Factors Behind the Economic Success of Japan Economics
This assignment will assess the factors behind the economic success of Japan. These factors will be assessed through units of time throughout the Japanese history and how these factors of success have also contributed to the economic difficulties that Japan has faced over time. We will start with a brief introduction to Japan as a nation, its cultural practices to language and arts. We will then progress onto discuss the economic success and difficulties that Japan has faced over time
Japan is situated next to the East Coast of Asia; it is four main islands which are Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido. It is also surrounded by many a hundred little tiny islands. Over all Japan has mountain coverage of over 85 percent of its islands(HTAV, 1997)..
The Japanese have strong cultural beliefs and values ranging from the traditional cultural clothing such as the Kimono (which translated to English means something one wears) to the traditional Japanese cuisines. Today’s Japanese people enjoy a varied range of traditional foods such as miso soup, rice and seafood (Kennedy, 1963).
Japanese as a language is produced and written using three different types of combined scripts which are Kanji the Chinese characters, Katakana and Hiragana the two syllabic type scripts. The language uses calligraphy which is complicated; this is also true for many other East Asian Countries when concerning the writing text, but with the Japanese written text this is seen as a traditional art form and not just for transferring written information to one and another
Art plays a large part in Japanese culture, the most common type of art still in existence today is painting and painting has played a big part in Japanese culture for many a hundred years, they still use native traditional painting techniques today. These Japanese painting techniques are used in poems, stories or even just a single painted character.
The government of Japan is a constitutional monarchy which means the
Japan is situated next to the East Coast of Asia; it is four main islands which are Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido. It is also surrounded by many a hundred little tiny islands. Over all Japan has mountain coverage of over 85 percent of its islands(HTAV, 1997)..
The Japanese have strong cultural beliefs and values ranging from the traditional cultural clothing such as the Kimono (which translated to English means something one wears) to the traditional Japanese cuisines. Today’s Japanese people enjoy a varied range of traditional foods such as miso soup, rice and seafood (Kennedy, 1963).
Japanese as a language is produced and written using three different types of combined scripts which are Kanji the Chinese characters, Katakana and Hiragana the two syllabic type scripts. The language uses calligraphy which is complicated; this is also true for many other East Asian Countries when concerning the writing text, but with the Japanese written text this is seen as a traditional art form and not just for transferring written information to one and another
Art plays a large part in Japanese culture, the most common type of art still in existence today is painting and painting has played a big part in Japanese culture for many a hundred years, they still use native traditional painting techniques today. These Japanese painting techniques are used in poems, stories or even just a single painted character.
The government of Japan is a constitutional monarchy which means the