84:209–216 DOI 10.1007/s10551-008-9701-8 Ó Springer 2008 ‘‘Karoshi (Work to Death)’’ in Japan Atsuko Kanai ABSTRACT. Since the collapse of Japan’s bubble economy in the early 1990’s‚ the Japanese economy has only recovered slightly. This has direct implications for employment. Both the seniority wage system and the lifetime employment system‚ which were popular during the period of economic growth in Japan‚ unavoidably changed to an outcome-wage system. Now there is greater mobility in employment
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Background Information Japan‚ otherwise known as‚ The Land of Rising Sun‚ is located in Eastern Asia and is slightly smaller than California. With a population of 127‚368‚088 the majority of the population are Japanese. The people are 98.5% Japanese‚ .5% Korean‚ .4% Chinese‚ and .6% other. The average age of the people is 45.4 years‚ 0-14 years makes up 13.5% of the population‚ 62.6% 15-64‚ and 23.9% other. Much of the population practice both Shintoism and Buddhism religions‚ while about 9%
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Japan has a population of just over 126 million people‚ although each year this number slowly decreases due to the birth rate of 1.39 per couple1. As well as the fact that Japan is an extremely homogenous society with 99% of citizens and residents being Japanese with 1% of their population being non-Japanese. The declining population reflects highly upon society as many Japanese in their twenties feel they are too busy working to raise children‚ as well as the rising cost of living making it hard
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global products. It is crucial to recognize the distinctive dimensions of the way a culture as a whole thinks and acts for what may be customary and natural in a workplace of one country may be considered peculiar or even distasteful to another. Geert Hofstede has composed one of the most inclusive studies of how values in the business world are subjective to each culture. Hofstede’s five dimensions of national culture are able to give insight to a manager transitioning into a new country‚ such as an
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Rizal in Japan (Land of Cherry Blossoms) Feb. 28 – April 13 1888 • Rizal left Hong Kong on board of the Oceanic‚ an American steamer on his way to Japan. Places he went… YOKOHAMA GRAND HOTEL Places he went… TOKYO TOKYO HOTEL People he met JuanPerezCaballero • Secretary of the Spanish legation visited him in the hotel inviting him to stay in the Spanish legation. • Knowing that it is a plot to monitor him‚ Rizal accepted the offer for the following reasons: REASONS WHY HE ACCEPTED CABALLERO’S
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Study Guide: China-Japan Unit Test 2014 For your first unit test‚ be able to: Use the following vocabulary terms in sentences of your own showing you know the meaning of the term in context. Porcelain Fire Lance Civil Service Exams Minamoto Yoritomo Forbidden City Shogun Genghis Khan Samurai Diamond Sutra Zheng He Steel Silk Feudalism Steppe Vassal Scholar-Officials Daimyo Census Terrorism Bushido Yuan Dynasty Meditation Shinto Confucianism Grand Canal Answer questions
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| Vietnam | France | Power distance This dimension deals with the fact that all individuals in societies are not equal – it expresses the attitude of the culture towards these inequalities amongst us. Power distance is defined as the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organisations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally. | Vietnam scores high on this dimension (score of 70) which means that people accept a hierarchical order in which
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Japan Japanese festivals are traditional festive occasions. Some festivals have their roots in Chinese festivals but have undergone dramatic changes as they mixed with local customs. Some are so different that they do not even remotely resemble the original festival despite sharing the same name and date. There are also various local festivals that are mostly unknown outside a given prefecture. It is commonly said that you will always find a festival somewhere in Japan. Unlike most people in East
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Unit 2 Theoretical and Methodological Issues Subunit 1 Conceptual Issues in Psychology and Culture 12-1-2011 Article 8 Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context Geert Hofstede Universities of Maastricht and Tilburg‚ The Netherlands‚ hofstede@bart.nl Recommended Citation Hofstede‚ G. (2011). Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture‚ Unit 2. Retrieved from http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/orpc/vol2/iss1/8 This Online Readings in
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in the 1870’s was raw cotton. It’s price fell 45 percent. Japan’s largest export in the 1870s was raw silk. Its price rose 50%. (8 points) Show using a graph why if these were Japan’s only export good and only import good‚ this would imply that Japan would have gained from trade. (note: the specific numbers don’t matter‚ just showing the kind of change from autonomy to trade). Label all parts of your diagram. 70866016764000 1798320161290Cotton 2255520106680E1 4000020000E1 95250052070 214122011303000708660673100021031206350
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