Workbook
For Japanese Men
アイデンティティ、家族、そして言えなかったこと
日本語に「しょうがない」という言葉がある。でも、あなたの物語はまだ語られていない。ここから始めよう。
日本人男性 — 日本国内および海外在住の方（米国、英国、オーストラリアなど）を含む — が、自分のアイデンティティを理解し文書化したいと考えている方: 日本文化から受け継いだ価値観、仕事や家族との関係、そして期待の外側で本当の自分が誰であるかを。
The Name It First Experience
日本人男性はヨーロッパで最も文化的に特殊な男性アイデンティティの一つを持っている: 我慢（忍耐）、義理（義務）、そして感情を直接表現しないコミュニケーションのスタイルを中心に構築されている。また、急速な社会変化と直面している — 男性の役割が変化し、仕事への期待が変わり、かつて確実に見えたものが問い直されている。このワークブックは、日本人男性が本当に経験していることを探る: 日本文化が真に提供する価値観、語られない内面生活、そして伝統と変化の間に構築しているアイデンティティを。本当の自分を文書化しよう。
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Sample questions
- What does gaman mean to you — not as a concept, but as something you actually carry in how you work, how you endure, how you show up?
- What values from Japanese culture do you genuinely embrace — and which ones do you carry because they were given to you rather than chosen?
- What part of your inner life does your communication style leave unspoken — and what would you name if you were given direct permission to name it?
Research basis
Grounded in Cross (1991) identity development applied to national-cultural identity, Kimmel (2008) masculinity studies applied to Japanese context, Connell (1995) masculinity frameworks, and Doi (1971) scholarship on amae and Japanese cultural psychology.
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