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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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 Japanese festivals are traditional festive occasions. Some festivals have their roots in Chinese festivals but have undergone dramatic changes as they mixed with local customs. Some are so different that they do not even remotely resemble the original festival despite sharing the same name and date. There are also various local festivals that are mostly unknown outside a given prefecture. It is commonly said that you will always find a festival somewhere in Japan. Unlike most people in East
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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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Etheart ANTH 3550 Japan Tuesday‚ February 12‚ 2013 Japanese Cultural Nationalism Altering Immigrant Perception Change by Force Status minorities in Japan are those who are not educated‚ do not come from educated families‚ or have unfavorable occupations. The value and worth of a status minority in Japanese culture is rated amongst their familial/ancestral connections to rates of production and which then determines individual godliness and worth amongst a society. Ethnic minorities in Japan are Burakuin
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Anna Piola 10/30/2013 Mr. Corbo Ocean’s Eleven Questions: 1) Describe the opening shot...whose point‐of‐view is it? How does this shot set the audience (us) up or give us a bias for the rest of the exposition? The opening scene’s point of view is a group’s; one is able to understand from the sound that there is more than just one person who is interrogating Danny Ocean. This prospective
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84:209–216 DOI 10.1007/s10551-008-9701-8 Ó Springer 2008 ‘‘Karoshi (Work to Death)’’ in Japan Atsuko Kanai ABSTRACT. Since the collapse of Japan’s bubble economy in the early 1990’s‚ the Japanese economy has only recovered slightly. This has direct implications for employment. Both the seniority wage system and the lifetime employment system‚ which were popular during the period of economic growth in Japan‚ unavoidably changed to an outcome-wage system. Now there is greater mobility in employment
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Eleven A harsh and realistic tale telling of one of the cruelest realities of life. That’s what Sandra Cisneros’ “Eleven” is. To see life from the eyes of an eleven year old‚ even though it’s not a true child’s perspective‚ is a unique opportunity‚ especially when the child knows how to properly express one’s feelings in words. Cisneros expresses one of the key feelings that we share as human beings‚ that we are never smart‚ mature‚ or experienced enough to do what we need to do‚ like we are never
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after damages during war it no longer has a sunrise and remains in perpetual dusk. There are people who crave the thought of returning home and they reside in the Undersea‚ or bunkers under the high sea levels‚ again due to the lack of sun. Station Eleven‚ both the comic and the place‚ is a highly effective leitmotif. As a place‚ we see humans forced to leave Earth due to otherworldly activities‚ but after leaving‚ all they want to go back. It reflects the situation of the characters in the novel‚
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us who has attended a prayer meeting at a Gandhian institute is likely to remember a chant beginning:-"Ahimsa Satya Asteya --." The two verses beginning with these words enumerate the eleven vows that Gandhiji considered almost mandatory for the inmates of his Ashram‚ in Sabarmati as well as in Sevagram. The eleven vows are: (1) Satya-Truth‚ (2) Ahimsa-Nonviolence‚ (3) Brahmacharya-Celibacy (4) Asteya-Non-stealing‚ (5) Aparigraha or Asangraha-Non-possession (6) Sharira-Shrama; Physicallabour
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