Dateline: 09/24/98

The Japanese are very fond of salutations and other such pleasantries. The Japanese day isfilled with a wide assortment of pleasantries used for certain situations. This civil behavior is, oddly enough, limited to friends and acquaintances; strangers one meets are not extended the same civility (mind you, they are not treated rudely either). People outside of one's immediate social group are viewed as not being of any particular concern. This has led to the impression that the Japanese are an anti-social people.  I am sure though, if one went to Japan and experienced the culture first hand, one would not find this to be true.

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