Italy Japan

Government
The Government of Italy is in the form Parliamentary with a constitutional

⽇本国政府
of a Democratic Republic, and was monarchy is the government type of

established by a constitution in 1948. Japan, , Nihonkoku-seifu or

Nipponkoku-seifu is their central

It consists of legislative, executive,
government and It consist of legislature,
and judicial subdivisions, as well as a
executive and judiciary branches
Head of State, or President. Article 1
stablished on a popular sovereignity. It is
of the Italian Constitution states: Italy
a unitary state, containing forty-seven
is a democratic Republic founded on
administrative divisions, with the Emperor
labour.
as its Head of State. Instead, it is the

Cabinet, comprising the Ministers of State

and the Prime Minister, that directs and

controls the Government and the civil

service.

Language
Italian is the official language of The most widely spoken language in

Japan is Japanese, Tokyo dialect

Italy, and 93% of population are
considered standard Japanese. In
native Italian speakers. Around
addition to the Japanese language,
50% of population speak a
Ryukyuan languages are spoken in
regional dialect as mother
Okinawa and parts of Kagoshima in the
tongue. Many dialects are Ryukyu Islands. In Hokkaido, there is the

mutually unintelligible and thus Ainu language, which is spoken by the

considered by linguists as Ainu people, who are the indigenous

separate languages, but are not people of the island. In addition,

languages such as Orok, Evenki and

officially recognised. There are
Nivkh spoken in formerly Japanese
approximately 34 native living
controlled southern Sakhalin are
languages in Italy, most of which
becoming more and more endangered.
belong to the broader Romance

group.
 Religion
The major religion in Italy is Roman
Catholicism. This is not surprising, as Vatican
City, located in the heart of Rome, is the hub
of Roman Catholicism and where the Pope
resides. Roman Catholics and other Christians
make up 80 percent of the population, though
only one-third of those are practicing
Catholics. The Roman Catholic Church has
been the dominant religion in Italy for over
1,500 years. The Reformation had little effect
except in small areas in the north. Even today,
most of the Italian population belongs to the
Roman Catholic Church.
Italians do not switch knives and forks. The
knife remains in the right hand, and the fork
remains in the left. When the meal is finished,
the knife and fork are laid parallel to each
other across the right side of the plate, with
the tines of the fork facing downward. If you
put both utensils down on the plate for any
real length of time, it is a sign to the waitstaff
that you are finished, and your plate may be
taken away from you. Alternately, if you lay
your cutlery down on either side of the plate,
it means you haven't finished.
Wedding Rites
Before the Wedding ceremony remove
gold jewellery, other than your wedding were celebrated around a low dining
ring, of course. In some Italian regions,
it’s believed that wearing any gold
jewellery other than your wedding ring
can bring bad luck. During the wedding, ceremony halls. A Japanesewedding
white dresses aren't allowed
.
Shinto and Buddhism religion
manifest primarily in Japan, these
are the two faiths which people in
Japan practice simultaneously. 69%
of the populace follow Shinto rituals
to some degree. An almost equally
high number is reported is Buddhism.
Syncretic combinations of both,
known generally as shinbutsu-sh ūgō,
are common and 1.5% of the
population is Christianity and 6.2%
for others
CULTURE
People in Japan Typically eat at low
dining tables and sitting on a reedlike
mat called the tatami and they’re
commonly using chopsticks at formal
traditional Japanese dining events, you
may be sitting in a seiza position (on
heels with your legs tucked underneath
the butt), which can be uncomfortable. If
your host or hostess suggests that you
“get comfortable”, you may sit cross-
legged (if male), or with your legs tucked
to one side (if female). Never spread
your legs directly out in front of you
In ancient times, Japanese weddings
table with neighbors and relatives.
Over the centuries, they started to
hold weddings at shrines, hotels, and
ceremony may be Shinto, Christian,
Buddhist, or non-religious.