The Existence of Common Asian Values in Japan and China: Myth
or Reality? Yuri Sato B11612
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Asian Values was an idea or concept that became common in the
1990s to justify the powers of Asia 1995 idea recommended by the
prime ministers of Malaysia and Singapore Asians wished to create
their own identity as a counterpart to the identity of the West.
(Wikipedia:2012)
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The Existence of Common Asian Values in Japan and China: Myth
or Reality?
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Asian Values: Personal qualities embodied in a Confucian ethic-
those of a hard working, responsible, skillful, ambitious, member
of society who would contribute to the group rather than pursuing
individual selfish interests (Michael Hill 2000: 179) Myth: A
widely held but false belief or idea. Reality: The state or quality
of having existence or substance.(Oxford: 2010)
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2.1 Hours spent on studying and working 2.2 Food safety
incidents
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2.1 Hours spent on studying and working 2.2 Food safety
incidents
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Which country studies longer hours? Which country work longer
hours?
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Jr. High School/High school (msn
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(Youth study: 2004) Figure1:
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CHINA : 2,200 40 PER WEEK (ECNS:2011) (Billshrink: 2009) Asian
Values: those of a hard working, responsible, skillful, ambitious,
member of society who would contribute to the group rather than
pursuing individual selfish interests (Michael Hill: 2000) Figure2:
Working Hours Around the World
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2.1 Hours of studying and working 2.2 Food safety
incidents
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2.1 Hours of studying and working 2.2 Food safety
incidents
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Chinese milk scandal in 2008 more than 300,000 children ill 860
hospitalized 13 deaths (Wikipedia: 2008) 2007 2008 2012
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CHINA : JAPAN: (Ministery of Health Labor and Welfare :2009pdf)
(Aseanfood:
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(NetMile:2011)
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3.1 Family Attitudes 3.2 Buddhism Values
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3.1 Family Attitudes 3.2 Buddhism Values
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(HONG, Chuan/ZHU, Yan:2010)
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Extended family has provided an economic unit where each member
takes on some responsibility. (IPS Worldwide: 2010) Both China and
Japans family Tradition Asian Values: those of a hard working,
responsible, skillful, ambitious, member of society who would
contribute to the group rather than pursuing individual selfish
interests (Michael Hill: 2000)
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3.1 Family Attitudes 3.2 Buddhism Values
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3.1 Family Attitudes 3.2 Buddhism Values
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Buddhism beliefs (1) to lead to true happiness, (2) to be
mindful and aware of thoughts and actions (3) to develop wisdom and
understanding.
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Figure 4: Spread of Buddhism around Asia (BDEA/Buddha net:2012)
Table 3: Top 10 National Buddhist population (Adherents: 2005)
Spreads in Northern Asia
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Mahayana Buddhism: no existence of their own and take identity
only in relation to other beings and phenomena Loyalty towards
family ancestors Asian Values: those of a hard working,
responsible, skillful, ambitious, member of society who would
contribute to the group rather than pursuing individual selfish
interests (Michael Hill: 2000)
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Very similar Buddhist festival/holiday in Japan and China Ghost
Festival in China Obon in Japan Family reunion holiday, visits and
cleans their ancestors grave (Kotaro Suzuki:2007) Mahayana
Buddhists belief ? ? ?
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2.1 Hours spent on studying and working 1 3000 3000 13 2500 (
(Young Study: 2009) 5
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2.2 Food Safety Incident (Wikipedia:2010) Larger
population=More incidents, More deaths 4 Japan also has numbers of
incidents 2000 2006 2011
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3.1 Family Attitudes (Jeffrey Hays: 2009)
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3.2 Buddhism Values Mahayana Buddhism: No existence of their
own and take identity only in relation to other beings and
phenomena respect their ancestors BUT
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Asian Values: those of a hard working, responsible, skillful,
ambitious, member of society who would contribute to the group
rather than pursuing individual selfish interests (Michael Hill:
2000) 2 Mahayana Buddhist belief: respect their ancestors
(Japan-Guide: 1996-2012) Buddhism
