A chapter “Iitiko-Dori” in this book says that the Japanese are willing to accept foreign cultures and Japan has developed it’s economy with using technologies and systems that are imported from foreign countries. However‚ the Japanese have also excluded foreigners or foreign cultures. In Edo era‚ Tokugawa government forbade trading with almost all the countries. In one sense‚ that helped Japan improve it’s unique culture‚ such as kabuki‚ ennichi‚ and so on. The Japanese can enjoy it’s specific culture
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seeing the growth and development of western nations as well as China’s defeat at the hands of the British in the First Opium War‚ Japanese political elites decided that Japan needed to separate itself from foreign trade. However‚ some saw further than this and thought more about modernization of the nation‚ which ultimately led to Japan being the superpower it is today. Therefore‚ in 1866‚ the daimyo of the two southern provinces formed an alliance to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate which was then
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Role of The Emperor in Meiji Japan Japan is a society whose culture is steeped in the traditions and symbols of the past: Mt. Fuji‚ the tea ceremony‚ and the sacred objects of nature revered in Shintoism. Two of the most important traditions and symbols in Japan; the Emperor and Confucianism have endured through Shogunates‚ restorations of imperial rule‚ and up to present day. The leaders of the Meiji Restoration used these traditions to gain control over Japan and further their goals of
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Understanding Japan: A Business Perspective Project Report TABLE OF CONTENTS Serial No. Particulars Page No. 1. Introduction 3 2. Economy 3 3. Culture 6 4. Legal 11 5. Political 17 6. Currency 21 7. Trade 26 8. Challenges & Opportunities 9. Conclusion INTRODUCTION The purpose of this project is to understand the Japanese Economy with a view to realizing benefits of International Business between Pakistan and Japan. For
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Buddhism had an important role in the development of Japanese art between the sixth and the sixteenth centuries. Buddhist art and religion came to Japan from China‚ with the arrival of a bronze Buddhist sculpture alongside the sutras. Buddhist art was encouraged by Crown Prince Taishi in the Suiko period in the sixth century and Emperor Shomu in the Nara period in the eighth century. In the early Heian period Buddhist art and architecture greatly influenced the traditional Shinto arts‚ and Buddhist
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JOHN HIGGINS – AN AMERICAN GOES NATIVE IN JAPAN In the fall of 1962‚ Mr. Leonard Prescott‚ vice-president and general manager of the Weaver-Yamazaki Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. of Japan‚ was considering what action‚ if any‚ to take regarding his executive assistant‚ Mr. John Higgins. In Mr. Prescott’s opinion‚ Mr. Higgins had been losing his effectiveness as one who was to represent the U.S. parent company because of his extraordinary identification with the Japanese culture. The Weaver Pharmaceutical
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BANK OF JAPAN’S MEETING IN MARCH 2006: AN END TO THE QUANTITATIVE EASING POLICY? Japan underwent a decade-long odyssey with deflation and the zero-bound problem. Economic activity in Japan slowed precipitously following the collapse of the socalled bubble economy in December 1989‚ and Japan began to experience deflation by early 1995. During this initial period‚ while the economy was slowing‚ forecasters and policymakers consistently underestimated the extent of Japan’s economic malaise. Consequently
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The Teaching of English as a Second Language (ESL) in Japan I first came to Japan in mid July 1999. I was selected‚ in Ireland‚ to be an instructor on the Japan English Teaching (JET) Programme. The JET Programme is a Japanese government scheme to promote the teaching of English in schools all over the country. How? Invite 3‚000 foreigners every year to help teach the language‚ about 50 of whom come from Ireland. Japan is a country where the same political party (the LDP) was in power for
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Because no nation has come half so far so fast‚ Japan is envied by capitalists elsewhere and looked upon as an example to emulate. Thirty years ago‚ its war-shattered economy was little more than one-third the size of Britain’s. Today the Japanese G.N.P. exceeds the combined total of Britain and France‚ and the gap is certain to widen in the years ahead. The Japanese variant of capitalism cannot be readily or precisely copied‚ except perhaps by a few Asian countries‚ because it is rooted in a homogeneous
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The Meiji Restoration was period in Japan when massive changes in ancient Japan. The goal of the Meiji Restoration was summarized in their motto‚ "A rich country‚ a strong military." In their quest to do so‚ the Meiji looked to the western civilizations. The Meiji sent young men to study abroad and learn new traits from the west. Before this drastic move the traditional Japanese society was largely isolated from all other civilizations. By doing this the Japanese managed to strengthen the economy
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