Culture Smart! Japan will guide you through modern Japan's shifting social and cultural maze. It provides invaluable insights into people's attitudes and behavior, and practical tips to help make your visit to this complex, rich, and dynamic society a mutually rewarding experience. Today Japan is at a crossroads. The postwar economic miracle is over and the balance of power in Asia is shifting as new players enter the field. The bedrock of traditional Japanese culture—its remarkable resilience, coherence, and consensus-based philosophy, underpinned by many protocols—until recently regarded by some as a hindrance, is starting to look like a virtue in a world of accelerating change. Japan remains the world's third-largest economy and one of the most attractive and secure destinations for investment. The younger generation is outward-looking, Japanese women have a new confidence, and the country's technical and scientific research capability is as good as it gets. Japan continues to excel at innovation in technology and the "new" sciences, and is among the world's largest funders in research as a percentage of GDP.

聪明文化! 日本》将引导你穿越现代日本多变的社会和文化迷宫。它对人们的态度和行为提供了宝贵的见解，并提供了实用的提示，以帮助你对这个复杂、丰富和充满活力的社会进行访问，使之成为一次相互受益的经历。今天的日本正处在一个十字路口。战后的经济奇迹已经结束，随着新的参与者进入这个领域，亚洲的力量平衡正在发生变化。日本传统文化的基石--其非凡的韧性、一致性和基于共识的哲学，由许多协议支撑--直到最近被一些人视为一种障碍，在一个加速变化的世界中开始看起来是一种美德。日本仍然是世界第三大经济体，是最有吸引力和最安全的投资目的地之一。年轻一代是外向型的，日本妇女有一种新的自信，而该国的技术和科学研究能力也是一流的。日本继续在技术和 "新 "科学的创新方面表现出色，并且是世界上最大的研究资金提供者之一，占国内生产总值的百分比。