User:Boye De Mente

Boyé Lafayette De Mente has been involved with Japan, China, Korea and Mexico since the late 1940s as a member of a U.S. intelligence agency, student, journalist, editor and author working out of Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. He is a graduate of Jochi University in Tokyo, and The American Institute for Foreign Trade (in 1953), now Thunderbird School of Global Management, in Glendale, Arizona, USA.

De Mente wrote the first ever books on the Japanese way of doing business (Japanese Etiquette and Ethics in Business in 1959 and How to Do Business in Japan in 1962), and was the first to introduce the now commonly used Japanese terms wa, nemawashi, kaizen, tatemae-honne, shibui, sabi and wabi to the outside business world!

His 70-plus other books run the gamut from language learning to the night-time "pink" trades in Japan, the role of bars, cabarets and geisha houses in business, the sensual nature of Oriental cultures, male-female relations, and understanding and coping with the Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Mexican mindset in business and social situations.

De Mente's printed titles [all available from Amazon.com] include:

•China's Cultural Code Words •Chinese Etiquette & Ethics in Business •Japanese Etiquette & Ethics in Business •Japan's Cultural Code Words •Korean Business Etiquette •Why Mexicans Think & Behave the Way They Do •Asian Face Reading •Samurai Principles & Practices That Will Help Preteens & Teens in School, Sports, Social Activities & Choosing Careers •THE CHINESE MIND: Understanding Traditional Chinese Beliefs and their Influence on Contemporary Culture •CULTURAL FAILURES THAT ARE DESTROYING THE AMERICAN DREAM! - A Challenge for 21st Century Parents, Teachers & Politicians

His 20-plus E-books, include:

•How to Measure the Sexuality of Men & Women by Their Facial Features •Mistress-Keeping in Japan •The Sensual Side of the Orient •Eros' Revenge: Brave New World of American Sex!