the study of Japan and Japanese when she was an undergraduate at Princeton University as noted in the Acknowledge portion of the book‚ Gift-Giving in Japan: Cash‚ Connections. Cosmologies. After that she had her graduated training in the University of Chicago funded by the National Science Foundation and the University itself‚ including one year of support from the Committee on Japanese Studies. Before the writing of this book‚ Katherine Rupp took twenty months of field work In Japan which is funded
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Tsunami [pic] INTRODUCTION The term tsunami comes from the Japanese language meaning harbour ("tsu") and wave ("nami"). Although in Japanese tsunami is used for both the singular and plural‚ in English tsunamis is well-established as the plural. The term was created by fishermen who returned to port to find the
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Shinto Terry Steigerwald Carlos Albizu University. Shinto Shinto is the principal religion of Japan‚ with roots that date back to prehistoric times with origins in Buddhism‚ Confucianism and Daoism. The term Shinto refers to the “way of the gods” and was first given to Japan’s native religion a few decades after Buddhism arrived to the country. Shinto remains an essential‚ defining‚ part of Japanese life‚ culture and belief. The
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Female employment in Japanese labor market GEM (Gender Empowerment Measure) of Japan ranks the 58th among 108 countries and GGI (Gender Gap Index) of it ranks the 105th among 136 countries. It means that in Japan the gap between men and women is big and the economic and political opportunities for women are not enough‚ although human developments are achieved. The number of female employed persons in Japan‚ which accounted for 35.9 per cent of all employed persons in 1985‚ has gradually grown
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Japan Strength Abundant entertainment Tokyo provides a range of attractions for visitors looking for authentic Japanese culture‚ numerous shops‚ restaurants‚ museums‚ art galleries‚ and sightseeing‚ including modern buildings and historic architecture. Centre for business Tokyo is a global business hub‚ including international conventions. Tokyo’s stock exchange is one of the world’s big three stock exchange Weakness Expensive Though Japan has experienced deflation in recent years
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spectacular. I will explain about some of the different aspects of the Japanese life style as well as take a cultural look into the life of the Japanese. Finding a place to live in Japan isn’t easy. Limited supply and high demand result in tiny‚ hutch size homes with high rent rates. On average‚ dwellings in Japan have 91.92 square meters (about 989 square feet) of floor space‚ which is not very much compared to the average house sold in the United States. By Western standards‚ the Japanese home
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peers and on their first year in elementary school‚ to value punctuality. Classroom management emphasizes student responsibility through emphasis on daily chores such as cleaning of desks and scrubbing of classroom floors. The teaching culture in Japan differs greatly from that of schools in the West. Teachers are particularly concerned about developing the holistic child and focus on matters such as personal hygiene‚ nutrition‚ sleep which are not ordinarily thought of as part of the teacher ’s
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perspective in order to further its own agenda. Because of its long-standing separation from Western‚ primarily white countries‚ Japan was able to formulate its own values and ideals centered on filial piety‚ the development of a hierarchical class system‚ and strict roles for men and women in its early eras. Throughout the Tokugawa era‚ and due to its rice-based economy‚ Japan enjoyed relative stability‚ though
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Japan foreign policy toward the United States There are hundreds of states in the world‚ and each one of states has its own policy that they conducted within the country. However states will have to confront or associated with another states thus there must be foreign policy for a country that should be conducted toward the other country. A country might have a lot of different policy toward many others countries. A foreign policy is (Damerow 2009) “the relationships which central governments have
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The Tokugawa Era of Japan Japan before the Tokugawa Era was a nation of warring states. The Tokugawa shoguns changed social class structures‚ agriculture‚ and manufacturing in the country by consolidating trends which had been in the making for some time (East Asia‚ p. 279) and brought Japan into a unified and productive state which lasted from about 1603 until 1800. Urbanization‚ economic growth‚ and social changes were natural and predictable outcomes of the shogunate philosophy.
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