This story gave rise to one of my most favourite novels, Shōgun, by James Clavell. It's a great story about conquering the cultural divide. Not entirely sure wh

This story gave rise to one of my most favourite novels, Shōgun, by James Clavell. It's a great story about conquering the cultural divide. Not entirely sure why it was linked on HN but it's certainly interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shōgun_(novel) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shōgun_(novel) It's also an interesting exercise in cultural expectations; even now, with our small world, there are still very different expectations with, say, setting up a business or even just conducting business or going to work (or even living) in Japan or China (or many other countries) and that of the same in a "Western" country. Even then, doing business in America is, it seems, quite different from doing it in Australia or the UK or Continental Europe. Just goes to show that even though we feel we get closer as an international society, many things highly resist change or adapt in quite different ways.