Japan has recently opened its cultural borders to the world. This developed country has been since the 1980's a great business partner for the US and Europe, as well as for Asia's developing countries. But, it has always been enclosed to any cultural contact. The contact with the Western world led to a radical change in the social field when the Japanese started to know about other social and economical patterns. Japanese workers turned to be less loyal to their companies and less dedicated to their work. Their apparent close bonds with their employers were due to personal interests. They are following a Western model of economy, a western ideal of self achievement and their economy can suffer from the growing interest for personal fulfillment. Japanese are more and more aware of the existence of an alternative to their actual social and economical system. The aforementioned alternative, promoting self achievement, focuses on the quality of life of citizens. This emerging......
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