Chie NakaneThinkers

Homogeneity , in Japan, is responsible for a strong sense of exclusiveness, based on this set of common attributes, even without recourse to any form of law.

The Ie is a structure played out in modern times by the company and the family (employee, wife, and children) is not a household, in the Japanese sense, but merely a family.

The Japanese company is an institution in which the ie (or household structure) is played out and the family (employee, wife, and children) is not a household, in the Japanese sense, but merely a family.

The Japanese company is conceived as an ie (or family group) with all its employees qualifying as members of the household, with the employer at its head readily taking responsibility for his employee’s family, for which, in turn, the primary concern is the company, rather than relatives who reside elsewhere.

Japanese social structure is based on fixed frames.

Kinship , in Japan, is not weakened by modernization, but a new type of social kinship organization is formed with the corporation at the center.

Modernization is not responsible for the weakening of kinship ties, but a new type of social kinship organization is formed with the corporation at the center.