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Transcript: CULTURAL HISTORY: SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN HAWAII: JAPAN American Retro Pop Culture James Dean, Elvis Snacks 80 flavors of Kit-Kats (Hershey Company) Assault 2003: 58,505 2010: 56,140 Kidnapping 2003: 284 2010: 185 Robbery 2004: 7,295 2010: 4,029 Sex Offences Against Children 2003: 7,376 2010: 4,307 GROUP STEREOTYPES Christine, Caira, Alyssa & Jeremy 1882: Farmers, peasants seek work 1942: prohibition on Japanese immigration Maintained strong cultural ties to Japan 1500 Japanese taken into custody as enemies after Pearl Harbor attack FAMOUS PEOPLE U.S. Cartoon Culture Manga (comic) sales: $120 million (2010) Anime: Pokemon, Spirited Away, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Inuyasha Hello Kitty, Keroppi Otaku: cosplay Video games: Mario Intentional Homicide 2002: 609 2009: 506 Theft 2003: 2,235,844 2010: 612,115 Motor Vehicle Theft 2003: 64,223 2010: 97,266 Burglary, Breaking & Entering 2003: 333,233 2010: 136,552 Housing problems Single-family houses Land costs 40 houses - 1 acre Small apartments common Restricted living space Limited personal time work and study hours Quality Longest life expectancy Low infant mortality "Avoidable mortality" Coverage Everyone Physical, mental, dental, long-term 15 doc visits per year 2x prescription 3x MRI scans Cost Private-sector system Government insurance Required to buy insurance Ichiro Suzuki - famous baseball player Hokusai Katsushika - artist, known for big wave picture Shigeru Miyamoto- creator of Mario, Donkey Kong, game designer producer, manages Nintendo Ken Watanabe- famous actor, letters from iwo jima, inception, memoirs of a geisha, last samurai Masi Oka- televison actor, Heros, Hawaii Five 0 Yoko Ono- artist, musician, John lennon's widow Japan is known for its anime/cartoons 4 and 9 are unlucky numbers Throw salt over yourself before entering home after a funeral, cleansing Do not stick chopsticks in your food Never cut your nails at night Status after earthquake 2011 Unique things that Japanese people do POPULATION SPECIAL CHALLENGES, SUPERSTITIONS, INTERESTS, etc Japan “sakoku” policy 3rd century: Imperial 8th century: Chinese influence Heian period (794-1185): rise of the aristocracy Kamakura period (1185-1333): rise warlords and caste systems 1867 Japanese industrialization and modernization WWII (1945): Pearl Harbor; Nagasaki & Hiroshima 1947: constitution and parliamentary system. Emperor loses all real power Japan becomes an economic force http://www.hawaiihistory.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ig.page&PageID=299 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15219730 Japan. (2012). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com.ezproxy.hpu.edu/EBchecked/topic/300531/Japan Lin, H. (2012). ‘Playing Like Men’: The Extramarital Experiences of Women in Contemporary Japan. Ethnos: Journal Of Anthropology, 77(3), 321-343. doi:10.1080/00141844.2011.613532 http://sonic.net/~goblin/japanese.htm http://www.helium.com/items/2240363-the-reality-behind-japanese-stereotypes?page=2 http://www.bowdoin.edu/~ktravers/projects/heijiscroll/intro.html http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20080224x1.html http://japandailypress.com/domestic-violence-cases-reported-in-japan-increase-by-46-in-2012-136527 http://www.japanese-buddhism.com/history-of-buddhism-in-japan.html http://www.hawaiihistory.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ig.page&PageID=299 Pure Japanese in Hawaii: 13.6 % (2010) Pure Japanese in U.S: 0.2 % (2010) Close to 200,000 of Japanese descent (2010) REFERENCES: POP CULTURE EXCHANGE HISTORY Unaffectionate in relationships 50s: gender separation Respect Germophobes Surgical masks Crowded in confined space Conservative Immigrants vs. local Chinese influence Sushi: 4th century Chinese dictionary Spread of Buddhism: fish a dietary staple Korean influence Buddhism: Korean monks in 552 CE "Western idea" American influence Holidays: Christian missionaries Christmas universally celebrated Valentine's Day: Boys White Day (Mar 14): Girls Patriarchal society Kimono: celebration Traditional arts: tea ceremony, calligraphy, flower arranging, gardening & painting Men: head of the family, breadwinners Woman: finances, children, care of extended family Love marriage replacing traditional arranged marriage -Miai-kekkon Women’s sexuality patterns changing Low % of woman in politics and business Japanese Culture CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS HEALTH CARE ADOPTED CULTURAL TRADITIONS