Yaoguang Yang Julie Anderson-Manrique English 101:Essay 1:Cause and Effect Essay. 9‚Oct.2011 Outline I .Introduction: A. Hook: Japan was hit by the most powerful earthquake in recorded history on March 11‚ 2011. B. The center of the nine-magnitude earthquake was near the east coast of Japan‚ C. Thesis statement: The Earthquake in Japan‚ besides being a disaster‚ also caused other disasters‚ such as a tsunami and nuclear leaks. II. Body: A. Earthquake B. Tsunami
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than any other nation in the world‚ Japan is shaped by its geography to a tremendous extent. Technically classified as an archipelago‚ Japan is a curved chain of four islands (Hokkaido‚ Honshu‚ Shikoku‚ and Kyushu‚ plus over a thousand smaller islands). However‚ it is first and foremost an island nation‚ a fact which isolated Japan from the rest of the world. The second largest influence in Japanese geography is the size of the nation. The total area of Japan proper is a little under 143 thousand
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China may surpass Japan to become the world’s biggest consumer of luxury goods by 2015‚ Commerce Minister Chen Deming said in Beijing today. Domestic consumption of high-end consumer goods gained 23 percent last year‚ Chen said at a press conference. The ranks of the wealthy in China‚ which last year surpassed Japan as the world’s second-biggest economy‚ are swelling as the nation experienced the fastest expansion of any major economy. That’s driving demand for products from companies including
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The economy of Japan is the third largest in the world by nominal GDP‚[11][12] the fourth largest by purchasing power parity [13] and is the world’s second largest developed economy.[14] According to the International Monetary Fund‚ the country’s per capita GDP (PPP) was at $36‚899 or the 22nd highest in 2013.[15] Japan is a member of Group of Eight. The Japanese economy is forecasted by the Quarterly Tankan survey of business sentiment conducted by the Bank of Japan.[16] Japan is the world’s
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Vietnam – Japan Relations The economy of Vietnam Vietnam – a country locates in South East Asia which has the area of 329‚560 sq km. With the history spans over 4000 years‚ Vietnam’s identity has been shaped by long-running conflicts with foreign forces. The Socialist People’s Republic of Vietnam was founded in 1954 and unified in 1976 after the Vietnam War. Since 1986‚ Vietnam has embarked on the course of “Đổi mới” (Renovation Policy) – the comprehensive economic renovation which aims to eliminate
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Starbucks in Japan 00Case Study – Starbucks in Japan 2775585164592000 Executive Summary Thirty years ago‚ Starbucks was a single store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market selling premium-roasted coffee. Today it is a global roaster and retailer of coffee with some 17‚000 stores‚ 40% of which are in 50 countries outside the United States. In 1995‚ with 700 stores across the US‚ Starbucks began exploring foreign opportunities. The first target market was Japan. The potential for coffee sales in Japan is significant
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goddess Amatersau‚ however‚ established the emperor as the ultimate source of political authority and surrounded the imperial throne with thicket of taboos that protected it from usurpation. Tokugawa and his politicians created some policies to keep japan from rebelling and try to control over the society. They divided the feudal lords into three categories: Fudai‚ Shimpan and Tozama daimyos. The fudai daimyo‚ descended from members of the original tokugawa vassal band or men who had been made daimyo
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subsidiary to global business management. In the context of these changes introduced by Durk Jager‚ P&G’s new CEO‚ Paolo de Cesare is transferred to Japan‚ where he takes over the recently turned-around beauty care business. Within the familiar Max Factor portfolio he inherits is SK-II‚ a fast-growing‚ highly profitable skin care product developed in Japan. Priced at over $100 a bottle‚ this is not a typical P&G product‚ but its successful introduction in Taiwan and Hong Kong has de Cesare thinking
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Postwar period See also: Japanese post-war economic miracle The war wiped out many of the gains Japan had made since 1868. About 40% of the nation’s industrial plants and infrastructure were destroyed‚ and production reverted to levels of about fifteen years earlier. The people were shocked by the devastation and swung into action. New factories were equipped with the best modern machines‚ giving Japan an initial competitive advantage over the victor states‚ who now had older factories. As Japan’s
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British Imperial Policy of the 13 North American Colonies in the 17th and 18th Centuries John Liu Between the years of 1607 and 1763‚ Great Britain sent over many of its people to the new world‚ establishing the thirteen colonies. To keep these colonies in line and exploit the advantages that they gave to Britain‚ many imperial policies passed. Several aspects from the policies stand out as particularly important‚ such as the hierarchical order‚ virtual representation‚ and sudden changes in salutary
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