The Japanese culture has allowed for very little diversity. This started very early in their history. The social controls used to eliminate diversity are the family‚ the power of gender‚ the poor treatment of minority groups‚ the corporate Japanese mentality‚ and the respect required by the people in authority. However‚ due to the globalization and the shrinking of the world‚ Japanese society is starting to make the change to diversity. The individualistic mentality shared by the new technology
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Hanley depicts Tokugawa Japan in a way to where the average human being can relate or understand of how life was back then the pre-modern Japan. The question she is determining to find the answer to is how the Japanese living predicaments before industrialization period. She wants to know all aspects of their live and how they were carried out daily. This book covers a wide array of factor such as finances all the way to resources. Hanley states that commonly Pre-modern Japan was that of the poor with
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the early 17th century Japan shut itself from most contact with other nations. Under the rule of the Tokugawa shoguns the Japanese society was very reserved and was in very tight order. The shoguns gave out land to the lords and daimyo. The peasant worked for and lived under the protection of their daimyo. The daimyo had a small army of samurais. The rigid system was to keep the country free of civil war and to keep peace for Japan. This lasted for about two centuries. Japan during those two centuries
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Between China and Japan The reason why I choose the country between China and Japan for my comparison is. China and Japan located in the same continent both of them produce many export goods. But China’s export is mainly in workforce and Japan’s export is mainly their goods that they invented themselves‚ such as Cars and electric. China and Japan is located in Asia. China is the most populous country in the world with number of people crossing 1.298 billion in 2004 and Japan have 27.7 billion
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Japan today has a distinct culture known around the world. However‚ at one point in the ancient past‚ its culture was deeply influenced by China and especially Korea. Korean influences in particular helped the early Japanese rulers begin to develop institutions and a central government. However‚ over time‚ japan began to develop its own distinct institutions and culture‚ reaching a flowering during the Heian era. Early Japan developed under the strong influence of Korea and to some extent China.
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many urban Hong Kong residents‚ most young people and shop and service personnel understand and speak it to some degree. Other Chinese dialects. such as Mandarin (Putonghua)‚ Shanghainese‚ and Chiu-Chow can be heard as well. Hong Kong Society & Culture Confucianism / Hierarchy / Family Values .The teachings of Confucius describe the position of the individual in Hong Kong Chinese society. .Confucianism is a system of behaviours and ethics that stress the obligations of people towards one another
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surrender‚ Japan was a major player in World War II. They won dramatic victories across South East Asia and the South Pacific as well as Eastern India and Indonesia. The discipline and skill of their military made them a valuable asset to the axis powers. For centuries the emperor of Japan had been a major figurehead both spiritually and culturally and in the WW2 years he was still very important to most Japanese. Thought to be the descendant of a god and to hold the divine right to rule Japan‚ the
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Goff Dunnavant Per. 4 APWH 3-8-12 Japan / china response towards western penetration Although China and japan are similar when it comes to cultural independence‚ japan however‚ was interested in technological advancements influenced by the westerners causing interaction‚ while china stayed isolated causing a power shift‚ meaning Europeans were able to gain power and control over most of Asia and Africa during the nineteenth century. For 250 years‚ japan stayed isolated and independent without
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International Crime and Transnational Crime Danielle Poindexter Dave Sanchez CRJ: Comparative Criminal Justice April 13‚ 2013 Based on the Article General Assembly of the United Nations‚ drug trafficking refers to illegal drugs sold and distributed. This happens in the United States as well as in other countries; the main concern with transnational drug trafficking for the United States is illegal drugs being transported. In from other countries the states the sales of them
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By the seventh century‚ the Greeks’ medical writings might have vanished Luckily‚ Islamic scholars decided that these writings were worth preserving Ninth-century caliphs of Baghdad established a center where Greek scientific manuscripts were translated into Arabic. Simply keeping these manuscripts in use and making copies available would have been a remarkable achievement for the medieval Islamic world. But Arab scholars were not content just to study information that had already been discovered
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