Personal information sharing in Japan is calibrated to relationship depth. Intimate relationships receive deep personal information; casual relationships receive surface information. The progression of relationship involves progression of information sharing. Sharing personal information signals trust and creates intimacy; withholding maintains appropriate distance.
Disclosing too deeply to casual acquaintances violates relationship pacing; withholding from intimate relationships damages them. When developing relationships in Japanese contexts, expect and practice gradual information deepening that matches relationship development. Information sharing both reflects and creates relationship depth.
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