7 billion neighbors

The secrets of Japanese etiquette

Audio 48:30

Is Japanese wisdom a myth or a reality?

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By: Emmanuelle Bastide

1 min

Do you know Wabi Sabi, Mujo, Wa or Okiyome?

These 4 principles are at the heart of the famous Japanese wisdom. 

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The Japanese are indeed renowned for their calm, their discipline, their extreme politeness and, of course, for their zen attitude.

Accept that nothing is permanent, live soberly, value the other or purify your interior... The Japanese art of living which would allow you to access well-being and serenity.

In our societies where everything is always going faster, is Japanese wisdom a myth or a reality?

How to explain this art of living in one of the countries where people commit suicide the most in the world?  

This show is a rerun of December 13, 2021 

With :

- June Fujiwara,

 author of

Les secrets du savoir-vivre nippon

 (Les éditions de l'Opportun)

.

Born in Tokyo, she has lived in Paris for twenty years.

- Raphaël Languillon-Aussel

, researcher in Geography and planning at the

French Institute for Research on Japan of the Franco-Japanese House

,

in Tokyo

,

specialist in Japan and author of the book 

The Japanese 

(Editions Ateliers Henry Dougier, 2018)

.

A focus with

Constantin Simon

, correspondent in Tokyo for

France 24

 and RFI for 3 years.

He explains to us why, according to him, the Japanese are not as zen as we think.

Musical programming:

Yoru ni kakeru

 - Yoasabi  

► 

Uchiage Hanabi 

– Daoko. 

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