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The Thorn in the Chrysanthemum: Suicide and Economic Success in Modern Japan

By Mamoru Iga, Edwin S. Shneidman (Foreword by), David K. Reynolds (Foreword by)
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By Mamoru Iga, Edwin S. Shneidman (Foreword by), David K. Reynolds (Foreword by)
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Japanese society is frequently held up to the Western world as a model of harmony and efficiency, but the price it pays tends to be overlooked. In a searching analysis that will fascinate students and admirers of Japan as much as it will inform psychologists and suicidologists, Mamoru Iga discusses the precise nature of the “thorn in the chrysanthemum,” a thorn that may hurt both the Japanese and the outsider who conducts business with them.

The author, who was reared and educated in Japan...

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