作者: Chie Nakane

Why do the Japanese almost always go for holidays in groups? Do Japanese families experience our sort of ‘family life’? Why do conversations with Japanese friends and acquaintances often seem to come …

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In this essay the author presents the principles of one important sector of social organization in Japan, and establish its framework. Japanese kinship structure, with its multiple historical and loc …

In this essay the author presents the principles of one important sector of social organization in Japan, and establish its framework. Japanese kinship structure, with its multiple historical and loc …