Without development modern society is the traditional way of life. Is it important to keep our traditional ways of life, how can this be achieved?

It is known that

modernization

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, as far as technology and science are concerned, emerged after the Industrial Revolution, which was triggered by the invention of spinning machinery in England during the late eighteen century. In Japan as well as in other Asian countries

modernization

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has often been confused with

Westernization

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.

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is because

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, when it occurred in these countries, quite often meant accepting Western culture and resulted in great changes of everyday life.

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, Prof. Hideo Kishimoto once pointed out the difference between

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and

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in the following way.

Westernization

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would mean that a certain indigenous cultural element of the traditional East is replaced by the penetrating Western element, and the functional role of the former is taken over by the latter.

Modernization

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,

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, basically means to

remold

cast again

remould

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a cultural system into a new mode. In the case of Japan, the adoption of Western clothes, food, hair styles and houses can be regarded as a part of

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.

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these things gave Japanese people some convenience and a smell of new culture, the functions they performed were almost the same as those which indigenous substitutes had fulfilled in earlier times.

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, the introduction of telephones, TV, airplanes, mass communication, bureaucratic institutions, computer control systems and so forth can be considered to be a part of

modernization

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because they contain the potential for enlarging the spheres of life and broadening one's outlook, and

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transform ways of thinking, patterns of behavior and world views. It definitely means

remolding

cast again

remoulding

a cultural system into a new form.

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remolding

do over, as of (part of) a house

remodeling

will not always produce good effects

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as a dignified style of life and social stability,

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it is necessary and indispensable for improving the living standards of each citizen.

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is because introducing western elements into non-Western countries may sometimes cause serious friction and tension with the traditional cultures.