Japan ’s Automakers Face Endaka Due to the Arab oil embargo‚ oil shock was raised in 1970s. The global economy faced a period of recession. The sluggish economy also affects the automobile market. Japan ’s automobiles prevailed for its cheaper cost‚ fuel efficiency‚ and exquisite design. In the early Eighties‚ dollars appreciated against major currencies including the Japanese yen. It boosted the expansion of Japan ’s exports‚ U.S. government faced successive years of trade deficits against
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Japan (日本‚ Nippon) is a country in Asia. It has many islands. Four of them are big‚ and the biggest is the 7th largest island in the world. This island is called Honshu. The islands are near the East Asian coast‚ in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Japanese people call their country "Nihon" or "Nippon"‚ which means "the origin of the sun" in Japanese. HISTORY In 1941‚ Japan hit Pearl Harbor in Hawaii‚ a water base of the United States and destroyed or damaged many ships and airplanes.
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China. Chinese has had a major influence upon Japanese culture and language‚ and over 60% of all Japanese words are drawn from Chinese (Tanaka‚ 1985‚ p.57). The local name for calligraphy in Malaysia Chinese society is called Shūfǎ while as Shodō in Japan which both of them carry almost the same meanings as"the way/ method/ law of writing". There is a way of calligraphy‚ a way of writing Shodō where Sho means the calligraphy‚ dō means the way (“The japanese calligraphy”‚ n.d.‚ “Hieroglyphs of happiness”)
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house‚ side by side with his fellow soldiers‚ all looking the same. A wave of fully covered metal humans swept across the plains‚ with long swords and horses‚ both looking like robots while they defended their lord’s land. Thousands of miles away in Japan‚ some samurai stood in intricately designed armour with crossbows and swords ran or rode on horses and fought so they would have defended their master’s land. The bright and bold colours of the horse’s skin and the Samurai’s armour danced like fire
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than the Differences? In Europe and Japan‚ very similar forms of government developed within a couple hundred years of each other. This occurred despite the fact that these two parts of the world were very distance from each other and it was very unlikely that these countries had contact with each other. This form of government‚ called feudalism developed in both places due to the need to establish order after a time in chaos. The knights and the samurai were the soldiers who fought in Japan and Europe
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For Japanese Women‚ a Competition to be Thin In Japan‚ only 3.5 percent of the population is considered obese. In contrast‚ the U.S has a climbing obesity rate that is currently thirty percent. A main reason for the contrast in obesity rates is the “culture of health” that Japan has long promoted. In part‚ Japan has been the healthiest nation thanks to its meals of vegetables‚ fish‚ and small portions. However‚ although Japan is able to avoid the problem of obesity‚ it is experiencing a rapid
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The differences between two cultures There are so many countries in the world. As my grandmother taught me that each country has its own tradition and culture for example Japanese has kimono for its special festival‚ Kungfu is significant symbol of China or Pizza and Spaghetti are the characteristic food of Italia. Therefore when I came to America‚ I decided to search everything about this country. Then after 5 months in there‚ I found that Vietnam and The USA are very different from living style
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When we compare Japan and other Western countries‚ there lies a significant difference between them. Japan is island nation and hadn’t experienced colonization nor invasion from another country in the history. Therefore‚ those who born and live in Japan belong to same ethnic and share common belief. On the contrary‚ countries such as the United States and Canada have been welcoming a large number of immigrants from the world and they consist of many ethnic groups and its culture is mixture of many
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the warriors were called Knights‚ and in Japan they were known as Samurais. Does this make Knights and Samurais the same? After reading the DBQ is clear that Samurai and Knights have more differences than similarities. For example‚ some major differences were their military codes and their armour. Some may say that the Samurai and Knights were more similar than different because they were both warriors. That may be true true but all in all the differences outweigh the similarities with ease. First
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ETHICS AND MORALS Ethics and morals relate to “right” and “wrong” conduct. While they are sometimes used interchangeably‚ they are different: ethics refer to rules provided by an external source‚ e.g.‚ codes of conduct in workplaces or principles in religions. Morals refer to an individual’s own principles regarding right and wrong. Comparison chart ETHICS MORALS
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