even if you are willing to be made willing, pray for Jesus to come in and He will do what we can't. Give us The Holy Spirit who will guide us in the right way. NOTE: You are NEVER too sinful or messed up that God cannot turn your life around through Jesus. EVER If you have any questions let me know x

I worked for Japanese company. It's the only job I cried when I left. I went to American business and was disgusted

Everything good is Japanese made 😂

The sad thing is that the culture of respect is forced onto us. You have to show respect to elders or someone in a higher status no matter how disrespectable they are. When those people don't get respect they never deserve, they are likely to be indignant and throw tons of disrespect at you. Respect should be something people win, not something they are automatically entitled to.

Performing age-old rituals is not "respect." They are social norms for others to see.

It's kind of like our traditional Korean culture😢

Do they really bow this much?

I don't think my vertebral column has the strength to live in Japan 🤭