1. In rereading the opening story, did you perceive any face-threatening interactional episode(s) and face-threatening verbal and nonverbal messages in the case story? What underlying intercultural value and expectancy clashes drive the face-threatening encounter? Can you recommend two constructive other-face, mutual-face, and/or communal face-saving strategies to “save face” or “repair face” for both Mr. Watanabe-san and Mr. Wilde in the case story either during the unfolding conflict-escalating process or in a follow-up meeting session?