JAPAN

The hierarchal structure of Japanese society can also be seen in the way they address in each other and the use of the spectrum of formalities. The multi-tiered structure of the community can also be observed in the way they act such as their body language and actions. The bowing of their body to their elders or someone of higher authority is not that simple, the angles of the bowing will also matter in the culture. The lower they bow; the most respect they are displaying.

In Japan, the formality of the language such as the titles and form of the words used reflects the hierarchical structure of the society. It's often emphasized that Japanese has some number of distinct "levels of politeness" (I was first taught that there were four, personally). This isn't entirely accurate; as you might expect, it's more of a spectrum than a rigid scale. What makes Japanese different from many other languages is that "politeness" or "formality" is explicitly coded into the grammar. If you think about English, in formal speech we change our choice of words and use more complete (or even excessively long) ways of phrasing what we want to say. This is true in Japanese too, but here there are also different verb forms for different levels of formality.