This document provides information about Japanese customs and etiquette. It discusses respectful gestures like bowing, avoiding public displays of affection, and respecting personal space. Proper chopstick etiquette is also outlined, such as not pointing or waving them. Some key cultural aspects covered include an emphasis on time efficiency, traditional colors like red and white used in celebrations, and the symbolic meaning of different colors in Japan.

3. Eye Contact/
Oculesics

4. “Affection”

5. “Rudeness”

6. Handgestures, haptics and Proxemics

7. Japanese are known for how respectful their gestures
are. For example, the way they bow to people. Bowing
in Japan shows respect toward the other person
especially to strangers. So for men, you put your
hands on the sides of your legs. Women commonly
place their palms flat on the front of their legs.

8. Japanese are very sensitive when it comes to haptics.
Unlike Western countries, hugging in public and shaking
hands are both not part of their practices. They
involve touch only with their friends, families and their
partners.

9. Proxemics or personal space is very important and
respected in their culture. The distance they keep
between each other is about two to three feet from
each other. And like haptics, their distance differs
depending to whom they're communicating to.

10. Dining, Meeting and Customs

11. Knowing how to use chopsticks Japan.
• Observe These Rules for Using Chopsticks Properly:
• Avoid pointing your chopsticks at someone while talking.
• Do not wave your chopsticks around over food on the table.
• Do not point your chopsticks to indicate dishes you think are particularly delicious.
• Do not suck sauces off of your chopsticks.
• Do not rub your chopsticks together or play with them unnecessarily.
• Do not lift food by stabbing it with your chopsticks.
• The Most Important Rule of Japanese Dining Etiquette Never, ever, pass food with your chopsticks! Doing so
your chopsticks! Doing so reminds Japanese of the ritual of passing cremated bones between chopsticks at
between chopsticks at funerals. The same rule applies to sticking your chopsticks vertically into a bowl of rice -
vertically into a bowl of rice -- another morbid symbol that could ruin someone's meal.

12. Japanese Table Manners
When first seated, many restaurants will provide you with a wet towel.

13. Time orientation

14. “Exact & Efficient”

15. Chromatics

16. Red and white Red and white
are prominent traditional colors in Japan.
• Decorations and events
• Happiness, joy, passion, strength, blood & self sacrifice
sacrifice
• Weddings, birthays, and other life events
• White-Denotes mournig and death.
• Purity and Truth
Green Japan
• Greenery day (love and respect, vegetation, foliage and nature)
• April 29th is the birthday of Emperor Shoowa and since he loved
and respected nature and natural science, this day is dedicated to
appreciation of nature. In short, green color in Japan represents
youth, eternity, vitality and energy.

17. Gold
• Wealth & Prestige
Silver
• Precision, masculinity,
mystery, night and anger
Pink
• Off-color humor
• Spring, feminity and youth.
Black
• Evil-hearted person
Brown
• Earth
• Strength
• Durability
• Sunshine & Nature
Purple
• Royalty
Orange
• Love & Happiness
• Civilization
• Knowledge