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Philippines and Japan: - Filipinos value leisure highly while Japanese are workaholics; Japanese greet with handshakes but Filipinos may hug/kiss friends and the guy pays for dates. - They both value hospitality and presenting food aesthetically. - Breakfast is the most important meal for both. Spain and Italy: - Spaniards are more pragmatic while Italians negotiate more; Spain eats grapes at midnight for new year vs lentils in Italy. - Both enjoy their landscapes and domestic travel. - They have shared Latin roots and four seasons.

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Culture

Philippines and Japan: - Filipinos value leisure highly while Japanese are workaholics; Japanese greet with handshakes but Filipinos may hug/kiss friends and the guy pays for dates. - They both value hospitality and presenting food aesthetically. - Breakfast is the most important meal for both. Spain and Italy: - Spaniards are more pragmatic while Italians negotiate more; Spain eats grapes at midnight for new year vs lentils in Italy. - Both enjoy their landscapes and domestic travel. - They have shared Latin roots and four seasons.

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Culture Differences Commonality

Philippines & Japan • Filipinos value their leisure •Both countries are known to
very highly while the Japanese be hospitable.
tends to be almost workaholics. •When it comes to food
•In greetings, the Japanese especially in presenting it, they
greets a person with a both see to it that the food
handshake. However, in the looks beautiful and appealing
Philippines, close female to the eye.
friends may hug and kiss •In both countries, breakfast is
(“beso-beso”) when they greet, considered the most important
while the male friends may hug meal of the day and they both
each other and tap their backs. prefer eating rice three times a
•In Japan, it is very common day.
that after a date the bill will be
split – so you each pay for half.
In the Philippines, the guy is
always expected to pay for the
date.
Spain & Italy • One of the big differences •One Italian and Spanish
between the Spanish and the culture similarity is that both
Italians is that the former are countries have four seasons.
rigorous, drastic, and quite Spain’s weather changes more
practical in everything they than the weather in Italy, but
do. The latter, on the other the temperatures in both
hand, like to negotiate, and countries are fairly similar.
are more conciliatory. •An important Italian and
•In Spain there is a long- Spanish culture similarity is
established custom that, before how much locals enjoy their
midnight, twelve grapes are landscapes and traveling in
eaten for each stroke of the their country. Both Spaniards
clock. In Italy, they also count and Italians are proud of their
down, but they eat lentils countries and love to travel all
because they are thought to over Europe and explore
attract money.
different landscapes.
•The Spanish like to be •One of the biggest Italian and
adventurous and, in general, Spanish culture similarities are
find shortcuts to do things. The their shared Latin roots.
Italians, generally have little
respect for the rules and prefer
to adapt them to suit
themselves.

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