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unusual facts about Japanese Culture



Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces

Hachimaki (鉢巻) is a stylized headband (bandana) in the Japanese culture, usually made of red or white cloth, worn as a symbol of perseverance or effort by the wearer.

Mark Vallen

In 1997, Vallen founded The Black Moon web site as a forum for anime and Japanese culture.

Mayumi Miyata

In 2005, she performed in three songs by the Icelandic musician Björk, for the soundtrack album to Drawing Restraint 9, a film by Björk's contemporary media artist boyfriend Matthew Barney, about Japanese culture and whaling.

Super deformed

The super deformed style is part of Japanese culture and is seen everywhere from advertising and subway signs to anime and manga; it has existed at least since SD Gundam in the 1980s.

Taikun

The term is notable as a Japanese word in English that does not refer to Japanese culture.

Taoism in Japan

Taoism is believed to be the inspiration for spiritual concepts in Japanese culture.

The Chrysanthemum and the Sword

Although Benedict was criticized for not discriminating among historical developments in the country in her study, "Japanese cultural critics were especially interested in her attempts to portray the whole or total structure ('zentai kōzō') of Japanese Culture", as Helen Hardacre put it.

Uniforms of the Imperial Japanese Army

Hachimaki (鉢巻) is a stylized headband (bandana) in the Japanese culture, usually made of red or white cloth, worn as a symbol of perseverance or effort by the wearer.

Yasuhide Nakayama

In the episode, Nakayama congratulated the final two contestants on behalf of the Japanese people for making it to the end of the competition, and thanked them for furthering the understanding of the Japanese culture.


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Fumiko Shiraga

She studied in Essen, Detmold and Hannover, where she lives currently, and even though the Japanese culture is very well known to her, she describes herself as European and considers Germany as her homeland.

Japanese post-war economic miracle

Examination of the Influence of Japanese Culture and the Failures of Economic Reforms Proposed by Supreme Command Allied Powers (SCAP) Economic Missions from 1947 to 1949, on High Rates of Personal Savings in Japan by Nancy Collisson / EALC MA Thesis.

Kimiko Hahn

Her poetry draws from feminist works of Hélène Cixous, Luce Irigaray, and Adrienne Rich, more canonical American poets such as T.S. Eliot and William Carlos Williams poetic experimentations, as well as Japanese culture and literature.

Nancy Collisson

Her thesis, An Examination of the Influence of Japanese Culture and the Failures of Economic Reforms Proposed by Supreme Command Allied Powers (SCAP) Economic Missions (1947 to 1949) on High Rates of Personal Savings in Japan, is relevant to the Japanese post-war economic miracle.

Otaku Unite!

Otaku Unite! is a 2004 documentary film by Eric Bresler on American fans of Japanese culture, specifically anime and manga, known as Otaku.

Richard Bowring

1979 Mori Ōgai and the Modernization of Japanese Culture (Cambridge University Press)

Takeshi Umehara

Aside from his voluminous academic essays on numerous aspects of Japanese culture he has also composed theatrical works on figures as varied as Yamato Takeru and Gilgamesh.

Trevor Leggett

On 3 May 1984, Leggett was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd Class (Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon), by the Japanese government for his services in introducing Japanese culture to the UK.