The reader is left to wonder just how well researched or well substantiated the following claims are or to wonder if the following claims are mere figments of the writers imaginations Zen Buddhism has very few practictioners in the West and nearly none in Singapore Soka Gakkai attracts Chinese from the lower lower middle class in SingaporeAnother example is the un named scholar who supposedly exclaims after a month in Singapore The people in Singapore are so immature in their fashion as in attire There is no mention of the publication in which the afore mentioned scholar remarks thus the reader is left to wonder.

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With no references or footnote that I can see in the copy of the book that I read does this scholar in question even exist The above notwithstanding I found sufficient novelty in the subject matter hence I gave three stars in my rating of this book and not any fewer ebook

Japan in Singapore: Cultural Occurrences and Cultural Flows By Eyal Ben-Ari

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The Japanese impact on Southeast Asia has been profound not only in terms of economic presence but equally in terms of an increasingly visible cultural presence Food fashion TV film religion sport popular music ideas about management and social relationships and even local literatures have been profoundly impacted by the flows of cultural influences from Japan This volume examines these flows and their consequences in Singapore a Southeast Asian society in which the Japanese presence is so visible as to make it a regional paradigm for a study of cultural influence in the region Japan in Singapore Cultural Occurrences and Cultural Flows.