Learning Asian language and culture

Learning Asian language and culture is significantly important for mutual understanding.

First, to promote interpersonal communication.

One of my subordinates is Chinese. His Japanese is brilliant regardless just 6 months staying in Japan. We don’t need to use English as common language. But I believe that it’s unfair to him to use only one side language – Japanese. I made my mind learning basic Chinese. I’m very happy that I’m in environment I can use Chinese if I wish. Simple Chinese such as greetings is good enough. This trivial effort makes our relationship close each other.

Second, cultural bridge. One of my neighbors is Chinese Tai Chi master. I had known that he has Tai Chi classes for the community. One day, I dropped in at the city gymnastic hall to learn his activity. I was so impressed by the huge number of people from the elderly to kids. He teaches 1000 citizens in total. What I was surprised most is his ambition. According to his explanation, he came to Japan as the cultural bridge between China and Japan. Both nations has bitter past. He wants to mitigate emotional conflict through Tai Chi. His young Japanese followers would play an important role to solve the antagonism through culture exchange.

In conclusion, learning Asian language and culture is effective to improve mutual understanding.