Vietnam – Japan Relations The economy of Vietnam Vietnam – a country locates in South East Asia which has the area of 329‚560 sq km. With the history spans over 4000 years‚ Vietnam’s identity has been shaped by long-running conflicts with foreign forces. The Socialist People’s Republic of Vietnam was founded in 1954 and unified in 1976 after the Vietnam War. Since 1986‚ Vietnam has embarked on the course of “Đổi mới” (Renovation Policy) – the comprehensive economic renovation which aims to eliminate
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TSUNAMI IN JAPAN Japan was hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 11‚ 2011‚ that triggered a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country’s north. The giant waves deluged cities and rural areas alike‚ sweeping away cars‚ homes‚ buildings‚ a train‚ and boats‚ leaving a path of death and devastation in its wake. Video footage showed cars racing away from surging waves. The earthquake—the largest in Japan’s history—struck about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued warnings
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R. N. L. Laresma ESSAY Japan‚ a country that shows us even through hard times‚ even a great war‚ could rise up from the ashes and be one of greatest countries in the world. They have shown us their intellectual knowledge about advancement in technology‚ technology that we today‚ use throughout our daily lives. Their culture has shaped the minds of people from all over the world‚ sharing their skills and creativity through means of modern day mediums. This‚ and other unique attributes of
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Chapter 8: Power and Persuasion Part I - Improving the outcome through “Power” I. Overview What distinguishes successful negotiators from the rest is the consistent building of a strong power base. Power‚ in the context of negotiation‚ is defined as ‘the ability to induce the other party to settle less than it wanted’. Power is not an absolute commodity. What makes you powerful in some situations may be quite irrelevant in others. In this chapter‚ we will discuss how to leverage
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[pic] Japan Geography Japan is about the same size as California. Japan is made up of many islands. The four largest islands in Japan are Honshu‚ Hokkaido‚ Kyushu‚ and Shikoku. Japan forms an arc in the Pacific Ocean. Japans total area is about 378‚000 square kilometers. About 75% of Japans land is mountains. Japans highest mountain is Mount Fuji at 3776 meters. Japan has several volcanic regions and 80 volcanoes are considered active. Mount Fuji hasn’t erupted since 1707 and is considered capable
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Religion in Japan In Japan today‚ religion is freely practiced and‚ at least in small numbers‚ a multitude of religions are present. The religious beliefs of Japan’s populace breakdown to 91% Shinto‚ 72% Buddhist‚ and 13% other (less than 1% is Christian). Although in the West religious faiths are viewed as mutually exclusive‚ in Japan it is common for a person to adopt beliefs from more than one theology. The majority of the population therefore is both Buddhist and Shinto. Both of these faiths
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A comparison of the war crime trials following World War II in Germany & Japan The war crime trials that took place all over the world‚ after World War II‚ were the first of their kind‚ and were meant to change the justice system in terms of international law during war time. The tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo were the most well known‚ trying 52 Japanese and German leaders between them. While similar in purpose and end result‚ the structure and organization were very different. The crimes that
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The Globalization of Starbucks Thirty years ago‚ Starbucks was a single store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market selling premium-roasted coffee. Today it is a global roaster and retailer of coffee with some 17‚000 stores‚ 40% of which are in 50 countries outside the United States. Starbucks set out on its current course in the 1980s when the company’s director of marketing‚ Howard Schultz‚ came back from a trip to Italy enchanted with the Italian coffeehouse experience. Schultz‚ who later became
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Globalization can be conceived as a process (or set of processes) which embodies a transformation in the spatial organization of social relations and transactions‚ expressed in transcontinental or interregional flows and networks of activity‚ interaction and power (see Held and McGrew‚ et al‚ 1999). It is characterized by four types of change. First‚ it involves a stretching of social‚ political and economic activities across frontiers‚ regions and continents. Second‚ it is marked by the intensification
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Title: Globalization and ICT Name: School Affiliation: Date: Introduction In the modern world‚ the place of Information Communication and Technology is of great importance. ICT is an integrated system of communication and technology. ICT allows for the handling of information and brings together the various forms of communication. ICT encompasses a number of technologies that include capturing technologies processing technologies‚ communication technologies and display technologies (Hamelink
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