be taken intoconsideration, the ultimate form of communication for the Japanese is silence.Many types of symbols, like facial expressions, way of dressing, body languageand others communicate feelings, ideas and tastes implicitly, and the Japaneseseem to be masters in understanding what is in between the lines. Where other,more direct peoples might demand a spoken or written word for an agreement, theJapanese might close a deal with only a smile. Where a no would be needed,the Japanese might just make an uncomfortable face. Attitudes and implicitcommunication are valued and well understood, while saying I love you orhaving to define things is seen as a waste of time and a sign that there is alack of understanding between parties. Other thing that the Japanesevalue, other than implicit communication is gaman,patience, perseverance, self-control and the ability to endure quietly.Whining, self-pity and similar attitudes are despised. The Japanese believethat to submit stoically and with serenity, even in the face of adversity is agreat virtue that makes the victim morally superior to its harmer. Therefore,situations that would be seem as shameful or even humiliating for Westernersare potentially a source of great respect and pride for the Japanese. Insteadof those slightly eccentric persons who challenge the rules and do things intheir own way, the heroes for the Japanese are those who suppress their owndesires, feelings and comfort for the greater good of the community. Coming back to how the Japaneseare not extremely logical and rational thinkers, superstition flourishes inJapan. There are amulets for everything, big companies try to outfox theirrivals by having temples for the fox god of prosperity Inari, usually in theroofs of their companies. Some widely accepted believes that have no basis inlogic are that if you sneeze it means that someone is talking ill about you andif something made of porcelain breaks by itself something really bad is goingto happen.*** After describing the Japanesepeople and many aspects of its culture and mentality, Mr. Taylor then turns tomore specific institutions and questions that might interest Anglos about Japanand tries to provide some lessons that we might learn from them. Even thatbeing the case, the fascinating narrative that can bring so much joy to thereader fortunately does not give wayto a cheap ad hoc sense of questionsand answers. Being this book published in theearly 1980s, when many were astonished by the success of Japans economy andworried about an oriental takeover, obviously the first more focused approachgoes to the company, or the Japanese economic system as a whole. A very important and honestthing that the author does is to express clearly that there is no way toemulate what the Japanese did to immensely improve their economy because peoplesare different. The Japanese cohesiveness and sense of uniqueness, together withtheir high IQ, strong hierarchy, group mentality and conformity combine to makethe Japanese formidable workers. Not only their productivity is very high, workdays of more than 10 hours are common and many Japanese men take pride insaying they never take a day off other than the mandatory national holidays intheir entire career. Other aspect that Mr. Taylorwrites about that usually is not