A way Japanese co-workers interact with each other

I believe that Japanese people have an unique way to interact with each other compared to that of other cultures. As I started to work at Japanese company, I realized more and more about this unique tendency that its society has. They tend to create insiders and outsiders among Japanese at work or at any community where people gather. For us, Japanese living in the States, we seem to have the greatest icebreaker to get to know each other. However it is not that easy in reality. After we acknoledge that we are foreigners, we just move on.

One of the good examples that illustarte about the concept of the insiders and outsiders.For example, one of the interns from our company is going back to Japan and apparently, "we" are having a party in "the room" that only certain people have the privilage to request. The person in charge send e-mails about this farewell party to most of the staff members, but of course not to everyone. The funny thing is the party host does not realize they are creating insiders and outsiders by this simply action.

It is okay to have a group of people that they like to hang out with. Unless they act as if they are the best of the all of the other groups or try to interfer with other group's activities. Another example is that some of people from work are going to the concert this week. It is great that they try to forge a relationship on a personal level ouside work, but I wish that they do not act as if they are the only chosen one to become a member of 'we are the best' group and make others who did not get invited inferior to them.

All in all, this is just one of the ways the islanders communicate and interact with each other. I do not know if this is good or bad. I just hope that people are not get used to this isolated way of starting relationships because it does not apply to any cultures for sure.