... in Tokugawa period. Tokugawa Japan abapted Confucianism belief system from there neighbors China. This became important because "one of the distinctive traits of Confucianism was reverence for education and learning" (Smith, Page 5). This spread of education was dramatic. Not Only did the knowledge seep the upper class (such as the samurai and merchants) but in order to expand business it ... new industries began to develop. For example "the development of iron and steel was accompanied by the manufacture of domestic appliances and early development of the Japanese automobile industry" (...

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... requires some remarks. Uchidate sympathizes with foreign rikishi and argues that instead of exhibiting xenophobia, Japanese should realize the "tremendous value in the cultural differences [foreign rikishi] display" (39). Angered by a comment that sumo internationalization would become real only when the national anthem of the winning rikishi is performed at Grand Tournaments, Uchidate calls for "fundamental internationalization" ... grow fond of foreign cultures through non-Japanese rikishi," yet not necessarily change anything other than attitudes, having "those [foreign] wrestlers [ge...

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... , and employed 13 percent of labor force. Services: Services, including construction, trade, transportation and communications, and other services, accounted for 53.3 percent of GDP in FY 1993 and employed 39 percent of labor force. About 7 percent of civilian work force employed in construction, 13 percent in trade, 5 percent in transportation, and 14 percent in other services. Energy: Firewood, ... , and employed 13 percent of labor force. Services: Services, including construction, trade, transportation and communications, and other services, accounted for 53.3 percent of GDP in FY 19...

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... and around the Senkakus. Therefore, the probability of an international incident grows each day due to the vast amount of military equipment and the increasing nationalism associated with the islands (Smith, 2013). If a crisis were to occur, even accidentally, it could trigger violence between Japan and China, further damaging the Sino-Japanese relationship and their relationship with the United ... to idle. First, the possibility of an intentional or accidental attack due to the increased military presence around the islands could start a violent chain reaction between Japan and China ...

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... China now. Even so, most of them are not really competing in BMW's segment. Those that are, are those manufacturers mentioned in the section above. Other potential competitors such as Jaguar and Lexus etc. are at present exporting to China with significantly higher prices due to the present tariff and quota. Based on the information above it can therefore be concluded ... ...

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... . Meanwhile, there is a significant amount of demand from Far East to high and heavy vehicles such as trucks, agricultural machinery, construction machinery and car brands such as Mercedes, BMW and Jaguar [Seatrade, 1998]. The car and vehicle carrier market as stated is mainly operating in between the Far East and USA and Far East and Europe. It heads back to 1963 ... ...

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... costs. Companies can now profit on production runs of fewer than 20,000, as opposed to the old threshold of 100,000. This spring, Ford acquired Volvo, that already owns Jaguar and a controlling interest an Japan's Mazda. So the design chief is picking his way through them and hiring talent from Japan and Germany. His mission at the moment is to ... ...

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... with a strictly defined hierarchy. Where Europe had moved on from Feudalism to Mercantilism, the system of Feudalism remained in Japan, as said by Patrick Smith. The Tokugawa ruled for two and a half centuries, until 1868. Theirs was the most extreme form of feudalism Japan had ever known. The Japanese ... grotesque, utterly static. It became more imaginary as the Edo centuries wore on, so requiring ever-greater bureaucratic will to enforce it (Smith 52). This restriction of class mobility will also contribute to the need for theater and the emergence of such playwrights such as Chikama...

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... . In this respect I would like to make a little remark which is useful when looking for an organizing principle. Semiotics is a field that searches for mechanisms in culture. The French semiotic Roland Barthes pointed out that the mechanism of Japanese culture exists of an empty center which absorbs things and give them their appropriate places. Empty center means as much that the ... ...

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... , or MIDI standard. Several prominent Japanese musical instrument companies became involved in engineering the final version. It was a truly international cooperative venture. Finally, in 1983, Sequential Circuits from the U.S. and Roland from Japan introduced the first keyboards with MIDI, soon followed by virtually every other synthesizer company in the world (Hampton)." Midi soon became an integral part of all electronic music ... ...

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... only in their dreams...a nation devastated by war, a nation in which...they felt themselves aliens...they had returned to discover that against any conscious intention...they had become "American""(Smith, 444). Japanese-Americans found themselves stranded in a body whose appearance denied them the chance to belong in America and whose mind (skewed ideas of democracy) denied them the chance ... a human being? Why are we being treated this way?"" (Okihiro, 244). Another evacuee wrote that "The most devastating effect upon a human soul is not hatred, but being considered not human" (Smith, ...

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... weakness of a nation's productivity base. This truthfully explains the Japanese and East Asian mentality. The idea of the invisible hand is one ideology brought on by the deceased capitalist Adam Smith. He stated that there should be no government intervention in the economy. The producers of Japan Produce goods for the people who buy certain products that appeals to them. Adam ... Smith said that the producers would have to adapt to consumer needs since the consumer will only purchase what they want to. Therefore, the economy will take care of itself through ... guidance from the cons...

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... , is still widely maintained (184). Although the number of people against the idea that "Men should work outside, and women should housekeep" is increasing, 46.2% of men and 39.8% of women are still for the idea. Surprisingly, despite the fact that Japan is such a rich country, the ratio of people affirmative to the division of labor by gender role ... continue working after marriage. What do Japanese people think about women and work? According to Nikkei Newspaper, it turned out that one out of three women between age 15 and 39 want to be housewife after getting married, whereas one out...

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... to community and consciousness. In the wake of the disaster, the people of Tohoku were "repeatedly (and by all accounts deservedly) applauded for their selflessness and resolve" (Samuels, 39). Instead of looting and stealing, these people worked together and supported one another, doing whatever they could to help others in their communities. People's lives were put on hold to ... share in the suffering together. Samuels mentions in his book that the editors of Nihon Keizai Shimbun stated that these actions would result in "an entire national regeneration" (39). Indeed, the solidarity t...

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... trend resides within their low fertility rate, which compares the number of births per one thousand women between the ages of fifteen and forty-four. Today, Japan's fertility rate is 1.39, one of the lowest in the world, whereas the United States has a fertility rate of 2.03. Since contraception and abortion became available in 1960, the fertility of older Japanese women ... need to keep elderly workers in the labor force. Already, Japan has a high degree of elderly participation within the work force, noticeable in the fact that 71.4% of men and 39.2% of women between the ages of sixty...

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... and Thailand, you can see that Thailand has a pyramid shape and Japan a rocket. This means Japan's population is consists of less older and younger people and most of the 30-39 age group. Thailand on the other hand has progressively more people in age brackets as age decreases. The under 10 years of age group has the great population percentage. 2.5 Standard ... first year of their life. Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world, with Men (77 years) and women (84 years). Japan's Gross National Product per capita is US$39,640. In Thailand the Infant Mortality Rate is a lot bigge...

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... the Americans knew about. Tests conducted by the Manhattan Engineer District showed the effects of the atomic bomb when detonated on a target. Tests were done on a site 29 kilometers by 39 kilometer bombing range in the New Mexican desert. A small bomb was detonated on a 100 feet tall tower. The tower was blown to pieces; the detonation left an impression that was ... Japanese lives, mostly women and children. In Hiroshima, 66 thousand people were killed, and 69 thousand were injured, totally casualties were approximately a half of the population of Hiroshima. In Nagasaki, 39 thousand p...

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... . August 9, 1945 was when another atomic bomb, "Fat Man", was dropped on Nagasaki because Japan failed to surrender after the first atomic bomb and it was estimated that 39,000 civilians were killed (Lewis 11). The war was going to end anyway, but the amount of deaths was high from the use of the atomic bombs. Almost 150,000 ... ...

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... 129,000 people their deaths and is the only use for nuclear weapons for war in history. 90,000-166,000 people were killed by the bombings in Hiroshima and 39,000-80,000 people were killed in Nagasaki. 20 of them were American,Dutch or British prisoners of war. Planning for the bombings occurred early as May 8th,1945 for ... ...

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... human civilization." Einstein also commented that had he known then, that his discovery of the nuclear theories would lead to this, he would have become a locksmith instead (Lawton, pg 39). President Truman was silent for nearly 20 years regarding the topic of the nuclear bombs. When he finally spoke, onFebruary 1965, he said: "It was a question of saving hundreds ... ...

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... games themselves are created in Japan and are used by many Japanese people. If video violence is to blame, why do the statistics differ? Last year in Japan there were 39 people killed with guns, compared to America there was nearly 12,000 slain (Bowling for Columbine, 2002). Michael Moore exploits how adolescent violence is directly associated with violence in general ... ...

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... , cooks and sales person...."(114/ Japan...) . "In both the U.S. and Japan average age woman was the first to be in the work place..""...females between the ages of 12 and 39 must register fora possible labor draft...."(114)." "...thirteen years were working in factory the produce part for war vehicles and weapons that some time in danger these young woman lives ... ...

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... , or "way of the horse and bow." Bushido was not written down until the late seventeenth century. Before that, it was the unwritten ideals of honor, duty, and responsibility (Miller, 39). The most important duty was loyalty to one's lord. Samurai were expected to give their lives at any moment for them. With this ideal in mind, the samurai was also ... ...

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... games themselves are created in Japan and are used by many Japanese people. If video violence is to blame, why do the statistics differ? Last year in Japan there were 39 people killed with guns, compared to America there was nearly 12,000 slain (Bowling for Columbine, 2002). Michael Moore exploits how adolescent violence is directly associated with violence in general ... ...

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... generated by the bomb was larger than that of Little Boy, but damage done by it was lighter because of the geographical structure of the city. In one split second 39,00 people were killed and over 25,000 were injured. In that second Nagasaki's population went from 422,000 to 383,000 people. Around 40 percent of Nagasaki was destroyed ... ...

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