million people crammed on Japan’s little islands‚ population was suffocatingly dense. With so many mouths to feed‚ Japanese agriculture was pushed to its limits. The overworked Japanese land could not produce enough food to feeds its people and Japan was forced to rely heavily on imports. Mass starvation ensued. Daughters were sold into prostitution for a sack of rice‚ and economy plummeted. Discontentment grew. Between the years of 1931 and 1936‚ a series of attempted coups‚ overturned the
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1.What were the triggers of cultural change in Japan during the 1990s? How is cultural change starting to affect traditional values in Japan? In the 1990s when Japanese economic growth slowed down for a long time firms where forced to change the way of doing business. They started to fire older employees. The younger generation‚ which grow up wealthy‚ saw this process and concluded that loyalty to one company might be not the best for themselves. The difference between the postwar generation and
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Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rwaq20 The system that soured: Toward a new paradigm to guide Japan policy Richard Katz Published online: 07 Jan 2010. To cite this article: Richard Katz (1998) The system that soured: Toward a new paradigm to guide Japan policy‚ The Washington Quarterly‚ 21:4‚ 43-78‚ DOI: 10.1080/01636609809550350 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01636609809550350 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR
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Industrial Revolution in Japan and Western Europe were somewhat similar‚ differences still distinguish the two countries. Japan‚ now the most developed country in Asia‚ started the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century; the Western Europe was the spearhead of the Industrial Revolution. The important scientific and social revolutions totally changed the two areas. The causes of the modernization in Japan and Western Europe were similar‚ yet with different elements. In Japan‚ the Industrial Revolution
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In the past few years‚ the relation between Japan and Taiwan shows the new development‚ including the regional security‚ that appears to be the two countries being in a new era. I would wish to introduce Japan’s re-recognition of Taiwan It was 120 years ago‚ Qing dynasty ceded Taiwan to Japan in April 1895 as a consequence of the Sino-Japanese war. Having received Taiwan from Qing empire‚ Japan spent tremendous effort in development of Taiwan. For example‚ in 1898‚ the population of the Japanese
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Kelly’s Assignment in Japan Title: Solutions to Kelly’s Assignment in Japan Case Study Module Title and Number: Managing Across Borders MGT 3203 Date : January 28‚ 2013 Word Count : 1650 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE Introduction 3 Culture Shock Stages Reflection…………………………..………………………….………………..3 Assessment of Clashes 5 Successful International Assignments 5 Suggestions to Remedy the Situation 6 Conclusion 7 REFERENCES 8
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Merrill Lynch in Japan Case Study Merrill Lynch is an investment banking business and the world’s largest underwriter of debt and equity. Merrill Lynch’s investment banking operations has had a long global reach and is looking to reside in Japan. In this paper I will describe the legal‚ cultural‚ and ethical challenges that may confront Merrill Lynch in this case study as well as the various roles that the Japanese government will play and examine some of the strategic and operational challenges
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When we compare Japan and other Western countries‚ there lies a significant difference between them. Japan is island nation and hadn’t experienced colonization nor invasion from another country in the history. Therefore‚ those who born and live in Japan belong to same ethnic and share common belief. On the contrary‚ countries such as the United States and Canada have been welcoming a large number of immigrants from the world and they consist of many ethnic groups and its culture is mixture of many
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Analyse the reasons for the rise of militarism in Japan in the 1930s. The rise of Japanese militarism in the 1930s was due to a number of reasons. First‚ Japan’s traditional and cultural policy favoured the rise of militarism. Military tradition of samurai made it easy for the Japanese to accept militarists as leaders. Bushido which promoted martial spirit and good qualities of samurai made the Japanese believe that militarists were more reliable than the corrupt party politicians
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Is Japan or China the most important strategic relationship for Australia among the major Asian powers? By Mej Amran B Mohamad RMAF Malaysian Armed Forces Defence College Haigate Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. 12 Nov 2009 Author can be contacted at : amran_mohd@yahoo.com.au --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction Australia’s credentials and place in today international system is quite significant which
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