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What are the cultural differences between China and Japan?

10 characteristics of cultural differences between China and Japan are:

1, the concept of time

In Japan, there is a strong sense of keeping time. Especially in the workplace, even if you are 1-2 minutes late, you have to call and inform, otherwise people worry that something happened to you. Keeping time in Japan also shows in your attitude towards your job.

2, high self-esteem.

Chinese people are more thin-skinned than Japanese people and love to save face. In Japan you can often see the scene of accusing each other in front of the public. This is too much of a loss of face for the Chinese.

3, the customer is God

Japan is a very developed country in the service industry, there is a customer is God this concept, so there are a lot of strange customers in Japan.

4, driving without honking

In China, all kinds of occasions have to honk the horn, but in Japan, honking the horn is only 2 kinds of situations, 1, when in danger. 2, the other party gave way to you, to express gratitude (but generally light two-way, etc. to show)

5, eat sushi is to eat with your hands

Use of chopsticks is the most similar habit in the traditional culture of China and Japan, but the only thing is to eat with chopsticks is to eat with the hands. The use of chopsticks is the most similar habit in Chinese and Japanese traditional culture, but the only way to eat sushi is with the hands of many Japanese people.

6, riding on the subway, public transportation can not call

In Japan, riding on the subway, public transportation can not call, even in the car to talk to other people, but also can not whisper on the phone.

7, English

It is not a problem to go to any country as long as you know English, but only in Japan, English is different. You can't even communicate with young people in simple English.

8, public **** WiFi is particularly small

Except in large department stores and hotels thought, there is almost no free WiFi, so many foreign tourists in Japan, actually no public **** WiFi, really let a person do not understand.

9, there are people wearing masks everywhere

The people who do not know think that the Japanese people how so much love colds, in fact, most people are to avoid colds contagious, talking for fear of splashing others or because there is no make-up.

10, CD-ROM culture

Japanese children from a young age to educate children to eat to eat a grain of rice, which is the opposite of China, if you eat a grain of rice, thought you did not eat well it.