Location- Japan is located on an island off the coast of North Korea and is in the continent of Asia.
Daily Life- The Japanese live in homes with their extended family. This is classified as bilinear. What are generally referred to in Japan as relatives are made up of those who recognize each other as such in ordinary social interaction-which means, usually, uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces, are considered relatives regardless of whether they are on the mother’s or father’s side. The traditional household in Japan is more than the meaning of household in America. It has the nature of an economic unit, highly independent and spanning over generations, this is true of farming and merchant families alike.
History- Japan has been inhabited for about 100,000 years. It is possible to trace individual emperors back generation by generation. In official histories of the nation the reigns of emperors serve as points of reference since the number of years for which each emperor reigned is known it is possible to indicate the year as in the West, but nobody does this. Very few ordinary people know the names of all the successive emperors. Time is referred to, in various episodes, as the name given to the emperors reign. Throughout the years the Japanese have used the model of the Chinese to help them develop many aspects of their culture. Some of things they have used are the style of writing, the set up of government and the state system and the set up of their economic system. Even though that has happened they are still two very different cultures.
"Japanese Culture."http://www.isei.or.jp/books/75/Front.html 1997
Duiker, William J. World History. New York; Wadsworth 1998. :
Written by: Joe Petersen