Japanese still keep many trandtions, for example, traditional wedding ceremony. However, wearing suit in this kind of formal occasion has already been accepted and even becomes more and more popular.
Japanese people are very friendly to Nature. The sense of protecting the environment has been instilled in most of the Japanese and been put into pratice in many areas like education, business and construction.
There are two important indexes that are reducing year by year in Japan, GDP and Birth Rate. May be the latter one is more sensitive because the reduce of Birth Rate means the rise of tax
To the Chinese, the Shinkansen-Express has special meaning. Oct. 26th, 1978, two years later after the end of the Culture Revolution in China, Denxiaoping who was the leader of China visited Japan which had been a student of China for thousand years. When was asked about the feeling of taking Shinkansen, Deng said that, Just like running with someone pushing us, we need run.
Many Japanese still believe that the center of Japan is in Kyoto, not in Tokyo.If Momiji is said to be the symbol of Japanese Beauty, then the meaning of Temple and Shrine to normal Japanese people represents the secularism of Japanese people, similar to the Chinese.
To me, Sony represents sophistication, creativity, and widely accepted beauty. Someone don't like Sony because Sony always wants to lead the market and techs. But, I like Sony, however, with same point of view.
The relation between China and Japan is quite senstive. Japan learned many things from China in ancient time. However, to many moden Japanese the knowledge of China only limited in three things, Panda, Mapodofu(a Chinese dish) and Food Safety.
There is a close relationship between Japanese and Ocean. In ancient, the Japanese got food from Pacific Ocean, now, they build airport on the sea. Many new things came from Ocean, including that black ship.