Transcript True or False?

The Climate as the Major
Determinant Shaping Japanese
National Character : True or False?
B11567 Saki Yokomuro
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Introduction
Defining Terms
Evidences for True
Evidences for False
Analysis
Conclusion
Future Question
（Asahi Newspaper2011/3/30）
The Japanese
Self-Image（1958‐2008）
（Sugimoto,2010）
Watsuji, Testuro 1935 風土
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Defining Terms
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Analysis
Conclusion
Future Question
Defining Terms
Title:
The Climate as the Major Determinant
Shaping Japanese National Character
: True or False?
1.Climate
2.Japanese National Character
3. Major Determinant Shaping
1.Climate
=風土
Meaning not 気候 as in weather/season but
rather the “natural environment” people
have to live in as a whole in daily life,
basically “nature” in general.
-Implying土地の気候/気象/地質/地形/景観
(Watsuji:1935)
2.Japanese National Character
日本語を共通語として用い、
日本という国家に属する国民の大部分に
共通する意識や行動傾向に見られる特徴。
-Implying勤勉だ(Diligent),我慢強い(Persevering),
保守的だ(Conservative Spirit)
etc.
3. Major Determinant Shaping
Major=主要に
Determinant=決定的な
Shaping=形成する、定める
風土は日本人の国民性を形成する
主要に決定的な構造契機であるか否か？
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Introduction
Defining Terms
Evidences for True
Evidences for False
Analysis
Conclusion
Future Question
3.Evidences for True
3.1 Disaster and Japanese
3.2 Island Country, Japan
3.1 Disaster and Japanese
Key Words:
Persevering × Disaster
東日本大震災×阪神淡路大震災
EARTHQUAKE / SEISMIC MAP
(The Atlas for Emigration)
THE MORTALITY RISK RATE OF
EARTHQUAKE
(The Atlas for Emigration)
Ex.「震災国の私たち」(Asahi Newspaper :2012/3/09）
“Japan is a earthquake country.”
↓
3.2 Island Country, Japan
Key Words:
Island × Conservative Spirit
Island Nations
(Wikipedia)
Borderless countries
(Wikipedia)
問44 〔カード40〕あなたが、外国人が日本の社会にとけこむのに重要だと思
うものをこの中から選ぶとしたらどれでしょうか。２つだけ選んでください。
（２つ選択）
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日本人の友だちが多いこと
日本語がうまく話せること
長年、日本で暮らすこと
日本の伝統文化を重んじること
5 日本の法律やルールを守り、まじめに働くこと
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日本の習慣に従うこと
日本の国籍をとること
その他（記入 ）
わからない
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80
99
25.9
35.5
10.7
21.5
57.1
34.8
4.8
0.3
3.1
Male
21.2
34.7
11.6
25.3
55.1
38.2
4.8
0.3
2.7
Female
30.0
36.3
9.9
18.2
58.8
31.7
4.8
0.2
3.4
20-24yrs
24.1
31.0
24.1
20.7
37.9
55.2
6.9
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25-29yrs
41.5
46.3
19.5
17.1
31.7
36.6
2.4
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2.4
30-34yrs
30.1
43.8
9.6
13.7
52.1
42.5
1.4
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35-39yrs
36.4
36.4
12.7
10.9
60.0
34.5
1.8
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1.8
40-44yrs
45-49yrs
50-54yrs
29.2
32.3
29.6
34.7
33.9
31.0
13.9
9.7
7.0
26.4
19.4
16.9
47.2
58.1
66.2
38.9
30.6
32.4
5.6
8.1
2.8
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1.6
7.0
55-59yrs
26.0
39.6
6.3
19.8
62.5
29.2
7.3
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2.1
60-64yrs
13.1
25.2
8.4
28.0
72.0
36.4
5.6
0.9
3.7
65-69yrs
20.3
40.6
6.3
23.4
60.9
32.8
4.7
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4.7
70yrs-
20.0
34.8
13.0
28.7
52.2
29.6
5.2
0.9
6.1
total
gender
Age
（The Institute of Statistical Mathematics:2004）
OUTLINE
1. Introduction
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Defining Terms
Evidences for True
Evidences for False
Analysis
Conclusion
Future Question
4.Evidence for False
4.1 Existence of 県民性
4.2 Chinese and Japanese
4.1Existence of 県民性
4.Evidence for False
4.1 Existence of 県民性
4.2 Chinese and Japanese
World Climate Map
(The Atlas for Emigration)
World Climate Map
Japan and China
= Same Climate
But.
4.2Chinese and Japanese
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Analysis
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Future Question
5.Analysis
True:
3.1 Disaster and Japanese
3.2 Island Country, Japan
False:
4.1 Existence of 県民性
4.2 Chinese and Japanese
3.1
「震災国の私たち」(Asahi Newspaper :2012/3/09）
①1923/09/01 関東大震災
②1995/01/17 阪神・淡路大震災
③2011/03/11 東日本大震災
When..②＆③
“Japanese helped each other,
and foreigners”
But. When ①
朝鮮人大虐殺
3.2 Island Country, Japan
4.1 Existence of 県民性
4.2 Chinese and Japanese
5.Analysis
True:
3.1 Disaster and Japanese
3.2 Island Country, Japan
False:
4.1 Existence of 県民性
4.2 Chinese and Japanese
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Future Question
6.Conclusion
The Climate as the Major Determinant
Shaping Japanese National Character :
True or False?
My Conclusion is
False.
Because there are a lot of lacks.
We have to think other primary factors.
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Future Question
7.Future Question
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Future Question
Thank you for listening....
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