Patrick Long 6/4/13 HST 391 History within Japanese Literature Japanese literature spans over a large period of time for writing. Earlier literature work was greatly influenced by Chinese literature‚ but after opening its ports to Western trading‚ Japan eventually developed its own style and quality of literature. Like most literature around the world and through history‚ we can learn a lot about Japans history through its literature. The Heian‚ Kamakura‚ Muromachi‚ and Tokugawa periods are
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Japanese Target Costing: A Historical Perspective Patrick Feil‚ Keun-Hyo Yook‚ Il-Woon Kim INTRODUCTION Target costing originated in Japan in the 1960s‚ though it remained a secret for years. Since the 1980s‚ however‚ when target costing was widely recognized as a major factor for the superior competitive position of Japanese companies‚ extensive efforts have been made to convey target costing to Western companies. Many large companies in North America and Europe have tried to adopt target costing
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In the Japanese economy‚ it seems that there are many large industrial firms. However‚ the actual work of those firms is carried out by small and medium subcontractors. Therefore‚ if the contractors have any problems within the market‚ they can pass that to their subsidiaries. Subcontracting has always been important source of competitiveness and efficiency. gThe importance of subcontractors is especially great in industries where diverse parts‚ processing and a high level of technology are required
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characters in Japanese: hiragana‚ katakana‚ and kanji. All three characters can be seen in a single sentence. テレビを見ます Katakana Kanji Hiragana Hiragana and katakana‚ like the alphabet‚ represent sounds. As you can see in the above example‚ hiragana has a roundish shape and is used for conjugation endings‚ function words‚ and native Japanese words not covered by kanji. Katakana‚ which has rather straight fines‚ is normally used for writing loanwords and foreign names. For example‚ the Japanese word for
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Japanese Communication Styles Japanese Communication Styles Japanese communication patterns and styles can be confusing to Westerners. Americans are used to straight talk. Americans make great efforts to convey the exact intent of their message. Japanese interlocutors tend to use words as only part of the message they are trying to communicate. Other factors‚ such as silence‚ subtle body language‚ mood‚ tone‚ and intuition imply communication styles. I would like to explore the aspects
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The rather poor economic performance of Japan since the early 1990s provided inspiration to US and UK policy makers in how they addressed the 2007 financial crisis. How did US and UK policy makers respond to the 2007 financial crisis in a way that was different to the response in Japan? This part of the question would benefit from quantitative evidence. There are several similarities between the Japanese financial crisis of the 1990s and the global financial crisis that started in 2008. Countries
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the federal government was supporting the re-location of peaceful Japanese Canadians at home. During the Second World War‚ roughly 22‚000 Japanese Canadians were forcibly and unfairly evacuated from the west coast and resettled in other parts of the country. Their struggle continued after the war as they fought for an apology and redress for their loss. While war being declared on Japan was a main reason for evacuating Japanese Canadians from the British Columbia (BC) coast‚ there were underlying
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Japanese-Americans as a Minority Japanese-Americans are a minority group consisting of people with ethnic ties to the archipelago of Japan‚ in eastern Asia. According to Pew Research Center (2012)‚ there were approximately 1‚304‚286 Japanese-Americans living in the United States in 2011. With the overall trend of Asian-American populations rising (Pew Research Center‚ 2012)‚ this number has certainly gone up‚ especially due to‚ according to Toji (2003)‚ those with mixed ancestry. Japanese-Americans
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history of Japanese economy is for 17 years from 1920 to 1937. Japanese economy will be hit by three big depressions‚ reactionary depression (1920 depression)‚ ? financial crisis‚ and ? Showa Depression‚ after the war [ ? ]‚ and will experience long-term depression in this period. The one-eyed postwar reactionary depression which occurred for 1920 (Taisho 9) years is the depression which made the cause the economical gap of during the war and the postwar period. As for the Japanese economy of the
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the uniqueness of the Japanese society you should know that everyone involved in the negotiations must be aware of the Japanese culture and how to do business in Japan‚ as it is not a possibility to ignore the culture differences when doing business in Japan. This is why there should be at least basic training for people who are new to doing business in Japan. These trainings should include a few preparatory sessions with a consultant who has experience of doing business in Japan. Everyone should be
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