Do you agree that Malaysians are too proud to admit their own failings? They just love to finger-point and deflect the blame to others. Maybe, we should learn from the Japanese. In the photo above, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) vice president Norio Tsuzumi (far right) bows and apologizes to an evacuee at an evacuation center in Tamura of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Tuesday, March 22, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and the subsequent crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant (Webpage http://latest.prnewswire.com/photo/0gfy36cdTleZS?q=%22Earthquake+in+Japan%22+OR+%22Tsunami+in+Japan%22+OR+%22Tsunami%22+OR+%22Earthquake%22, accessed March 25, 2011).
Apologizing is considered a virtue in Japan. Apologies show that a person takes responsibility and avoids blaming others. When one apologizes and shows one's remorse, the Japanese are more willing to forgive. When apologizing, the Japanese often bow. The more you feel sorry, the more deeply you bow.
Apologizing is considered a virtue in Japan. Apologies show that a person takes responsibility and avoids blaming others. When one apologizes and shows one's remorse, the Japanese are more willing to forgive. When apologizing, the Japanese often bow. The more you feel sorry, the more deeply you bow.
1 comment:
The Japanese are cultured and refined people. The opposite is true of 1Malaysia's cabinet ministers.
Post a Comment