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This document examines the cultural importance of silence in Japan. It discusses four dimensions of Japanese silence: truthfulness, social discretion, embarrassment, and defiance. For truthfulness, silence is associated with honesty due to influences from Zen Buddhism. For social discretion, silence is used to avoid threatening others

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