Yutaka Nakamura Case Summary
Yutaka Nakamura Case Study
Case Summary Yutaka Nakamura is a 44 year old Japanese man who works in the sales department of a large electronics firm. 4 years ago, Yutaka and his family (Son: Kenichi, Daughter: Yukimi and Wife: Chizuru) were sent to work in a key subsidiary in California. After becoming accustomed to living in the United States, Yutaka’s time was up and it was time for him and his family to return to Japan. Although Yutaka and his family enjoyed their life in America, they we’re all excited to go home. Unfortunately, their return to Japan did not go as smooth as they had anticipated. The kids, Chizuru and Yutaka each had their own particular problems in adjusting back to life in Japan. The kid’s main problem with the return dealt with their education. Even though Kenichi and Yukimi spent weekends in special Japanese school, they were still somewhat behind in several key areas. In particular, they were behind in math, science and written Japanese. Chizuru and Yutaka began to get phone calls home regarding their children’s struggles in the classroom from the school’s teachers and administrators. In particular they claimed that Kenichi was unwilling to accept facts stated by the teachers and constantly wanted to the logic behind the various statements, he asked way too many questions during class and his teachers claimed that his memorization skills seemed to be quite poor. Yukimi, on the other hand, appeared to be adjusting a little easier than Kenichi but she claimed that her classmates were calling her Gaijin (which means foreigner in Japanese). Both Kenichi and Yukimi also claimed that their peers had been ridiculing them about some of their clothes that they had purchased while they were living in California. Chizuru also faced problems adjusting back to life in Japan. It had taken her about a year to get used to life in California, but now that she has returned to Japan she missed many things about her life in California. What she
Case Summary Yutaka Nakamura is a 44 year old Japanese man who works in the sales department of a large electronics firm. 4 years ago, Yutaka and his family (Son: Kenichi, Daughter: Yukimi and Wife: Chizuru) were sent to work in a key subsidiary in California. After becoming accustomed to living in the United States, Yutaka’s time was up and it was time for him and his family to return to Japan. Although Yutaka and his family enjoyed their life in America, they we’re all excited to go home. Unfortunately, their return to Japan did not go as smooth as they had anticipated. The kids, Chizuru and Yutaka each had their own particular problems in adjusting back to life in Japan. The kid’s main problem with the return dealt with their education. Even though Kenichi and Yukimi spent weekends in special Japanese school, they were still somewhat behind in several key areas. In particular, they were behind in math, science and written Japanese. Chizuru and Yutaka began to get phone calls home regarding their children’s struggles in the classroom from the school’s teachers and administrators. In particular they claimed that Kenichi was unwilling to accept facts stated by the teachers and constantly wanted to the logic behind the various statements, he asked way too many questions during class and his teachers claimed that his memorization skills seemed to be quite poor. Yukimi, on the other hand, appeared to be adjusting a little easier than Kenichi but she claimed that her classmates were calling her Gaijin (which means foreigner in Japanese). Both Kenichi and Yukimi also claimed that their peers had been ridiculing them about some of their clothes that they had purchased while they were living in California. Chizuru also faced problems adjusting back to life in Japan. It had taken her about a year to get used to life in California, but now that she has returned to Japan she missed many things about her life in California. What she