Cultural differences between Mexico and Japan: from the perspective of Japanese people in Guadalajara

This article discusses the cultural differences between Mexico and Japan. First, a review is carried out at the three main theories of the world´s cultural values (Hofstede, Hofstede and Minkov, Inglehart and Welzel, and Schwartz) focusing on the case to Mexico and Japan. After that, Berry´s technique is used to investigate the mode of acculturation of the Japanese both permanent and temporary residents in the Metropolitan Zone of Guadalajara in order to know the value of the differences that they perceive and also to find out at what level of acculturation they belong to. As a result, they maintain a strong Japanese identity and they are willing to integrate with Mexican cultural elements, which they consider positive; however, they disagree with a complete assimilation. Thus, it tends to be categorized as a "separation"