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The second article and the video talk about the six cultural dimensions, distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long-term orientation, and indulgence.

Masculinity rates are one of the top dimensions in Japan because the people highly depend on themselves and support themselves and do not need help from other people. They determine all efforts to school and work. They have developed a name for those people who lock themselves in their room and refuse to make contact with anyone.  Also another dimension that is very common in Japan is, individualism. Individualism is a much known dimension in Japan because they are all dependent on themselves. They do everything for themselves not for other people.

The first article talks about the statistics of the six cultural dimensions in Japan. Masculinity is the highest according to the graph, I totally agree with this because I see Japanese as the most independent people. Japan is one of the uncertain countries in the world due to the tsunamis and the natural disasters that occur.

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The article talks about the 6 cultural dimensions and how they all rate to high numbers and high percentages, however the video talks about education in Japan and why teenagers don't leave the house due to education. The 6 cultural dimensions relate to this because the video shows that the individuals love to work. On the other hand the most that are present are individualism and masculinity as both concepts are depend on how they work by their own and their future. In the second article, gaming is very popular in Japan and is adapting technology. This displays why some Japanese people are addicted to playing video games for long hours. This is a subculture in Japan, as gaming has evolved in Japan from the Nintendo game boy until the PlayStation today. Japan is well known for its gaming industry as Sony one of the largest corporations in the world is Japanese, which shows why the

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I observed from the article the 6 cultural dimensions ( distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, orientation, masculinity, and indulgence. Due to how Japan always see to competitive methods and successful work in it's society it has the highest Masculinity. Masculinity in Japan is very popular due to how it's societies are always motivated in sports and athletics. In addition to how there work quality is always shown in beauty and perfection. Japan also faces and is "threatened" by earthquakes and tsunamis due to that its uncertainly avoidance score a total amount of score of 92. Finally, the lowest score Japan faces is indulgence

In the second article, gaming is very widely known in Japan and they adopted technology so its not a surprise when Japanese lock themselves up to play games. This is a subculture in Japan because a lot of people game and gaming evloved in Japan and they are all nerds. Its been going on for longterm and japanese are known for it and it may be popculture as well that other people nominated it a lot of like gaming and half of the characters and famous games are japanese

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I observed from the article the 6 cultural dimensions ( distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, orientation, masculinity, and indulgence. Due to how Japan always see to competitive methods and successful work

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This article discusses the 6 dimensions of culture and theyre distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long term orientation, and indulgence.

According to the statistics provided, the graph displays that the Japanese people rely under the category of Masculinity, which resembles the Japanese culture that is always aiming for success and achieving what is possible and aiming for a better future in order to become the best and the only capable person to do so in order to stand out and create a better life for themselves later, which links to the long term percentage which gives another indication that the Japanese aim for a long-term life, and they don't look for what should be done today but think ahead for a better understanding and that is linked to their past after the bombings in WWII which was a turning point to establish a new aspect of Japan and Japanese culture that is widely demanded.

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The article talks about the 6 different culture dimensions which are distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long term orientation, and indulgence. The graph in the article shows that the majority of japan's culture is masculinity. Masculinity means that the society is driven by competition, achievement and success, with success being defined by the winner in this competition per field. In Japan, this competition is a value system that starts when children are in school and that continues throughout organizational life. Musicality is at 95, that makes Japan is one of the most Masculine cultures and societies in the world. Even though, you might see competition between individuals that doesn't mean that their is no Masculinity in Japan, because the majority in Japan is as a masculinity but competition is between groups and not individuals. However, i think that it's a sub culture because most of Japan is made out of Musicality society, that makes the competition between Japanese groups are the majority.

The second article is very interesting. It is similar to the first one. It talks about teenagers in Japan about 541,000 from the whole population that doesn't not leave their houses at all and avoid any kind of communicating outside their home, and all they do is study and play video games the whole time. "Hikimori" is the word that they made for these specific types of people in the population. I think that this article or these type of teenagers are considered sub culture, because it's not only a small group put of the population in fact they are about 541,000 teenagers in Japan. However, i think it should be considered as sub culture. Also, Japan created schools online for those people so, that makes them a sub culture if Japan considered them and made them special schools.

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The article discusses the 6 different culture dimensions which are distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long term orientation, and indulgence.After analysing the graph the highest dimension in japan was turned out to be Masculinity with a score of 9.5, which indicates that the society will be driven by achievement, competition, challenge, and success. This could be demonstrated when kids compete in group sports (the two teams are the colors of the flag white and red and that shows nationalism)or employees for companies sitting targets and competing which one will get the highest target. I believe this is a very successful way because a lot of people work hard and give times to tasks when they're mostly in a competition. the results of masculinity in japan is outstanding products that are very well recognized across the globe.dispute all these good habits and characteristics they are always threatened because no one is perfect. japan scored 92 for uncertainty avoidance, since it's an island it's always threatened by natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcano eruptions. In conclusion, the most practiced japanese working style is masculinity. It was proven that Japanese people work better in a competition and a task atmosphere that's why companies provide them that atmosphere in order to get the best out of the employes.

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The “Hikimori” are teenagers who are either addicted to studying or video games and in results they don't leave the house to practice their addiction. It has been proven that about 541,000 tenagers from Japan are considered “Hikiomori”meaning they stay at home to avoid contact with people just to study or play video games. This is a subculture because it’s a high percentage of the Japanese population with a number of 541,000 teenagers and the government supports the decision of these people by creating virtual high schools for them so that they could do everything from home. It’s well known to be discussed that Japanese people work really hard on any task they do even if it’s video game. That’s why I think it’s  subculture not counterculture.

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The first article briefly discusses the 6 cultural dimensions, which are distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long term orientation, and indulgence. By looking at the bar graph, I realised that the highest is masculinity, with a score of 95. Masculinity is the highest score for Japan because it indicates that the society will be driven by competition, achievement and success. Japan can be one of the most masculine societies in the world. This can be demonstrated when children compete on sports day for their groups or even when employees are motivated when they are fighting in a winning team against their competitors. Furthermore, masculinity in Japan is shown in the drive of excellence and perfection in their material production and in services. Basically, Japanese workaholism is another word of their Masculinity. Japan scored 92 for uncertainty avoidance. This is because Japan is constantly threatened by earthquakes and tsunamis. The lowest score for Japan was indulgence. This means that the Japanese society has a tendency to pessimism.

The second article is similar to the first one. It is about 541,000 teenagers in Japan, who do not leave their houses at all and avoid any contact with the outside to study or play video games. They even made a word for this, which is “Hikiomori.” I can conclude that this would be considered a sub culture because it is not a group of people only who act in this behavior, in fact, it is 541 thousand people who do that. They even created virtual high school for those students that do not want to get out of their houses. It was established by Japanese companies to let students develop alone at their own pace from the safety of there rooms. As mentioned in the other article, nearly all Japanese love to work very hard. Since less than half of the population follows this trend of staying home to study or play video games, it is definitely a sub-culture.

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This is an example of innovation that is causing more negative impacts instead of improving the quality of education. Students are not getting out of their houses due to the existence of virtual school. Therefore they are becoming weaker physically and mentally. They share no memories like before; as shown in the short film's last scene. Virtual High schools are making students become more lazy. I think if virtual high schools start in Egypt, people will really like the idea and stay at home do nothing, or even hire people to do the work for them. I am completely against the idea of Virtual education. I believe that a very important part of education is the relationship between the students and the teacher. Japan is now facing problems in having employees from the age of 15 and 39;  The hikikomori (s) who haven't left their homes for over 6 months. Therefore they think it's

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Going back to the 6 CULTURAL DIMENSIONS which one do you think is the contributing factor to this behavior and explain why.

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Now a successful playwright, Iwai -- who talks candidly about his reclusive past -- had tried to strike out on his own at 15, but when he met with failure, his belief in both himself and the world crumbled.

So he sought refuge in his home.

"I just stayed in my room playing video games, watching films and sports programs," Iwai told CNN.

According to a Japanese cabinet survey released Wednesday, there are currently 541,000 young Japanese aged between 15 and 39 who lead similarly reclusive lives.

These people are known as hikikomori -- a term the Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry uses to define those who haven't left their homes or interacted with others for at least six months.

The term was coined as early as the 1980s, but there is still much debate on how exactly this condition is triggered and how it can be defined.

"We do think that there is a psychological aspect to this condition -- that it stems from depression and anxiety - but there are also cultural and societal influences at play," Takahiro Kato, a neuropsychiatrist professor at Kyushu University, told CNN.

Support center

When people who have had little social interactions are thrust into high-pressured working environments, the change, said Kato, can be too abrupt for some.

"These people have lower levels of resilience and can often start feeling very pressurized," said Kato, who noted that the numbers of male hikikomori were higher than women owing to the higher expectations that Japanese society placed on men.

"When people don't succeed, they feel demoralized and that triggers the desire to shut themselves away," added Kato.

The 2016 cabinet survey, said Kato, was flawed as it failed to mention how many adults over 39 were also hikikomori.

He is currently working with a hikikomori support center in Fukuoka that provides therapy to people of all ages with this condition, helping them reintegrate back into society.

He emphasized how important it was for parents to change their behavior towards children who'd decided to lock themselves away, and said that group therapy sessions helped ease people back into society.

Back when he was a teenager, Iwai didn't have access to such support. Instead, he told CNN that by age 20, he realized that only he could pull himself out of his situation. He gradually started contacting some of his old friends, venturing out of his home in the evenings to play soccer.

"I'd join them at night as there would be fewer people about," said Iwai.

Japan's virtual high schools

For those who can't yet face stepping out of their homes, virtual high schools offer an alternative.

Established by Japanese companies hoping to identify and develop unique talent, these schools allow students to develop alone at their own pace from the safety of their rooms.

Such schools, along with support centers like the one Kato works at, have gone some way to help hikikomori, with numbers down by 151,000 since 2010, according to the cabinet survey.

Kato said that virtual schools allowed people not to lose touch with society. He noted, however, that for hikikomori to reintegrate fully back into society they needed to start having face-to-face interactions with others.

"There is still some stigma against hikikomori, but if we want to help these people we need to evaluate the different reasons why people become hikikomori and the different types of hikikomori," said Kato.

He noted that now the term could be used to designate those who shut themselves away completely in their rooms and others who left them once in a while.

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Why won't 541,000 young Japanese leave the house?

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Now a successful playwright, Iwai -- who talks candidly about his reclusive past -- had tried to strike out on his own at 15, but when he met with failure, his belief in both himself and the world crumbled. So he sought refuge in his home.