{"id":2841,"date":"2018-06-19T23:12:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T23:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jamez.it\/blog\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2022-03-05T07:27:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T07:27:32","slug":"reading-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamez.it\/blog\/2018\/06\/19\/reading-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Ba_no_kuuki_wo_yomu&amp;oldid=839030839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Citation not needed]<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A common phrase \u201cBa no Kuuki wo Yomu\u201d, \u201cunderstanding the situation without words\u201d or \u201csensing someone\u2019s feelings\u201d, is a very important concept for understanding Japanese culture. [&#8230;] Sensing and practicing \u201cBano Kuuki wo Yomu\u201d is considered social manners or social intelligence in Japan. Unlike the individualistic and expressive cultures in Western countries, people in Japan are expected to think collectively, understand situations without need for explanation and behave based on their position accordingly. If you do not \u201cread air\u201d in business, you are not only able to become a successful business person, but you will also find it hard to function as an employee in an organization.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From genes to memes, Japan is the cultural equivalent of the Galapagos islands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2841-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamez.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/gIUQnBe.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamez.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/gIUQnBe.mp4\">https:\/\/www.jamez.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/gIUQnBe.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Citation not needed] A common phrase \u201cBa no Kuuki wo Yomu\u201d, \u201cunderstanding the situation without words\u201d or \u201csensing someone\u2019s feelings\u201d, is a very important concept for understanding Japanese culture. [&#8230;] Sensing and practicing \u201cBano Kuuki wo Yomu\u201d is considered social manners or social intelligence in Japan. Unlike the individualistic and expressive cultures in Western countries, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"understrap-read-more-link button button-black\" href=\"https:\/\/jamez.it\/blog\/2018\/06\/19\/reading-air\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,78,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamez.it\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamez.it\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamez.it\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamez.it\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamez.it\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2841"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jamez.it\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3368,"href":"https:\/\/jamez.it\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions\/3368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamez.it\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamez.it\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamez.it\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}