proverb‚ “Deru kui wa utareru” literally means “The stake that sticks up gets hammered down”. In other words‚ you should not stand out within the community in Japan. This proverb seems to imply Japanese collectivist society which is very different from Western countries’ more individualistic society. Japan has its own unique cultural history. Japan is an island nation and had been chosen to isolate themselves‚ even going so far as to shut their borders for any international trade and communication from
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special view of how these changes affected the culture‚ thinking‚ and practices of the Japanese following the introduction of both Dutch and American powers within Japan. By viewing the event through the eyes of one who experienced it‚ we are presented with a far greater understanding of the element of change that pervaded mid to late 1860s Japan. Perhaps most visibly significant among the changes brought between the encounter of Western cultures with the Japanese are the changes of everyday practices
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foreign tourists visit Japan every year. There are many places that are known to the tourist like Kyoto‚ which is quite famous for its beautiful scenery and magnificent Buddhist temples‚ or Tokyo‚ the capital of Japan‚ and the one of the busiest city in the world. However‚ If there are greedy tourist who wants to visit the place where they can feel relax and exciting at the same time‚ Ueno district‚ the eastern part of Tokyo‚ Japan‚ is the best place to visit in Japan. Ueno has a three
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little of exclusive value aside from the physical beauties of Japan‚ especially Mt. Fuji. Thus‚ Japan came to be under western influence. Due in part to the western influence‚ Japan has received many effects‚ both good and bad. In the same way that various cultural influence has helped countries such as the United States to gain perspective and broader its horizons‚ so has western influence helped to expand the cultural viewpoints of Japan. Also‚ western influence has opened the minds of the Japanese
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roles in the social‚ political‚ and economic reforms of 1873-1894 in order to revise the hated Unequal Treaty System. Japan realized that they needed to become more powerful to be able to stay an independent nation. The way Japan could gain this power was to reform the systems that they had in place. Iwakura Tomomi had a mission with three steps. The first step was to show that Japan was changing. The way that they would do this would be step two‚ which is to get rid of the Unequal Treaties. Changing
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The Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands Dispute Questions of Sovereignty and Suggestions for Resolving the Dispute By Martin Lohmeyer A thesis in fulfilment of the requirements of the Degree of Master of Laws in the Faculty of Law‚ University of Canterbury 2008 Content Content ....................................................................................................................1 Acknowledgements........................................................................................
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Question: What factors have contributed to Japan ’s transnational cultural power in Asia? Do you agree that Japan ’s transnational cultural power intersects with its postcolonial ambition? Even though Japan is no longer the colonial power in Asia‚ it still has a strong presence over Asia due to its cultural power within the region. Through various forms of media and popular culture‚ Japanese culture has spread to not only Asia but also many Western societies. There are many factors contributing
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JAPANESE NEW YEAR NEW YEAR IN JAPAN Oseibo In Japan people give some gift in a lot of occasion. Oseibo is the most common issue as a year-end gift. They give it to their superiors‚ customers and teachers to express appreciation for the special services they have extended to them. Picture Asakusa Temple (c) Tomoyuki.U. Bonenkai Bonenkai is a party usually held among office colleagues and bosses. Bonenkai litarelly means a "Forget-the-year party" to forget the unpleasant memories of the passing year
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The official arrival of Portuguese was recorded in 1543‚ the lead missionary Fr. Jerome de Angelis arrived in Japan for his Far East expeditions where he and his evangelist delegation prepared for their maiden Christian excursion in 1602 (Reischauer 215). Furthermore‚ Reischauer indicates that this was the beginning of the Christian spread into the ancient Japan expanding the religions to three main philosophies‚ Buddhism‚ Confucianism‚ and now the Christianity. However‚ towards the end of Toyotomi
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it gives the connotation of a time frame that missionaries had to complete their jobs by. It might not have worked as easily in Asia because in the case of China and Japan they were independent empires and were not conquered like other areas of the world. There was still a ruler that could give decisions‚ and in the example of Japan the ruling shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu issued the “Christianity expulsion decree” in 1614 expelling all foreign missionaries from the empire and forced all of its subjects
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