The present study investigated Japanese concessional behaviors. A structural model of three dimensions (type of abandonment, the kind of resources, and final ownership of the resources) was proposed. Episodes about concessional behaviors were collected as the responses from people living in Japan and examined according to the model. Three factors in interpersonal interaction were shown to be significantly related on all the dimensions of the structural model. The factor representing interpersonal relationship was suggested to be most influential of the three in Japanese concessional behaviors.
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