European Exploration: In 1543‚ shipwrecked Portuguese sailors washed up on the shores of southern Japan. Merchants soon followed them. Their intentions were to involve themselves in Japan’s trade with China and southeast Asia. They brought clocks‚ eyeglasses‚ tobacco‚ firearms and other unfamiliar items from Europe. Japanese purchased weapons and soon started their own production. Cannons especially had a huge impact on Japan’s warfare and living situations. They started to build fortified castles
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Wine Industry Factbook Spain v.s. Japan Cross-cultural Study 2013 WINE INDUSTRY FACTBOOK SPAIN V.S. JAPAN Presented to: Rajiv Krishnan Kozhikode Instructor BUS430 – Cross-cultural Management Presented by: Team #1 Adam Reid | 301098783 | ajr15@sfu.ca Angela Zhang | 301127074 | yufengz@sfu.ca Janice Wong | 301132415 | yingngaw@sfu.ca Jenna Zhang | 301107862 | wza31@sfu.ca Jing Tang | 301131948 | jta52@sfu.ca OlamideOmorodion | 301123288 | oomorodi@sfu.ca TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction
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IMES DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES Asset Price Bubble in Japan in the 1980s: Lessons for Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Shigenori Shiratsuka Discussion Paper No. 2003-E-15 INSTITUTE FOR MONETARY AND ECONOMIC STUDIES BANK OF JAPAN C.P.O BOX 203 TOKYO 100-8630 JAPAN You can download this and other papers at the IMES Web site: http://www.imes.boj.or.jp Do not reprint or reproduce without permission. NOTE: IMES Discussion Paper Series is circulated in order to stimulate discussion
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Japan: The Miracle Years What is the so-called “Japanese Miracle” - How did the Japanese achieve it? GNP increased about 5 times in a span of about 20 years. The country saw a 10.1% compound rate of growth in 17 years. How: * Industrial Policy: government weighs in on what industries are winners vs. losers‚ then supports the winners. * Govt agencies worked together to help shape the future growth and create stability: Ministry of International Trade‚ Ministry of Finance and Economic
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STATE-CONTROL OF BROADCASTING IN JAPAN AND KOREA When broadcasting began in the post war era in Japan and Korea the two countries were vastly different in national resources and characteristics. Japan was one of the most established democratic nations in the region and became one of the world’s economic powerhouses. On the other hand Korea was recovering from war and civil unrest under a militaristic authoritarian government. Even though these large differences existed‚ both Japan and Korea similarly deterred
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Christianity In Japan [Name of the writer] [Name of the institution] Christianity in Japan Japan has been a home for Shinto and Buddhist religions for centuries. The Christian missionaries during the 16th‚ 19th and 20th centuries worked hard to evangelize the Japanese nation but could not get desired success. There efforts in past failed partly due to sanctions imposed by the local rulers. The Jesuits missionaries traveled with Spanish and Portuguese traders to many areas of America and Asia-Pacific
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HKU178 op y 01/24/02 Japan Net Bank: Japan ’s First Internet-only Bank Yoshiyuki Miyai had a vision. He wanted to establish a completely new standard of banking in Japan – that of Internet-only banking. As president of Japan Net Bank (JNB)‚ the first Japanese online bank with no physical branches‚ Miyai emphasised that customer satisfaction should be the focus of JNB ’s business – his customers should enjoy convenient access to accounts‚ competitive rates‚ customisation and secure
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particular lifestyle and beliefs. In Japan Before Perry: A Short History‚ Totman presents to the reader the emergence of bushi as the ruling class during the Kamakura period. With the decline of the Taira family‚ Minamoto Yoritomo succeed to establish the bushi regime. Although bushi embraced samurai principles of honoring a master and remaining loyal under any given -even deadly- circumstance‚ a greater motive might have motivated men to become bushi. Japan was facing difficult times in which there
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broadcast on television the world over are from Japan. (Croal) Indeed "Japanese anime characters have established a substantial base of fans in Europe and North America" (Shuhei). Similarly‚ the Japanese video game industry has been very successful in the world. It has proven to have many positive effects on the world‚ even though many people have repeatedly tried and failed to vilify it. Perhaps one of the most important industries in modern Japan‚ video games have both opened up great possibility
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Industrial revolution‚ they think about big steel‚ machines‚ and railroads. What’s missing are the exhausted‚ overworked laborers that operated the machinery that made things run. A prime example is the female textile mill workers from England and Japan. In the textile industry‚ women and young girls were the main employees. The main reason for this is that nimble fingers were needed to tend the spinning and weaving machines. Originally spinning and weaving were done at home or small spin shops but
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