Title: Work Ethic - Japanese Culture
Headings: Japanese Culture
Japanese Culture
Japanese Culture Analysis- Work Ethic

Content: In Japan, Geneva learned about Japanese culture while raising her three kids. She then, published a book called “ The Way We Do It In Japan ” and other children’s books. One of the main characteristics in the Japanese culture is the work ethic that they value. For example in the book Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Jeanne stresses how much her family had to work when coming to the states as a young girl, she said, “My mom had to consistently work hard when coming to the states, it wasn’t always easy, its just something that needed to be done” (Houston 90). In this auto biography Houston shows the readers of what it was like to move to the United States during WWII, and the struggles that all of them had to overcome when moving here. The Japanese people were not becomingly accepted here, the only thing that stood them apart was the mother’s work ethic, which eventually landed her a job that could provide for her family. Work ethic is a characteristic that has been transcending down in the Japanese culture for ages; it was not just present during WWII. In the ancient Japanese folktale entitled Wisher Nao was an old retired man with much wisdom, but even after he retired, “He always had to be in motion—tending the roses, sweeping the leaves from the path, scrubbing the fountain and clearing out the coins from its bottom” (1). Life was just not the same for Nao after he retired;