Literature: Harmony

Japan Insight: The Secrets of Harmony

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• Description: The term wa is referred to “group harmony” which may be considered one of Japan’s greatest fundamental concepts of their moral system. This concept may have risen from Japan’s agricultural past, where everyone had to work together in order to survive. This concept of group unity still carries on in today’s society.
  For information, visit: http://www.pbs.org/pov/kokoyakyu/special_wa.php

• Links
  • Concept of Wa through Baseball

• Lesson Plans
  • Art of Japan
  • Concept of Wa I
  • Concept of Wa II
  • Concept of Wa III
  • The Ideal Judge
  • The Importance of the Group in Japan
  • Mediation/Conciliation
  • The Role of Lawyers
  • Moral and Ethical Beliefs: Proverbs

• Standard Reference
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