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in the high value they place on tradition, unlike YOumg countries which are interested
5 only in the present. Some writers, however, compare the Japanese to Americans for
precisely the opposite reason: both peoples are extremely fond of new things, and are
ready to 。Sacrifice almost any tradition im favor of convemience. The Japanese are
compared also to the French because of their artistic character and their natural talent
for making beautiful things: but they are just as often compared to the Germans because
10 of their love of efficiency. Japanese who visit different regions of Asia, especially after
first visiting Europe or America are likely to be impressed, on the other hand, by the
epresemblances between themselves and the Chinese or various other Asian peoples,
and at every cultural gathering of Japanese and Chinese it iS customary for the
Japanese to declare with modesty that their entire culture was derived from China.
62 but they bring to mind the m
15 All these compariSonts have some basis in
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