... chemicals, ores and metals, and agricultural raw materials accounted for 7.6 percent. Japan along with South Korea, India, Taiwan and so on is the one of the main buyers of Australian cotton. 2.1.4 Foreign exchange/currency; payment methods accepted Japan's basic unit of currency is the yen. As of August 7th 2003, one yen was equal to AUD $0.012746. The Tokyo ... to productivity improvement of this heavy investment in modern industrial processes and infrastructure. 2.2 Culture and Customs of Japan 2.2.1 Customs affecting business relations and decision-making processes Japanese cultural ...

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... . Introduction United States law has used the doctrine of "discovery" to justify the takeover of Indian people and territory. In the same way Australian law has used the concept of "terra nullius," the legal myth that Australia had no previous owners. Today it is easy to see that ... could be established. Indian-Colonial Relations There are many myths about this early period. The reality was not peaceful negotiations leading to treaties. The history was much more brutal, with extensive warfare and the extermination of whole tribes. Treaties were often signed after warfare, when terms coul...

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... made up only 55 percent of the 856 students killed during their training: another 291 of them belonged to the RAF, 65 to the Royal Australian Air Force, and 31 to the Royal New Zealand Air Force. If these proportions were applied to all of the fatal casualties at non-operational ... forth the claim that some 3,000 Allied and Canadian airmen died in Canada during the Second World War. THE MOST COSTLY AIR BATTLE IN CANADIAN HISTORY It is easy to forget certain things about the war. When we consider Canada's participation in the Second World War, we understandably think about the ... the f...

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... with section 91 also created our famously irrelevant Senate, or the "chamber of sober thought,"" designed to counterbalance the effects of democracy in Canada (Simpson, 18). Whereas the American and Australian Senates hold real power that the leaders must compromise and cooperate with, the Canadian Senate serves as little more than an appointed rubber stamp for government policy. The only Senate ... in Canada) is assumed to have a strong opposition that is capable of taking over government if given the chance in an election. It seems Canada's opposition parties haven't learned from hist...

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