paper: Japan. Culture is a condition of confusion and anxiety affecting a person suddenly exposed to an alien culture or milieu. There are many different ways to experience culture shock. It can be experienced across the world or as near as one’s backyard. Many Americans would venture that they consider themselves very culturally accepting. Often‚ when these same Americans travel abroad‚ they experience culture shock. It is not always a negative thing. Often to some American coming to Japan and adjusting
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APPLE 02/12/2014 13:25:24 Page 1 APPLE iPHONE IN JAPAN: WIRE-LESS‚ CULTURE-FULL* r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r INTRODUCTION It was the evening of January 15‚ 2009. Eric Miller‚ Apple Inc.’s Senior Vice President Worldwide Product Marketing is standing‚ waiting for the train on a subway station platform. Eric was sent to Japan by Apple CEO Steve Jobs to oversee the launch of the eagerly awaited iPhone 3GS‚ a newer‚ more powerful iteration of Apple’s revolutionary
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Japan Tsunami and Earthquake Sion Hau 7D 31/07/11 An earthquake occurred in Sendai‚ Japan on the 11th of March in 2011; this earthquake also resulted in a tsunami. The earthquake measured at magnitude 8.9-9.0 on the Richter scale‚ the scale is measured in powers of ten (e.g. magnitude 2.0 is ten times more than magnitude 1.0). Japan sits on the Ring of Fire (an area encircling Pacific Ocean that has high volcanic and earthquake
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Harry Thurston’s “Miracle” is a simple and sweet poem‚ which displays the usage of an extended metaphor. As the speaker is in the process of explaining to his daughter as to why she should not pick the blossom and allow it to grow‚ he soon regrets telling her to stop. If Thurston meant to metaphorically convey this poem as the growth of his daughter‚ we can safely assume that the blossom mentioned in the second line of the poem that will “turn into a strawberry” (4)‚ represents his daughter as a
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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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Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean‚ it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan‚ China‚ North Korea‚ South Korea and Russia‚ stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. Wikipedia Capital: Tokyo Dialing code: 81 Area: 377‚944 km² Population: 127.6 million (2012) World Bank Prime minister: Shinzō Abe Government: Unitary state‚ Constitutional monarchy‚ Parliamentary systemJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located
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everything else.” This week’s discussion topic may not be about the price of tea in China but instead may I lead in my response to this week’s discussion topic with some background concerning the price of fresh salmon in Japan? In the 1980’s‚ the price of fresh salmon in Japan was around 1‚600 yen/kilogram. 98% of Japan’s supply of fresh salmon in the 80’s was from wild sources. By 2001‚ 62% of the Japanese demand for salmon was being supplied from aquaculture or salmon farms. The significant
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Japan’s Lost Decade : An Introduction Japan’s economy has endured the first lost decade during the 1990s. Looking at the current situation‚ experts are pointing out that Japan is now experiencing their second lost decade due to similar characteristics of the first which is stagnant‚ non-improving condition of their economy. Did Japan learn anything from the previous lost decade‚ or did the steps taken to avoid another lost decade were too weak? What was the problem? We will try to look into the situation
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The cold war is over – and Japan won. ‘ (US presidential candidate campaign slogan‚ 1992)’. Why was the ‘Japanese model’ of economic growth so respected/feared in the 1980’s and why did this respect fade in the course of the 1990’s? In the 1980’s ‘the Japanese model’ of economic growth had two particular aspects that were unique and had not been cultivate by the western world. Firstly the Japanese had an incredible work ethic and secondly they were able to blend the free market with state direction
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communication in Japan Facts and statistics of the ‘Land of the rising sun’. Location: Eastern Asia‚ island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan/East Sea‚ east of the Korean Peninsula. Capital: Tokyo Population: 12‚57‚30‚287 (Aug 2013) Ethnic Make-up: Japanese 99%‚ others 1% (Korean 511‚262‚ Chinese 244‚241‚ Brazilian 182‚232‚ Filipino 89‚851‚ other 237‚914) Religions: observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%‚ other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) How are Japanese as people? Japan is a
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