Information Education Bulletin No. 21, October 4, 1945 Page: 9 of 14
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e. Influence of Buddhism on meat-eating.
f. Eating habits.
g. Influence of diet on physique.
PART II - THE JAPANESE HOPE
1. Family Structure, In the Japanese family the father is the
head of the family with all the authority that goes with it as in an old-
fashioned American family. The importance of having a son to preserve
the continuity of the family is so great that if no son is born a man
may adopt a boy and so be tarnished by any misdeed. The father usually
decides matters of family concern, but for matters of great concern a
family council may be called. Many of the largest Japanese commercial
firms are governed by such family councils. ....
Like every other nation who is changing from an agricultural to an
industrial economy, the Japanese have found that family traditions and
structure have changed. The rural family has not been affected as much
as the urban centers, and remains more nearly like the "Old Japan." In
the cities the family is more nearly like those of our own country. The
same problems are presented: Breakdown of paternal authority; emancipa**
tionof the women into business and industry; a complete change of the
family pattern.
An individual has many duties toward his family; obedience to parents,
especially the father, good conduct outside the home, and care for the
ancestral spirits. The family also has duties toward the individual,
especially in taking care of him in all times of crisis.
In religious matters the family is the most important unit in the
Buddhist organization, and the Buddhist priest is most important in
funeral services and ceremonies endorses the family. The emperor 15
considered a father of the people, and an object of adoration and
obedience, and his household as an example of a well-ordered family.
2. The household is a basic economic and social unit. Several
groups of people may make up the household. . In rural areas the servants
are treated as part of the family sharing the same house and food. In
small manufacturing establishments the workmen and apprentices are work-
treated in much the same manner. The paternal attitude toward
ers in large scale factories a common structure is an outgrowth, of
same thing. As industrialization spreads these Patterns will dis DR an
and the household and family will be organized similarly to those .
own country. The common practice of the east, having a great many 5
atives, living in the household, has no exceptions in Japan. F2114
piety and respect for the aged has contributed to this condition.
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27th Infantry Division. Information Education Bulletin No. 21, October 4, 1945, text, October 4, 1945; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1679699/m1/9/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.