http://whatjapanthinks.com/2010/03/07/do-japanese-look-people-in-the-eye-when-talking/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2010/03/07/do-japanese-look-people-in-the-eye-when-talking/comment-page-1/#comment-218683 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:32:57 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=2532#comment-218683 I’ve noticed that meeting Japanese people abroad, they stay focused almost exclusively on people’s faces – especially mouths for those whose english is a bit iffy. Whereas I watch group interviews with bands or actors, and they only look at each other’s faces occasionally. Maybe there’s less of a need when Japanese people really get to know each other well?

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