Japanese mind and “aware” 1. Problemsand the meaning of “aware” In the textbook‚ “The Japanese Mind”‚ the author says‚ “ the Japanese sense of beauty is based on a concept known as mono no aware‚ a kind of aesthetic value that comes from feelings‚ while in Western art‚ people try to construct something of beauty with a logic of what is beautiful. The Japanese aesthetic is very subjective‚ and there are no absolute criteria as to what this should be. In the West‚ however‚ what is beautiful is beautiful
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Japanese Nationalism and its Impacts in East Asia Introduction Led by a new group of conservative leadership‚ Japan is undergoing a rise in nationalism fueled by complex mixture of causes spanning from internal politics‚ economy‚ perception of new threat from China‚ and external influence know in Japan as Gaiatsu. Meanwhile‚ East Asia is experiencing a dramatic shift in regional dominance from Japan to China. Due to the rapid growth in China’s economy‚ East Asian nations‚ having depended on Japan
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Graham Greene: The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen 1. Describe the characters. The young woman: She had thin blonde hair and how she spoke showed that she studied in one of the best school of London. Her fiancé: He was doomed and easy to control by others. The narrator (author): He was a reflective person who analyzed different situation from what people said and expressed physically. The Japanese gentlemen: They spoke their tongue; they were always with a smile in their faces and doing a lot of
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Interactions between North Americans and Japanese : Considerations of Communication Style The Summary Communication style has a very big impact on the dynamics of face-to-face encounters‚ that is‚ whether a conversation proceeds smoothly or by fits and starts‚ whether both continually interrupt each other or are both able to talk simultaneously without interrupting and whether their style of listening match. Differences in ethnic background coupled with those of communication style probably
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feminist analysis of Japanese women and anime in terms of the relationship of identity with fundamental feminists’ themes such as sexuality‚ power and resistance. As such‚ I will argue that there is indeed a transformation of identity through anime and cyberspace which can be viewed as a social apparatus to produce and reproduce identity of women in cyberspace; that female sexuality is a power depicted in mostly of Japanese anime is a form of recuperation of identity status Japanese women; and that cyberspace
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Comparison between Japanese and Malaysian culture Japan is an island nation in East Asia. The characters that make up Japan’s name mean "sun-origin"‚ which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is an archipelago of 6‚852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshū‚ Hokkaidō‚ Kyūshū and Shikoku‚ together accounting for 97 % of 378‚000km2 land area. Japan has four seasons climate which is spring‚ summer‚ autumn and winter. Japan has the world’s tenth-largest
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In WWII after the bombing of Pearl Harbor many Japanese Americans were put in internment camps‚ areas where they could be kept away from the general population. This was due to mass hysteria and the widespread belief that the Japanese Americans were still loyal to their home country. Whether or not it was right of the United States Government to do this has been a long debated topic. After all‚ the Japanese put in the camps had lived in America for most if not all of their lives. In a more general
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isolated them from Europe‚ however later they were forced to open the door by the U.S government. Instead of resisting‚ the Japanese began to follow other countries in the industry. Silk factories were part of their industry; they hired female women‚ especially young girls to work in their silk factories. The costs did not outweigh the benefits the female workers in Japanese silk factories during the early 1900’s because workers were working under harsh and inhuman conditions‚ with amount of hours
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Shichi-go-san (Japanese culture) Maybe you’ve already heard of it‚ but let me introduce this interesting and adorable celebration to you. November 15 is Shichi-go-san‚ a day of prayer for the healthy growth of young children. Shichi-go-san literally means seven‚ five‚ three; in most regions around the country‚ boys and girls aged three‚ boys aged five‚ and girls aged seven visit a Shinto shrine with their parents. At the Shinto shrine‚ there‚ they pray to Ujigami (氏神)‚ the Shinto guardian god
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"Japanese economic success is based on the ability to fuse the best of the west with the powerful traditions underlying Japanese life". The success of Japan in the world free market and its rapid ascension to the ranks of the worlds most powerful is subject to much debate. Having stagnated in isolation until the arrival of Commodore Perry in 1853 and suffering a massive blow to the economy following the loss of World War II‚ the success of the Japanese Economy is attributed to a number of factors
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