Japanese Culture Research Paper

Japan, located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Asian Continent, is a nation composed of almost 7,000 islands, many are small. The four main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and
Kyushu. Japan has the seventh largest population in the world. With approximately 125 million inhabitants, the only countries with a higher population are China, India, the United States, Indonesia, and Brazil. The population which is about half of the United States, lives on only 1/25 as much total land mass, this computes to being one of the highest population densities in the world. These conditions reflect in the Japanese cultural values and their desire for being a collective society.1

The Japanese style of conducting business differs greatly from the
Women have dominated the role of the geisha for the past
250 yrs. They have served relief to career driven businessmen or stately officials.16 . The use of the geisha as a type of entertainment at business meetings, and some may even take it further. This is the price they pay for more of an independent lifestyle that the wife of the businessman.17 Price of entertainment of for five men at a first class tea house for an evening entertainment by a couple geisha, including dinner and a couple of drinks, would run probably upward of $10,000. The geishas make a sizable income to support themselves. Although one has to remember their Kimonos and hairstyles are rather costly as well. They also allot a certain amount to the teahouse in which they entertain the gentlemen.18 In fact, it is mainly successful businessmen and high-ranking politicians who can afford to keep a geisha. Geisha is to be neat and pleasant and above all to keep their mouth shut. They often hear business and state secrets from their clients.19 Today the number of geishas has greatly declined, their role taken over by the bar hostesses. It is recently estimated that there were half a million bar