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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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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does not derive its existence for purposes of trade; rather it was formed due to political and military reasons in Japan. Originally known as Edo‚ Tokyo was founded in the twelfth century by a local lord named Edo Taro Shigenada. Tokyo was further established in the late sixteenth century by a military general or “shogun” named Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu became a military dictator of Japan after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. His initial action was to shift the civil‚ political and military power from
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in a variety of ways. Religion was the major part of their culture transforming despite the many other things such as poems‚ plays‚ and certain inventions. The two religions that had the most impact were Buddhism and Shinto. Today many citizens of Japan as well as around the world still practice them. Shinto‚ also known as kami-no-michi‚ is a Japanese ethnic religion which focuses on daily life and rituals. Shinto rituals are still carried out to remind the Japanese of their ancient past. No one
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The importance of Japanese language is spoken by over one-hundred forty million in Japan alone and is also a natural second language for people in Chinese and Korean speaking countries. Despite Japan’s growth being out shined by neighbor countries like China and India. Japan is still has the second largest economy in world following China. Japanese is part of the Altaic languages (which includes Turkish‚ Tungusic‚ Mongolian‚ and Korean) spoken in the early Transcaspian steppe country over four
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Amway Japan Limited Executive Summary In 1996 Amway Japan Limited (AJL) was the leader in direct selling market‚ and the most successful company within the entire Amway group. In the first half of 1997‚ AJL experienced a net sales decline of 11.6% and net income to 27.6% from the first half of the previous year. The Japanese economy and declining value of the Yen relative to the U.S. Dollar has decreased AJL’s sales volume and profit margin. The Japanese government
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between old rivals China and Japan over a territory dispute‚ where China claims Diao-Yu Island to be her territory‚ her island since Ming Dynasty which was about 600 years ago. Japan currently claims the Island Senkakus belongs to Japan. The tension is very delicate. Shinzo Abe’s decision to visit the war shrine during this territory dispute has sparked anger and bitterness. I’m Sunny Xu‚ a diplomatic liaison officer promoting better relations between China and Japan‚ I’m here today to report that
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