Sorry is not always Translated

America and Japan have a similar understanding of the concept of apology.

• - True

• False

• Not interested

• Not Given

Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda’s apologies in 2010 were well received by most Americans.

• True

• False

• Not given

• Not interested

The US submarine commander immediately apologized after colliding with a Japanese fishing boat in 2001.

• True

• False

• Not given

• Not intrested

. In Japan, apologies often imply an eagerness to repair a damaged relationship.

  

• True

• False

• Nit given

• No idea

Apologies are less common in India than in Japan.

• True

• False

• Not interested

• Not given

In Hong Kong, apologies are rare and taken very seriously.

• True

• False

• Not mentioned

• Not interested

American students see an apology as an admission of guilt.

• True

• False

• Not interested

• Not mentioned

Japanese students tend to apologize even when they aren’t personally responsible.

• True

• False

• Not interested

• not mentioned

The second study found that Japanese students are less willing to trust an apologizing candidate than American students.

• True

• False

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• Not interested

Westerners have a psychological tendency to attribute events to individuals’ actions.

• True

• False

• No idea

• Not interested