Amway Japan Limited Executive Summary In 1996 Amway Japan Limited (AJL) was the leader in direct selling market‚ and the most successful company within the entire Amway group. In the first half of 1997‚ AJL experienced a net sales decline of 11.6% and net income to 27.6% from the first half of the previous year. The Japanese economy and declining value of the Yen relative to the U.S. Dollar has decreased AJL’s sales volume and profit margin. The Japanese government
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The Social Construction of Consumer Needs: A Case Analysis of the “Healing Boom” in Japan * Takeshi Matsui Graduate School of Commerce and Management Hitotsubashi University Tokyo‚ Japan 186-8601 Department of Sociology Princeton University Princeton‚ NJ‚ US 08544 [ Word Count: 9‚555] September 2008 * I would like to thank Paul DiMaggio‚ Russell Belk‚ Jennifer Lena‚ Richard Cohn‚ and Ikuya Sato for helpful feedback and encouragement. Please address correspondence to Takeshi Matsui‚
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door warning any who come close to stay out because gas is being made‚ and mixes up a hydrogen-sulfide gas made from toilet-bowl cleaner and bath salts. She inhales the gas and kills herself‚ also putting at risk (and injuring) her mother‚ and around 100 neighbors. Suicide is an epidemic that affects some of the world’s greatest countries. However‚ it is Japan who is most famous for being a suicide-prone nation. While only being ranked ninth for deaths by suicide‚ Japan boasts some of the
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Aya Kamikawa- Reformation in the land of conformity Scholars have suggested that in the modern Japanese society‚ transgendered individuals (transgendered individuals and transsexuals are interchangeable and are referred to in the context of the Japanese society) are only valuable to the entertainment industry (Mackie 412‚ McLelland 167-168). In a country where mainstream conformity is promoted and preferred‚ any career outside of the entertainment and sex industries would seem impossible to
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Investigating Earthquakes – Japan Gurjit & Ashwin Preliminary questions: a. Why do earthquakes happen in this location? b. Does this location fall on any fault lines? c. What are they doing to prepare themselves? d. How often earthquakes happen in this location? e. The last earthquake? f. The strongest earthquake? g. What are the hazards of earthquakes in this area? h. How are the structures built in this area Investigation: i. Japan is located in an area where several continental
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[pic] Japan Geography Japan is about the same size as California. Japan is made up of many islands. The four largest islands in Japan are Honshu‚ Hokkaido‚ Kyushu‚ and Shikoku. Japan forms an arc in the Pacific Ocean. Japans total area is about 378‚000 square kilometers. About 75% of Japans land is mountains. Japans highest mountain is Mount Fuji at 3776 meters. Japan has several volcanic regions and 80 volcanoes are considered active. Mount Fuji hasn’t erupted since 1707 and is considered capable
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to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. The Meiji Restoration ended 250 years of self-isolation for Japan. The Restoration led to changes in Japan’s economic standings. The period from 1868 to 1912 was responsible for the start of Japan as a modernized nation in the early twentieth century. The country’s new rulers adopted the slogan “Rich Country‚ Strong Army‚" because they wanted Japan to become economically and militarily powerful‚ so it could retain its independence. During the time Japan entered
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Prostitution in Japan In Japan‚ there are several applicable laws for crimes related to prostitution‚ such as the Anti-Prostitution Law‚ the Penal Code and the Child Welfare Law. These penal provisions have been appropriately enforced. Prostitution was officially sanctioned by the Japanese government during the Tokugawa regime. Families which were poor sent their daughters to big cities to find work at brothels and other niches in the sex industry‚ having them enter into “slavish bondage” with
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imperial throne with thicket of taboos that protected it from usurpation. Tokugawa and his politicians created some policies to keep japan from rebelling and try to control over the society. They divided the feudal lords into three categories: Fudai‚ Shimpan and Tozama daimyos. The fudai daimyo‚ descended from members of the original tokugawa vassal band or men who had been made daimyo by Ieyasu and his successors‚ identified most closely with the interests of bakufu. Their territories frequently
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Bank of Japan Working Paper Series Chronic Deflation in Japan Kenji Nishizaki* kenji.nishizaki@boj.or.jp Toshitaka Sekine** toshitaka.sekine@boj.or.jp Yoichi Ueno*** youichi.ueno@boj.or.jp No.12-E-6 July 2012 Bank of Japan 2-1-1 Nihonbashi-Hongokucho‚ Chuo-ku‚ Tokyo 103-0021‚ Japan ***Research and Statistics Department (currently Financial Markets Department) ***Research and Statistics Department (currently Takamatsu Branch) ***Research and Statistics Department (currently Monetary Affairs
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