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Japan Unmasked

  • July 15, 2021
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Japan Unmasked is a guide to Japan's geography, history, culture and society – written for a Western market. This book examines the many diverse yet interrelated themes that make up this unique and ancient culture. It delves into the past and surmises why Today's Japan is NOT simply a mirror of the West, having managed to fiercely maintain its own peculiar identity in the face of homogenous Westernisation. This book looks at what's distinctively Japanese, how the Japanese see their world, what Japan has borrowed from abroad and how the assimilation of Western values and ideas is affecting the Japan of today. This is a must read for any traveller, on leisure or business, who wishes to not just scratch the surface but gain true insight into what they will experience in the Land of the Rising Sun.
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Inscrutable Japanese
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The Inscrutable Japanese

  • May 21, 2020
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
For many the Japanese psyche has been an enigma. Descriptions of the inscrutable Japanese have been used ever since the West came in contact. Outwardly there is little sign of…
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Ma – The Japanese Concept of Space and Time

  • April 24, 2020
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
The Japanese concept of Ma is something that relates to all aspects of life. It has been described as a pause in time, an interval or emptiness in space. Ma…
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5 Reasons Why Japanese People Aren’t Having Sex

  • April 15, 2020
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Sexual desire and sexual activity have been declining in Japan for years, and this is a major cause of Japan’s significant decrease in their birth rate. Because Japan has one…
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10 Great Reasons to Tour Japan in 2019

  • March 18, 2019
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Hi I’m Kiyoshi a Cross-Cultural Specialist Travel Consultant and your Japanese connection. For more than 30 years I have escorted Australians in groups and individually to Japan, either for business…
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Naomi Osaka
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Humble and Serene Naomi Osaka

  • September 17, 2018
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Japan celebrated Naomi Osaka’s historic victory over Serena Williams in the US open final on Saturday. The crowd was firmly in favour of Williams. As loud whoops filled the stadium…
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Japanese baseball
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Japanese Baseball isn’t Baseball

  • August 29, 2018
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
The cultural difference between Japan and United States are exemplified in the differences in baseball in the two countries. Baseball was imported to Japan in 1872. Baseball is commonly called…
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Sexless couples
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Sexuality in Japan (III)

  • August 22, 2018
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Sexual desire and sexual activity have been declining in Japan for years, and this is a major cause of Japan’s significant decrease in their birth rate. Because Japan has one…
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Geisha
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Art of Geisha

  • August 15, 2018
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
In Japan the beautiful and enigmatic Geisha represents one of the most iconic traditions in the country. The role of Geisha has been established as early as 600 A.D. where…
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Personal space
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The Japanese Concept of Personal Space

  • August 7, 2018
  • Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Personal space dictates how one communicates, works and lives in Japan far more than in any other country worldwide. The Japanese are notoriously shy and private and are regarded as…
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