Read the following CI #! sample in Japan and give your possible solution for it.

In Slovakia, good food is eaten quickly. In China, leaving a little of your meal tells you that you are full. In Korea. They do not eat with their plates. In the U.S., they don’t say anything special when they start eating. In Christian households, they say a prayer.

I invited a friend who is studying abroad at a Japanese university to a drinking party. He told me that he is a vegan (absolutely vegetarian). Since he cannot eat meat, seafood, eggs, dairy products, etc., I asked him if he would like plain okonomiyaki, but he said no because non-vegetables are used in the broth, so he ended up not eating anything for almost 3 hours, which he said he was used to, but I felt sorry for him and depressed.

What are the issue and the best possible solution for this incident?

 

Author

Kazunori Nozawa is a Professor Emeritus and a part-time lecturer at the College of Information Science and Engineering as well as the Graduate School of Language Education and Information Science, Ritsumeikan University in Japan. I have been teaching EFL, Intercultural Communication, and Educational Technology while researching CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) and Intercultural Nonverbal Communication. I'm an ADE (Apple Distinguished Educator) and a GSE (Global Scale of English) Thought Leader. Also CALL-EJ Honorary Editor-in-Chief. (http://callej.org/)

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