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️ ? ON THE SOMETIMES AGGRESSIVE USE OF SLEEP IN JAPANESE CULTURE ️ Written by Hikaru Kitabayashi ️ Here we see the Japanese Prime Minister sleeping in parliament right during the vote for his re-election for another term as Prime Minister. He woke up, finding himself chosen for a new term as Prime Minister. But, there is more to this than meets the eye. Traditionally, matters of importance are decided in Japan behind the scenes, based on the principle of consensus. Only when consensus becomes, for one reason or another, impossible, do Japanese resort to democracy and decide things on the basis of the less secure procedure of voting. And, this is true at all levels of Japanese society and in all spheres of life. Thus, in a 50-year career in Japanese academia that involved attending roughly 2000 faculty meetings, university senate meetings, committee meetings, and academic society meetings, personal observation of important persons, including meeting chairs, would indicate th... Source: GLOBAL DEPTH from HK