1/08/2004
Japanese honesty: Just another eastern culture trait?
Japanese honesty: Just another eastern culture trait?
In this article in NY times writer Norimitsu Onishi describes how the Japanese are very honest and scrupulous about turning in found articles:
guess which article has the highest return rate: Cellphones.-75%
What has sustained this honest trait over hundreds of years? Just a quirk? or is it due to the strength of the 'eastern culture' ??? or is it something else?
"....lost-and-found centers exist all over Japan,......in 2002 people found and brought to the Tokyo center $23 million in cash, 72 percent of which was returned to the owners, ......."
guess which article has the highest return rate: Cellphones.-75%
What has sustained this honest trait over hundreds of years? Just a quirk? or is it due to the strength of the 'eastern culture' ??? or is it something else?
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