According to the author, most Japanese dishes are vegetarian (friend /friendly).

Unlike vegetarians, vegans do not eat or drink things (like / similar) cheese or milk.

According to the author, it is impossible/ impossibly) to be a vegetarian in Japan.

In Japan, it is illegal to work more (over / than) eight hours per day.

In the U.S., companies must give their employees 30 days of (pay / paid ) time off.

The author feels that American workers will continue to work long hours and (take / taking) less time off from work.

Japanese spend a lot of (time / times ) working or studying.

One reason (gives /given) for why Japanese can sleep in public is that Japan is sater than many other countries.

Foreigners are often (surprising (surprised) that people can sleep on trains, despite there being so much noise around them.

Visitors to Japan are often ( surprising / surprised) by how unruly Japanese children are.

American parents spend (much / more) time with their young children than do Japanese parents.

Some parents in the West feel that Japanese parents (spoil spoiling) their children too much.

Gender segregation is not a problem that affects (industrialize / industrialized) nations.

More women in (Philippine / the Philippines) are managers than women in Japan are.

Japanese women generally do not seem to be (bother / bothered) by gender segregation in the workforce.

According to the suthd fapan does not （necessarily/necessaty) have a strong sport culture.

Collegiate athletics in the U.S. (are / is) one way that universities can eárn money.

Almost all college athletes eventually (play / plays) for professional sports teams.

Homework is (natural/naturally) part of Japanese education.

Many elementary schog/s in America do not give (its /their) students homework

3. Research shows that doing more homework helps students (improve l improved ) their grades.

The way schools are cleaned is nearly (a /the) same in all schools in Japan.

For many American students, (be / being) asked to clean can be considered a form of punishment.

Foreigners teaching in Japan feel that having students (clean /to clean) the school is a waste of time.

In Japan, the kinds of subjects and the (require/ required) hours of study for each subject are determined by each school district.

States and cities in America have more (choose /choices) than cities in Japan concerning kinds of subjects students can study.

In America, some students can take university-level courses even before they graduate (away / from ) high school.

Taking a bath is unique (against / to) Japanese culture.

Most people in America like to take showers (instead/ rather ) of baths.

3. Even after having (lived / living) in Japan for quite a while, the author still prefers bathing to showering.

The mamachari bicycle has not changed at all (from /since) its inception in the 1950s.

In Western countries, bicycles are (most / mostly) used to run errands.

For daily activities, the author prefers to use high-end bicycles rather(than/to) mamachri.