APPLE 02/12/2014 13:25:24 Page 1 APPLE iPHONE IN JAPAN: WIRE-LESS‚ CULTURE-FULL* r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r INTRODUCTION It was the evening of January 15‚ 2009. Eric Miller‚ Apple Inc.’s Senior Vice President Worldwide Product Marketing is standing‚ waiting for the train on a subway station platform. Eric was sent to Japan by Apple CEO Steve Jobs to oversee the launch of the eagerly awaited iPhone 3GS‚ a newer‚ more powerful iteration of Apple’s revolutionary
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This paper explores the strategy and decisions that had to be made when a man named Toshifumi Suzuki‚ decided to try to bring the Seven Eleven convenience store concept to Japan‚ having to convince possible shareholders of the franchise in Japan (in this case the father of Tochifumi Suzuki) to take part in the endeavour. 2. Background 2.1. Seven Eleven USA The Seven Eleven convenience store company was founded in 1927 in Dallas‚ USA‚ by the Southland Corporation. It had been very successful
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The totalitarianism traits of ideology‚ control of information and persecution led to the Rape of Nanking which was another atrocity committed by Japan. Ideology is making goals that will benefit the government or state. Control of information is censorship to make citizens think positively about the government or state. Furthermore‚ persecution is the belief of wrongdoing of the enemies of different ethnic‚ religious or political groups. An example of ideology used by the Japanese government
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Kunal Pathade 11/10/13 10-6 WHAP Hebrew Essay: Continuity and Cultural Diffusion The Jews lived to preserve their culture; that essentially represented the fundamental goal of life to the Jews. The Jews observed the decadence of the Sumerians as a cause of cultural diffusion‚ and wanted to make sure that same thing would not happen to them. Eventually‚ the Jews did become vulnerable to cultural diffusion around the 4th century CE when the Greek-Macedonians from the West came; the great and
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Culture guide to Japan Japan is located in the continent of Asia. Japan is the English name for the country where Japanese uses the word “Nippon” to address their country in their native language. The capital of japan is Tokyo where it used to be called “Edo”‚ Tokyo is a very modern city‚ it is very busy everyday and it is extremely crowded. Japan is a very special country with its unique cultural which has attracted many people from all around the world. Living with a Japanese may be hard for
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Doing business in Japan. Konnichiwa! Today I’m going to cover a very interesting topic – Doing business in Japan. At first let me introduce myself – I am Linda-san. And it would be a great pleasure to present this mini-guide of doing business in this unique country. So let’s start. Japan’s cultural identity is as strong as that of any nation in the world. Her closed door policy‚ which existed from the early 1600s to the middle of the nineteenth century‚ created an isolated society. Much of the
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a report of the csis japan chair The U.S.-Japan Alliance anchoring stability in asia Authors Richard L. Armitage Joseph S. Nye August 2012 our future CHARTING Blank a report of the csis japan chair The U.S.-Japan Alliance anchoring stability in asia Authors Richard L. Armitage Joseph S. Nye August 2012 our future CHARTING About CSIS—50th Anniversary Year For 50 years‚ the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has developed practical solutions
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POLICE SYSTEM IN JAPAN In Japan‚ police system generally enjoy wide community support and respect. The system‚ so called keisatsu seido consists of approximately 220‚000 police officers who are organized into prefectural forces coordinated and partially controlled by the National Police Agency in Tokyo. Concerning the historical development‚ during the Edo period - we are talking about the years 1600 - 1868 here‚ the Tokugawa Shogunate ( the form of those days governing the country ) developed elaborate
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With an adult literacy rate exceeding 99 percent‚ Japan ranks among the top nations in the world in educational attainment. Schooling generally begins before grade one in preschool and is free and compulsory for elementary and junior high school (grades 1 through 9). More than 99 percent of elementary school-aged children attend school. Most students who finish junior high school continue on to senior high school (grades 10 through 12) about 95precent. Approximately one-third of senior high school
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water‚ causing a tsunami. Tsunamis are barely felt as a ripple on the ocean’s surface‚ but as the waves reach land‚ they increase in size as the water becomes shallower. Japan earthquake and tsunami At 2:46pm Japanese time‚ on March 11th 2011‚ an earthquake with the magnitude of 9.0 took place 100km of the coast of Japan‚ and was the 5th most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
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