Japanese: portrait on the starting point of a new era

Value orientations and attitudes are central components of people’s belief systems. They also play a central role in explaining political behavior, notably as intermediate variables between social structure and political behavior. The present article, based on a series of surveys carried out by NHK opinion pools and other researches, analyzes how the Japanese value orientations and attitudes regarding society, politics and daily lives changed in generations change over the surveys in the last 45 years. Many of these changes in views of Japanese people reflect the emergence of attitudes and behavior patterns long familiar in the West - but new to Japan. Perhaps the most significant of the changes confronting Japan is the transformation of the status of women, because it affects so many different aspects of Japanese life. The current changes in public opinion on role of women in society can be viewed as a logical result of Japanese government’s policy in human resources. But although Japanese people’s perceptions of gender relationships have changed markedly in the 45 years the degree of change has been diminishing since the 2000s. As for Japanese public attitudes towards migrants (foreigners) - it requires understanding the real concerns, emotions and values around which these attitudes are formed. In general, surveys show Japanese society in which women are playing a greater role, and people are happier than they’ve ever been. In this way, we can see how generational shifts and differences affect the overall variations in value orientation.

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Japanese, public opinion, value orientations, attitudes, changes

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26.03.2020

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20175

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GOST	Zhilina L. Japanese: portrait on the starting point of a new era // Asia and Africa Today – 2020. – Issue 2 C. 30-36 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://asaf-today.ru/S032150750008470-9-1 (circulation date: 05.12.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S032150750008470-9
MLA	Zhilina, Larisa V. "Japanese: portrait on the starting point of a new era." Asia and Africa Today 2 (2020):30-36. DOI: 10.31857/S032150750008470-9
APA	Zhilina L. (2020). Japanese: portrait on the starting point of a new era. Asia and Africa Today (2), pp.30-36 DOI: 10.31857/S032150750008470-9

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