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Peer reviewedKinosita, Koreo – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1988
Contrasts Japanese language habits with Western language habits, asserting that Japanese need to speak more concisely, express themselves clearly and frankly, and eliminate superfluous polite language and preliminaries in order to be successful in the efficiency-oriented civilization that is a product of Western culture. (RAE)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication
