define Western culture is a term used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms‚ethical values‚ traditional customs‚ belief systems‚ political systems‚ and specific artifacts andtechnologies that have some origin or association with the western countries. every culture has its good and bad sides and so do western culture. So‚ it’s the duty of every individual to make use of it and not to misuse it. The Western culture‚ not only in our country but throughout the world‚ is responsible
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Corina Alegria Japan and Western Europe both had the same idea on how to industrialize their areas‚ however Japan isolated them selves and took longer‚ while Western Europe was open to ideas and changed quickly. Because Western Europe was growing so large at a faster pace‚ it inspired the Japanese to open their ideas to a broader spectrum. The main reason the Japanese wanted to see a change was because they saw Britain‚ Us‚ and the French on the increase by them selves. Japan didn’t want to be
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CHANGING VALUES AND THE LEGAL CUl.TURE IN JAPAN FUJIKURA Koichiro 1. THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF MODERN JAPAN Since the Meiji Restoration in 1868‚Japan has pursued a path of modernization‚ using the industrialized nations of the West as its model. In this way‚ modernization in Japan meant westernization and industrialization; it led to the transformation of the traditional governing structure into a highly centralized one and turned the agricultural society into a technologically modern and industrially
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Soviet economy First‚ let’s see what conditions the Soviet economy had at its launch. It is known that Tsarist Russia was at one of the last places among the capitalist countries to produce industrial products per capita. In the middle of the 20th century‚ far ahead of Russia in terms of industrial production were the United States‚ Britain‚ Germany‚ and France. In tsarist Russia‚ cars‚ tractors‚ combines‚ powerful steam and gas turbines‚ diesel locomotives‚ electric locomotives‚ equipment for various
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on her advice‚ guidance‚ support and useful information that given to our group on how to make this task throughout the process of completing this assignment. Without her guide‚ we cannot complete this task with successful. She is very mindful and helpful lecturer. Your kindness will not easier erase in our mind. Secondly‚ we want to thanks to our parents for their support‚ both mentally and physically. Without their support‚ this project would not be implemented properly. Thirdly‚ we also want
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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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Nowadays‚ Japan is a large country for exporting in Asian area. Japanese industries are devoting in various manufacturing such as electronic production‚ motor engineering‚ transportation‚ chemical‚ medical and heavy industry and so on. Industrial areas in Japan are all located in south-west‚ and the center changed from Hanshin industrial zone around WWI (of course now it is still important industrial area in Japan) to Keihin industrial zone after WWII. Those may due to many different factors: Firstly
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empire and desired the strongest fighting force in the world. Japan is not resource dense‚ so it felt the need to spread its scope to the areas of Asia that are dense (Manchuria). Japan left the League of Nations as they escalated land grabs‚ displaying their desire for autonomy. Japan felt that they deserved the areas surrounding them‚ and that they had to defeat those that inhabited those areas. As the Japanese military expanded rapidly so did the nation’s bravado. The Japanese people thought their mainland
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The role of the economy in 1863 – 1968 was the most significant factor‚ but not the only factor‚ in both advancing and reducing civil rights. The economy drove other factors such as was‚ politics and individuals. The underlying tactic of the dominant White American polity throughout the period 1863-1968 was to deny the possibility of African Americans the chance to achieve any degree of prosperity. During the civil war‚ the Republican Party’s philosophy towards African Americans was linked to the
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China and Japan are two unique civilizations that went through similar‚ yet vastly different changes throughout their histories. Their growth and response to other nations differed in many ways in government‚ lifestyle‚ and general well-being. One of the main causes for such difference between the countries is the way the West influenced each region‚ and the way China and Japan responded to this influence. China focused more on the idea of being a "status oriented" society‚ while Japan was more
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