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The article discusses the 6 cultural dimensions. The video talks about the Japanese education system. Teenagers in Japan do not leave the house too often due to them putting all their time and effort into education. The 6 cultural dimensions are expressed as individualism and masculinity. The video proves they are individual and they love to work. Individualism is the act of being independent. Japanese people are very self made, they work hard alone and succeed alone mostly without the help of others. In comparison Egyptian people are very collective, we tend to work with family members or people we know, this is because our trust in outsiders is not as strong as it should be. The video also proves that they are also very masculine people. The people there would rarely help you if you are need, sons and daughters are expected to leave their parent home at an early age, and self dependence is a key factor in the making of a successful Japanese citizen.

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In Japan 541,000 people aged between fifteen and thirty-nine don't leave their homes or have contact with their friends. For example Iwai stayed in his room four years with the door shut due to failure. The Japanese people that stay home and focus on their studies are known as hikikomori. This makes the culture a subculture because the population is treating life as a competition. They tend to focus on their studies and work rather than going out with their friends.

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The bar graph shows us that in Japan Masculinity and Uncertainty Avoidence is very high in Japan. As you can see in the graph Masculinity is 95% in and Uncertainty Avoidence comes second with 92%. Japan's hierarchy's intermediate  score is 54 and they are aware of their position in any social media.  Masculinity is high because the society is competing against each, everyone wants show that they are the best. On the other hand in Feminism they have a low score,the dominant society are caring for others and quality of life. In uncertainly avoidance the society deal with the fact that the future is unknown.

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japan focuses mostly on individualism and masculinity, it's a very harsh culture. They only accept successful people.And don't deal with faliure

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japan focuses mostly on individualism and masculinity, it's a very harsh culture. They only accept successful people.And don't deal with faliure

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i believe the article about hikikomori clarified how the six elements of culture related directly back to the reclusive ways of the hikikomori. because of japans low rate of individualism, high rate of uncertainty avoidance and its equally high rate of masculinity, the number of socially recluse Japanese people, especially young ones, is increasing. the high rate of masculinity places pressure on young people to be successful at a young age to be able to provide for themselves and if they fail to do so they become discouraged and immediately retreat out of the collectivist society. they are not a counter culture but are instead a subculture because they don't go out of their way to not conform they are instead forced to recoil from Japanese society and its high unreachable standards (for some).

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The first article talks about the 6 cultural dimensions: distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long term orientation, and indulgence. Masculinity in Japan is very high (95). This is because in Japan the people highly depend on themselves and support themselves and do not need help from other people.

The second article talks about 541,000 teenagers in Japan who do not leave their homes or have any contact with the outside world. They even have a word for that, which is "Hikiomori" which are teenagers and adults that hold up in their home, sometimes for years connection. This can be viewed as a sub culture because not all of the Japanese population is like this. Many Japanese like traveling and connecting to other people.

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Both articles are similar. The first one talks about the six cultural dimensions, mentioning that masculinity and individualism are the highest in Japan. This proves that Japanese people are reliant on themselves and are portrayed as independent people. for the second article, it talks about teenagers in Japan and their life at home. They do not leave their homes because they either study or play video games. this shows that it is related to a sub culture because 541000 teenagers stay at home and do these things

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Two dimensions of culture that effected Iwai's lifestyle is the countries individuality and masculinity. The video talks about the education in Japan and how teenagers dont leave the house due to education. They put all their time and effort into education. This relates to the 6 cultural dimensions because the video proves they are individual and they love to work. Masculinity is the number one since the Japanese are very dependant on themselves.

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Both the article and the video share the same concepts. The article talks about the 6 cultural dimensions and how they all rate to high numbers and high percentages, while the video talks about the education in Japan and how teenagers dont leave the house due to education. They put all their time and effort into education. This relates to the 6 cultural dimensions because the video proves they are individual and they love to work. However, the ones on the top would be individualism indivualism and masculinity as they are highly dependent and own the future and would love to provide for themselves at all time so this mirrors masculinity because those are strong traits found in many men anywhere. 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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The first article talks about the 6 cultural dimensions: distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long term orientation, and indulgence. the Japanese have a very high rating for masculinity (95). The reason why masculinity is the highest is because the Japanese are highly reliant on themselves and supporting themselves. Also, individuality is one of the highest dimensions. This reflects back to masculinity, as they like to be left alone. The teenagers want to focus on learning and they are staying home to focus on that because they want to depend on themselves.

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The first article is about the six cultural dimensions, which are distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long-term orientation, and indulgence. The highest is masculinity, with a score of 95. The reason why masculinity is the highest is because the Japanese are highly dependent on themselves and they support themselves. Also, individuality is one of the highest dimensions. This reflects back to masculinity, as they like to be left alone.

The second article talks about 541,000 teenagers in Japan, who do not leave their houses to either study or play video games. They even made a name for it, which means it's quite common in Japan. I can conclude that it's a subculture, since less than half the population follow this trend.

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Two dimensions of culture that effected Iwai's lifestyle is the countries individuality and masculinity. Japan raises their culture to be very self dependent, and very harsh on their selves. They don't do well with failure, and they deal with it through individuality. They like to be left alone to deal with any problem they are facing.

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The first article mentions the 6 cultural dimensions: distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long term orientation, and indulgence. scoring really high on masculinity, being one of the most Masculine societies in the world. and uncertainty avoidance, being one of the most uncertain countries in the world due to their constant threat of natural disasters. An example of this is the 2011 earthquake that really damaged the country. This relates back to their work ethic and long term orientation. They got 2 atomic bombs dropped on them and have been attacked by tsunamis and floods and earthquakes and are still one of the best economies in the world. There is nothing that can be done to them that will slow them down. This is definitely considered a culture as a whole.

the second article mentions why many Japanese people don't leave their homes. To the extent that they made a word for it which, "Hikiomori" which are basically teenagers and young adults that just stay at home sometimes for years avoiding any contact with the outside because of video games or studying. This is considered a sub culture due to it being at a number of 541 thousand. Less than half of the population is mentioned. Japanese in general love to work and to work, they need to leave their homes and travel.

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This video describes how the 6 cultural dimensions relate back to Japan's people famous for their individuality as well as their work ethics. As we have seen on the graphs that Japan has a high individuality rate which explains why they spend most of their time at home either doing their own thing or studying. Another dimensions rated highly is their masculinity because of that they must work hard all the time and care for themselves as no-one will do so.

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Japan's cultural dimensions compared to Egypt are high, depending on your mentality some of those aspects may be good and some bad. For example, in Egypt according to the scale we are not very masculine meaning we care for our people which is opposite of Japan. Secondly, the thing that sticks out is their individuality, in comparison to Egypt it is very high meaning they're very individual.

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The second link talks about, why wont 541,000 young Japanese leave the house. They even have a word for that, which is "Hikiomori" which are teenagers and adults that hold up in their home, sometimes for years avoiding face to face contact. Some people say that video games allow some to escape to a fantasy world. Most of them don't leave due to the education system and how they don't have time to do anything else. For example: there is a teenager that finished a whole day work in one hour. He said, he tries to make time for his friends once or twice a week, but spends most of his time in this tiny Tokyo apartment. He doesn't worry about the social aspect like his parents, but he doesn't care. This finally relates to the cultural dimensions due to individualism being a high percent.

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The first link talks about the 6 cultural dimensions. The graph states that their power distance is 54 percent and compared to Egypt's cultural dimensions Egypt is higher. Japan has a high individualism rate compared to Egypt. Egypt is not well known for its masculinity and Japan has a higher rate, which is shocking but reaching 95 percent. Also, the uncertainty avoidance has a high rate compared to Egypt reaching 92 percent. Japan knows and plans everything out in the future compared to Egypt its triple the amount. Japan reaching 88 percent while Egypt is just 7 percent and finally, Indulgence is 42 percent and Egypt is 4 percent. This graph states that Japan's cultural dimensions are very high and they plan out everything.

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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.