office of JETRO (Atlanta‚ Chicago‚ Denver‚ Houston‚ Los Angeles‚ New York‚ and San Francisco) on behalf of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)‚ Tokyo‚ Japan. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice‚ Washington‚ D.C. Misunderstandings caused by different communication styles often lead to lost business opportunities for foreign businesspeople dealing with Japan. This booklet is intended to fill such gaps. We asked Dr. Ernest Gundling‚ an intercultual specialist‚ to
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INTRODUCTION TO BAMBOO CHARCOAL Bamboo charcoal is made up from pieces of bamboo‚ which are taken from plants three to four years old‚ and burned inside an oven at temperatures over 800° C. It not only provides a new way to utilize bamboo‚ but also benefits to environment protection by reducing the residues pollution. Bamboo charcoal is an environmentally functional material which has excellent absorption properties. Bamboo charcoal is made of bamboo by pyrolysis process. According to the types
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This assignment is an analysis on PEST environment for Japan‚ prepared for the audience who are several managers from the Food and Beverage industry interested in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Japan. The following pages discuss the political-legal environment‚ economy environment‚ social-culture environment and technological environment in Japan allowing with random but related issues in each environments. Before any attempt on FDI in Japan‚ it is important for potential investors to know how
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clear that Japan would abolish feudalism and modernise into an industrial society. This period in which Japan borrowed ideas from the West and reformed in such a short time is called the ‘Meiji Restoration’. Japan for some time was considered too remote and poor to be subjected to Western Imperialism. However Emperor Meiji and his advisors made it clear that they were determined to adapt selected features of Western civilisation to become a powerful nation‚ while still keeping Japans individuality
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Japan is an island country situated in East Asia which is located in the Pacific Ocean. Tokyo is the capital of Japan. The four largest islands of Japan are as follows: Honshu‚ Hokkaido‚ Kyushu‚ and Shikoku which makes 97% of the land area of Japan. JOMON PERIOD Jomon Period is the pre-historic period in Japan from 14‚500 BCE to 100BCE. The name Jomon is derived from the “cord marking” that were found in the pottery during the Jomon period. The people during this period were semi- sedentary and lived
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Effects of Globalization on Japan and China GLT1: IssuesBehavioral Science Michael Poffenbarger November 18th 2013 In this paper I will be looking at China and Japan two very different examples of native non-western cultures that have been impacted by western culture very differently. Globalization can be described as the increasing interplay of cultures brought closer together. The impact of globalization on indigenous cultures can be seen negatively and positively with varying
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JOHN HIGGINS – AN AMERICAN GOES NATIVE IN JAPAN In the fall of 1962‚ Mr. Leonard Prescott‚ vice-president and general manager of the Weaver-Yamazaki Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. of Japan‚ was considering what action‚ if any‚ to take regarding his executive assistant‚ Mr. John Higgins. In Mr. Prescott’s opinion‚ Mr. Higgins had been losing his effectiveness as one who was to represent the U.S. parent company because of his extraordinary identification with the Japanese culture. The Weaver Pharmaceutical
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BANK OF JAPAN’S MEETING IN MARCH 2006: AN END TO THE QUANTITATIVE EASING POLICY? Japan underwent a decade-long odyssey with deflation and the zero-bound problem. Economic activity in Japan slowed precipitously following the collapse of the socalled bubble economy in December 1989‚ and Japan began to experience deflation by early 1995. During this initial period‚ while the economy was slowing‚ forecasters and policymakers consistently underestimated the extent of Japan’s economic malaise. Consequently
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The Teaching of English as a Second Language (ESL) in Japan I first came to Japan in mid July 1999. I was selected‚ in Ireland‚ to be an instructor on the Japan English Teaching (JET) Programme. The JET Programme is a Japanese government scheme to promote the teaching of English in schools all over the country. How? Invite 3‚000 foreigners every year to help teach the language‚ about 50 of whom come from Ireland. Japan is a country where the same political party (the LDP) was in power for
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Because no nation has come half so far so fast‚ Japan is envied by capitalists elsewhere and looked upon as an example to emulate. Thirty years ago‚ its war-shattered economy was little more than one-third the size of Britain’s. Today the Japanese G.N.P. exceeds the combined total of Britain and France‚ and the gap is certain to widen in the years ahead. The Japanese variant of capitalism cannot be readily or precisely copied‚ except perhaps by a few Asian countries‚ because it is rooted in a homogeneous
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