styles both traditional and modern. The word for music in Japanese is 音楽 (ongaku)‚ combining the kanji 音 ("on" sound) with the kanji 楽 ("gaku" music).[1] Japan is the second largest music market in the world‚ with a total retail value of 4‚096.7 million dollars[2] and most of the market is dominated by Japanese artists.[citation needed] Local music often appears at karaoke venues‚ which is on lease from the record labels. Traditional Japanese music is quite different from Western Music and is based
Premium
Tiffany Baldeo MWF 8:00-8:50am ENC1101 Informative Essay Puppy Mills‚ Be gone! Bulldogs on sale! Yorkie puppies available here! Have you ever wondered where all these cheap puppies for sale in pet stores come from? The answer is that they are produced in factory-like environments known as “puppy mills”. Puppy mills are large-scale dog breeding operations where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs. Puppy mills treat dogs like products‚ not living beings‚ and usually house them
Premium Dog Animal rights Dogs
Japanese calligraphy (書道 shodō?) is a form of calligraphy‚ or artistic writing‚ of the Japanese language. For a long time‚ the most esteemed calligrapher in Japan had been Wang Xizhi‚ a Chinese calligrapher in the 4th century but after the invention of Hiragana and Katakana‚ the Japanese unique syllabaries‚ the distinctive Japanese writing system developed and calligraphers produced styles intrinsic to Japan. Who practices Japanese calligraphy? In Japanese‚ calligraphy is called shodou‚ or “the
Premium Chinese character Chinese language Japan
beginning of this little mill bred puppy (USA Today‚ 2007). Experts estimate that puppy mills provide some 90% of total puppies available from pet stores (Lamb‚ Rachel‚ Prisoners for Profit‚ 1999). Puppy Mills breed the much desired pure bred dogs. Kim Thornton reminds the public that the breeders in these mills are in the puppy business for the money. If you ’re looking to get a new dog‚ recent headlines no doubt have warned you against buying an animal from illegal "puppy mills" run by unlicensed
Premium Dog Pets
What are major characteristics of traditional Japanese food‚ and how has it been influenced by geography and religion? Japanese cuisine has developed over the centuries as a result of many political and social changes throughout Japan. Japanese cuisine is known for its emphasis on seasonality of food‚ quality of ingredients and presentation. Japanese food is well known all over the world for its low fat and nutritional values. The Japanese food might appear bland and less spicy because they don’t
Premium Japanese cuisine Japan
8 Tips to learn to speak Japanese effectively Tip 1: Attend Japanese classes If you are just starting out learning Japanese‚ I suggest that it is best you attend some basic Japanese courses at a local language school in your country. That is because the foundation of the language is so important that if you screw up in the beginning‚ it will drag you down when you move forward to the intermediate or advanced classes. You will always have to refer back the materials in the basic classes. I have
Premium Japanese language Language school Language
TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ARTS Ceramics One of the country’s oldest art forms. In the Neolithic period‚ the earliest soft earthenware was made. Famous artist-potters Honami Koetsu‚ Ogata Kenzan‚ and Aoki Mokubei. Lacquer Ware is a broad category of fine and decorative arts. lacquer has been used in paintings‚ prints‚ and on a wide variety of objects from Buddha statues to bento boxes for food. Doll are known by the name ningyō (人形?) in Japan‚ which literally means human shape. Hinamatsuri
Premium 17th century Japan
………………………………………………………. 8 CHANGE ……………….……………………………………………………………….. 8 RESTRUCTURING ………………………..…………………………………………… 8 5. RECOMMENDATIONS/OUTCOMES…….………………………………….. 9 6. REFERENCES………………………………………………………………….. 11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Upon review of Alpha Mills it was identified that the appointment of new leadership failed to address key issues prior to implementing multi-dimensional change (structural‚ technological‚ and culture) including: Communication: Prior to any change it is imperative to effectively
Premium Management Leadership Organizational studies
JAPANESE OCCUPATION & the SECOND REPUBLIC JAPANESE MILITARY ADMINISTRATION 1. Japanese Military Administration established on Jan. 03‚ 1942 by the Japanese High Command. a. First Director-General – Maj. Gen Yoshihide Hayashi; succeeded by Maj. Gen. Takazi Wachi. 2. Military rule by the Japanese conquerors. a. All government officials and employees were ordered to returned to their post. b. Military proclamation declared that for one Japanese killed by the population ten prominent Filipino
Free Philippines
Mills’ (2011) Futures of Reproduction:Bioethics and Biopolitics and Mol’s (2008) The Logic of Care: Health and the Problem of Patient Choice both argued ethics. In Mills’ book she approached to ethics was from more of a technological stand point. Mills discussed in details how preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) influences medical decisions. However‚ Mol approached ethics from a patient standpoint. Mol discussed how the logic of care begins with the collectives with patients (p. 58). Mol believes
Premium