Organization and Ideas
1. The examples give the readers specific figures so that we can imagine how Japanese are busy. For instance, Japanese work "10" hours a day and rarely take a vacation of more than "three" or "four" days. Even the students have "less than a month" for summer vacation.
2. I think the Japanese don't be bothered by the cradle-to-grave, manic schedule because they grow up with a sence of time as a communal resource, like the company motor pool. The main priority of their time is to serve the institution rather than thinking that time belongs to themselves in the first place.
3. The Japanese view time as a commercial resource so that they seldom have their private time. They spend most of their time working or engaging in the social activities with their boss or colleagues. In contrast, the American regard time as their belongings. Time belongs to them in the first place. As a result, in the West, they can save time, spend time, invest time, even kill time.
4. I think the writer is between the two views. She doesn't like the Japanese schedule because it's too busy for her, but she likes its result-- the national health insurance, a wonderful train system, and so on.
5. The accurate statement is in paragraph three- In the West, we can save time, spend time, invest time, even kill time.
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