With three Michelin stars to his name, Master Hachiro Mizutani is one of the world’s finest sushi chefs. He is as confident of the future of Japanese cuisine as he is at manipulating the succulent morsels of mackerel, flounder and tuna perched on beds of fresh cooked rice, which draw a steady flow of devotees to his restaurant in Tokyo’s Ginza district. Young Japanese may be eating more Western food, he concedes, but he believes that they will eventually return to eating traditional Japanese foods as they get older.

Master Hachiro Mizutani’s belief is suggestive of which of the following interpretations of culture:

A. The enduring influence of latent values on day-to-day behavior

B. Peoples’ innate need to express their sense of individualism

C. The influence of collectivism on individual behavior

D. Indication that globalization inevitably standardizes behaviors, outlooks, and attitudes