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Boyé Lafayette De Mente

Born

in Ozark Hills, Missouri, The United States

November 12, 1928

Died

May 12, 2017

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Boyé Lafayette De Mente was an author, journalist, and adventurer. He wrote more than 100 books, most of them about the culture and language of Japan, East Asia, and Mexico.

De Mente joined the U.S. Navy and began his career as a cryptographer based in Washington, D.C. In 1948, he joined the U.S. Army Security Agency and was a decoding technician stationed in Tokyo. While there, he he founded and edited the agency's newspaper, The ASA Star.

De Mente wrote the first English guides to the Japanese way of doing business ("Japanese Etiquette and Ethics in Business" in 1959 and "How to Do Business in Japan" in 1962). His other books run the gamut from language learning to the night-time "pink" trades in Japan, the sensual nature of Oriental cultu ...more

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Average rating: 3.6 · 2,684 ratings · 327 reviews · 197 distinct works ‧ Similar authors

	Etiquette Guide to Japan: Know the Rules That Make the Difference 3.76 avg rating — 762 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Korean Mind: Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture 3.46 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samurai Strategies: 42 Martial Secrets from Musashi's Book of Five Rings 3.88 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Japanese Have a Word for It: The Complete Guide to Japanese Thought and Culture 3.52 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Japan's Cultural Code Words: 233 Key Terms That Explain the Attitudes and Behavior of the Japanese 3.71 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chinese Mind: Understanding Traditional Chinese Beliefs and Their Influence on Contemporary Culture 3.07 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Etiquette Guide to Korea: Know the Rules that Make the Difference! 3.47 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Japan: A Guide to Traditions, Customs and Etiquette: Kata as the Key to Understanding the Japanese 3.31 avg rating — 72 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Japanese Samurai Code: Classic Strategies for Success 3.78 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There's a Word for It in Mexico really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Refusing to drink or drinking only moderately must be done with diplomacy, because the Japanese believe that the only way you can really get to know people is to see how they behave when they are drunk.”
― Boyé Lafayette de Mente, Etiquette Guide to Japan: Know the rules that make the difference!

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“Confucius himself taught that the more laws a society has, the less people will obey them and that societies that depend on laws to control the behavior of their citizens will eventually self-destruct.”
― Boyé Lafayette de Mente, Korean Mind: Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture

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“late as the 1950s, a foreigner who was able to speak very good Japanese would frequently encounter people who were so conditioned to believe that foreigners could not speak their language that they actually did not understand when addressed in Japanese. One typically had to say in Japanese something like “Hey! I just spoke to you in Japanese!” to break through this mental barrier.”
― Boyé Lafayette de Mente, Etiquette Guide to Japan: Know the rules that make the difference!

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