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  2. Is the Japan tourism bubble at risk of bursting? - AOL

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    Japanese people know a lot of nice areas of Japan that foreigners don’t know,” he says. “There’s still more that we can do, as the tourism industry [to promote that information].

  3. Teru teru bōzu - Wikipedia

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    Teru teru bōzu as a Japanese practice seems to have originated from the similarity between origami dolls and names described in the literature in the middle of the Edo period. A reference to teru teru bōzu is written in Kiyū Shōran ( 嬉遊笑覧 ) by Nobuyo Kitamura, a scholar of Japanese classical literature in 1830.

  4. Etiquette in Japan - Wikipedia

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    In Japan this means that employees speak in a humble and deferential manner and use respectful forms of language that elevate the customer. Thus, customers are typically addressed with the title –sama (roughly equivalent to "sir" or "madam" in English ).

  5. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".

  6. Japan is encouraging Americans to visit with free domestic ...

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    Japan Airlines is offering free domestic flights to tourists from the US, Canada, Mexico, ... USA TODAY Sports. Colorado's Travis Hunter wins 2024 Heisman Trophy over Boise State's Ashton Jeanty.

  7. Paris syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Language barrier Few Japanese tourists speak French and vice versa. The differences between these two languages poses serious obstacles to communication, increasing the individual's confusion and sense of anxiety and isolation. Interpersonal relationships Japanese sociability is based on being part of a group.

  8. India–Japan relations - Wikipedia

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    Japan and India have strong cultural ties, based mainly on Japanese Buddhism, which remains widely practised through Japan even today. The two nations announced 2007, the 50th anniversary year of the Indo-Japan Cultural Agreement, as the Indo-Japan Friendship and Tourism-Promotion Year, holding cultural events in both the countries.

  9. Hinduism in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Other examples of Hindu influence on Japan include the belief of "six schools" or "six doctrines" as well as use of yoga and pagodas. [citation needed] People have written books on the worship of Hindu gods in Japan. [10] Even today, it is claimed Japan encourages a deeper study of Hindu Gods. [11]