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Originally Posted by MMM
I think you are missing the point. The reason people are not overt in their opinions is because, for the most part, they don't have to be. You should be able to read what they are thinking without them saying it overtly. This is part of the art of communication in Japan. You must be a more ACTIVE LISTENER than you have to be in the West.
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I was being a little facetious but the active listener point is not landing on deaf ears. I will take it to heart and feel it definitly will present a challenge to correctly infer the type of communication being sent back.
Thanks for the reply as I will try to bear this fact in mind at all times when I travel to Japan.