Japan Cultural Profile: Japan Alejandra Valencia-Gomez Student ID: 958609 Cross Cultural Communication‚ Section B Professor Gibson Tuesday 15 November‚ 2011 When entering a guest country‚ customs are not exactly‚ or nowhere near‚ the same as what they are back home. However‚ there are always general guidelines to aid your time in your welcoming country. For example‚ in Japan avoiding confrontation is essential. The Japanese will often withhold from expressing their true feelings in order
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CHANGING VALUES AND THE LEGAL CUl.TURE IN JAPAN FUJIKURA Koichiro 1. THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF MODERN JAPAN Since the Meiji Restoration in 1868‚Japan has pursued a path of modernization‚ using the industrialized nations of the West as its model. In this way‚ modernization in Japan meant westernization and industrialization; it led to the transformation of the traditional governing structure into a highly centralized one and turned the agricultural society into a technologically modern and industrially
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Term | Definition | Historical Importance | Shogun | Hereditary commander in chief in Feudal Japan | The shogun had all the military power in feudal Japan and had more power then even the emperor who was seen to be as just a symbol. | Sankin Kotai (alternate attendance) | A system started in 1635 that forced all daimyao to travel and stay in Edo for a term‚ where they would then leave their wife and children before returning to their land. | In doing this the Shogun ensured the subservience
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On March 11‚ a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan and caused tremendous damage to Japan. The earthquake sparked off a 30-foot tsunami within an hour‚ which only compounded the‚ already extensive‚ damage to the country. One of the greatest fears was the potential of a nuclear fall out. Specifically‚ the Fukushima Daiichi power plant was in question. The nuclear plant in Fukushima had six nuclear reactors‚ and three out of six of them were in critical state – possibly melting down. The potential of
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During World War II Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and ruined many of our fleets and military. The decision on what to do to deal with Japan was a tough one. America made the right decision on dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. The atomic bomb was necessary in order to assure the war would end as soon as possible. On August 6th the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ on august 9th a second one was dropped on Nagasaki‚ and on August 10th Japan declared its intention to surrender. This is clear
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May 24‚ 2013 Post-war Japan benefited greatly from the United States. Once the U.S. occupied Japan it took sole responsibility to make the country a “self-sustaining nation” capable of resisting Soviet pressure from abroad and major political agitation from within (Brower 2006). General MacArthur‚ U.S. Army commander-in-chief‚ held absolute power and answered only to the U.S president during his occupation of Japan (Brower 2006). The social reforms MacArthur implemented during this time included
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. The Haniwa of Ancient Japan . Mark Morin Foxsparrow 10/12/2013 The burial statuettes of the Kofun culture of ancient Japan known as Haniwa‚ which is Japanese for “clay cylinders‚”(Noma 1960‚ 3) are especially significant for learning about the ancient secular life and spiritual belief systems of the time period from 200600CE. To quote Seiroku Noma‚ author of the introduction section of Haniwa as shown in four American museums published by The Asia Society in 1960‚ “Several thousand
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have been used on Japan? The bomb should have been used on Japan because they would not surrender even after the Soviet Union declared war on them. They also attacked Pearl Harbor killing 2‚335 U.S. servicemen were killed and wounding 1‚143. Sixty-eight civilians were also killed and 35 were wounded. During war just fighting with Japan 106‚ 207 American Heroes were lost; we could not let their deaths be in vein. 2. What were the reasons the bomb should not have been used on Japan? The atomic bomb
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JAPAN Unlike most constitutional monarchies‚ the Emperor is not even the nominal chief executive. The Constitution states that the Emperor "shall perform only such acts in matters of state as are provided for in the Constitution and he shall not have powers related to government." 5 It also stipulates that "the advice and approval of the Cabinet shall be required for all acts of the Emperor in matters of state".6 Article 4 also states that these duties can be delegated by the Emperor as provided
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economic phenomena in the past and analyzed two types of prevailing economic system: US pure capitalism and collective capitalism of Japan. By doing this student covered several important aspects of business activity. First of all he emphasized uniqueness of the Japan’s national system that has historically been true. That idea is supported by the fact that Japan economy did not fully adopt free market principles including independently acting rms‚ nancial market based on publicly available
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