(1994a: 175) The core of Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) is the level of uncertainty or ambiguity within a certain society. Japan ranks high when it comes to uncertainty avoidance‚ with a score of 92. It is natural human instinct to avoid situations in which we feel uncomfortable. Japanese schools are the place where all the uncertainty avoidance starts for youngsters in Japan. The elemantary level and lower secondary level are compulsory in the Japanese Education. From early age‚ their parents have
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about Japanese business practice. The tomato market in US has not been exceeding its goals because it was not enough to absorb increasing imports. To enter the Japanese market was one of the potential bright spots for the Supreme Canning Company. Japan has been decreasing their trade barriers and attempting to encourage imports. Since the US firm did not have well-known brand name/image of it own like the Japanese firm‚ which was much larger and handled a large number of products with great success
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later adopted the name “Omron” in 1959 for easier pronunciation in foreign languages. Omron was known for multiple engineering firsts. Omron spent huge amount worth 4 times its capital on building an R&D laboratory in 1960. Omron was the western Japan competitor to eastern Japan’s Sony. Omron introduced various new and innovative products in the market. Some of them were vending machines capable of dispensing various items‚ ATM machines‚ and health devices like stress meter‚ automated traffic signal
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Japanese auto industry one of the most export-reliant manufacturing sectors in the world. However‚ with the onset of Endaka in 1985‚ the so-called yen appreciation compared to the dollar‚ the situation started to become problematic for Japan’s economy. While‚ before endaka‚ the dollar had traded at 240 RMB‚ it was worth only 150 RMB in 1986. Many large companies started suffering big exchange losses from 1985‚ and small and medium-sized exporters started losing ground abroad. In particular‚ Japanese
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Introduction Tōkōkyohi (登校拒否) has become an increasingly prominent issue in Japan since the 1980s. Official figures showed that there were 84‚026‚ or 1.9% of Japanese middle school students suffering from tōkōkyohi in 1997 . However‚ tōkōkyohi‚ which is classified as form of “school non-attendance”‚ does not appear to be a problem that is unique to Japan. A similar form of “school non-attendance” affects less than 1% of the student population in Britain‚ which has the situation under control
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CANDIDATES This insert contains the passage for Paper 2. This question paper consists of 3 printed pages‚ including this page. Hannah Beech discusses the challenges facing youth in contemporary Japan. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 As Japan has floundered for two decades since its economic bubble burst — a post-industrial‚ high-tech society that had resigned itself to a slow‚ inexorable decline after the boom years of the 1980s —
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2001 saw sales grow in each of its product segments in all four global markets. Total sales topped $US 9 billion. • In Japan‚ Nike allied itself with Nissho Iwai‚ the sixth largest Japanese trading company‚ to form Nike-Japan Corporation. Because Nike al ready held a part of the low-priced athletic shoe market‚ the company set its sights on the high-priced end of the scale in Japan. Nike and MNC • Nike‚ the athletic footwear and clothing manufacturer‚ is a good example of a multinational corporation
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PREREADING EXERCISE Discuss the following questions in class before reading the case. 1. In your opinion‚ what are the reasons for the Japanese “economic miracle” that has occurred since World War II? 2. Many Japanese companies have become extremely successful in international business during the past twenty years. Which Japanese firms and products are well known in your country? In your opinion‚ why have these Japanese products been so successful? 3. The Japanese style of management
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Toyota: The Accelerator Crisis 1. Why was Toyota facing a recall crisis? Toyota could not treat this problem adequately. One of the reasons is that because the headquarter in Japan makes all critical decision in Toyota and in this case the place is far from America‚ Toyota headquarter did not notice the importance of this problem at the early stage. While NHTSA started the investigation at 2009 September‚ Toyota did not treat this problem seriously. This attitude led NHTSA to reclaim Toyota’s
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Inc. is a young business information software company based in California outside the Silicon Valley. The company is interested in forming an alliance with a Japanese firm and has for the last several months been negotiating with several firms in Japan to realize their goals of distributing their product in Asia. The owners have finally found a Japanese firm that will create an alliance with them. The firm is now sending a contingent of managers to evaluate the company and work out the details
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