I'd recommend the book "Polite Fictions" to this guy. (I have a summary at http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~prewett/writings/BookReviews/PoliteFictions.html

I'd recommend the book "Polite Fictions" to this guy. (I have a summary at http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~prewett/writings/BookReviews/PoliteFictions.html http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~prewett/writings/BookRevi...) I felt like I understand Japanese culture a lot better (the little bit I see from here in the U.S.) because of it.