In his book "
Different Games, Different Rules: Why Americans and Japanese Misunderstand Each Other", Haru Yamada attempts
to explain the cultural disconnection that commonly occurs between people from the two very
different cultures of the United States and Japan. The paper shows that, for Yamada, the explanation lies in linguistic differences. The paper examines the key thesis of the book that the main difference between the two cultures is found in the implicit and explicit delivery of messages.