▁Systems ", ▁he ▁generally ▁pra ised ▁the ▁her c ule an ▁task ▁behind ▁Miller ' s ▁work ▁but ▁critic ized ▁Miller ▁for ▁getting ▁caught ▁in ▁the ▁effort ▁of ▁hier arch ize ▁concrete ▁systems ▁but ▁under play ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁struct ural ▁categories ▁in ▁theory ▁building . ▁Par s ons ▁also ▁compla ined ▁about ▁Miller ' s ▁lack ▁of ▁any ▁clear ▁distinction ▁between ▁cultural ▁and ▁non - c ult ural ▁systems . ▁ ▁L ect ures ▁in ▁Japan ▁Japan ▁had ▁long ▁been ▁a ▁keen ▁interest ▁in ▁Par s ons ' ▁work . ▁As ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁a ▁Japanese ▁translation ▁of ▁Econom y ▁and ▁Society ▁appeared . ▁Also , ▁The ▁Str ucture ▁of ▁Social ▁Action ▁was ▁translated ▁into ▁Japanese . ▁The ▁Social ▁System ▁was ▁translated ▁into ▁Japanese ▁by ▁Ts ut om u ▁S ato ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁Indeed , ▁Ry oz o ▁Tak eda ▁had , ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁in ▁his ▁Sh aka ig aku ▁no ▁K oz o ▁(" The ▁Framework ▁of ▁Soci ology ") ▁introduced ▁Japanese ▁sch ol ars ▁to ▁some ▁of ▁Par s ons ' ▁ideas . ▁Par s ons ▁had ▁visited ▁Japan ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁and ▁he ▁gave ▁a ▁lecture ▁on ▁November ▁ 2 5 ▁to ▁the ▁Japanese ▁Soci ological ▁Association , ▁" Some ▁Ref lections ▁on ▁Post - Ind ust rial ▁Society " ▁that ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁The ▁Japanese ▁Soci ological ▁Review . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁Par