The art of Japanese gardens dates back to at least 592 AD‚ during the reign of Empress Suiko. There is documented evidence that suggests the art had actually been progressing long before then‚ because these early gardens were very well-developed. Early gardens contained artificial hills‚ ornamental pools‚ and many other features of Japanese gardens today. The first major development in the history of Japanese gardens came in the Nara period (646-794 AD)‚ when trade with China began in earnest
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Useful Japanese phrases A collection of useful phrases in Japanese. Click on the English phrases to see them in many other languages. Key to abbreviations: frm = formal‚ inf = informal‚ f = said by women‚ >f = said to women English 日本語 (Japanese) Welcome ようこそ (yōkoso) Hello 今日は (konnichiwa) おっす (ossu) - used between close male friends もしもし (moshi moshi) - on phone How are you? I’m fine‚ thanks. And you? お元気ですか？ (o genki desu ka) はい、元気です。あなたは？ (hai‚ genki desu. anata wa?) お蔭様で元気です
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Roosevelt: I am writing this letter to inform you of the need to release the Japanese Americans from the internment camps that you have put them in. You have deprived many young children to grow up in a normal community. When you issued all people who were a possible threat to the war effort to be excluded from the western states‚ you forced the Japanese Americans to be put in internment camps. Many of these Japanese Americans are citizens that were born in the United States of America. Most of
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Company: Starbucks Coffee BACKGROUND Starbucks Corporation is the largest coffee company in the world‚ with over 17‚000 stores located around the globe. Headquarters are located in Seattle‚ Washington‚ United States. Starbucks offer beverages- mainly coffee and tea‚ food- salads‚ snacks‚ sandwiches to customers. The company also markets books‚ music‚ and film. DEMAND OF STARBUCKS Is the demand for Starbucks elastic or inelastic? Starbucks mainly sells coffee‚ and coffee is an inelastic
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influenced by my cultural background. My nescient views were caused by a heated dispute between me and my parents. My experience growing up is and will be significantly altered by this moment in my life 2 years ago. My cultural background has an impact on my life growing up‚ as well as how I felt at the time and the significance of the event. The event was intense as it had me feeling very jaundiced‚ and it was detrimental to my state of mind at the time. I really didn’t care about it at first. I just
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Japanese Foreign Policy - Japanese foreign policy 1937-41 Between 1937-1941 Japan had adopted an expansionist foreign policy which was seen as a threat to the US possessions in the pacific. Japans policy was aggressive and seeked expansion at any cost. “Japan would not adopt an aggressive‚ expansionist foreign policy.” P Kiem In 1937 Japan invaded China. - Advance down the coast of Shanghai in August‚ which to America is an attack on their sphere of influence. (Open Door Policy)
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Lin Yadanar-Reg. 1701 Mr. Lamarre- 9/24/2013 3.3 Investigation and analysis of family history (Plan Ahead) There were many different things about my family history because my parents both came from a different family background. The one thing my grandparents have in common is that they are Chinese. One different thing is that they are born in separate places. My grandparents on my father’s side were born in China then came to Burma‚ while my grandparents on my mother’s side were
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The study of Japanese literature is usually divided into classical Japanese literature and modern Japanese literature. Line of demarcation is 1868‚ the date of the Meiji Restoration. Pre-Meiji Japan Tokugawa Period (1600-1868) = Period of Great Peace = Maintenance of the status quo = Domains and Daimyō frozen in status 1. Official ideology -- Neo-Confucianism Before Tokugawa period‚ Confucianism played subordinate role in Japanese thought. Confucianism remained a secular moral and political
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the collect taxes from the tax payer. As an intern’s I gained so much ideas especially in the tax field because I’m taking up financial management and accounting this is very relevant on my program. The company has a great training background and learning background as well because I learned slightly how to compute the taxes. This is a great opportunity for me to be one of their OJT’s. 2. Weak points and suggested solutions As an intern my concerned is‚ they won’t allow their OJT’s to handle
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Most of the Japanese POW camps involved doing hard labor for war profit. The prisoners were put to work in mostly mines‚ fields‚ shipyards‚ and factories with only the energy they got from only 600 calories or less a day. Some of the camps were located at mine sites
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