The given pictures illustrate a typical workplace in America and in Japan. Overall, it can be seen that an American office is divided into smaller rooms, whereas a Japanese office has only one area for all staff.
The Japanese office features windows positioned in the northern section of the room, while the American office has windows on both the Eastern and the Western sides. In addition, Japanese department manager’s place is at the top of the room and two chairs of section managers are put in the middle, while the American office has private rooms for them on the right of the workplace.
In America, the workplace is divided into 8 smaller areas, which are an area for a printer and a copier, storage space, 2 conference rooms, 2 rooms for the section managers, a room for the department manager and a working area for other staff. Every American staff has a separate chair and table in the middle of the office, in comparison with attached tables of Japanese staff at the bottom.