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
Premium English language High school Government of Japan
communication in Japan Facts and statistics of the ‘Land of the rising sun’. Location: Eastern Asia‚ island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan/East Sea‚ east of the Korean Peninsula. Capital: Tokyo Population: 12‚57‚30‚287 (Aug 2013) Ethnic Make-up: Japanese 99%‚ others 1% (Korean 511‚262‚ Chinese 244‚241‚ Brazilian 182‚232‚ Filipino 89‚851‚ other 237‚914) Religions: observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%‚ other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) How are Japanese as people? Japan is a
Premium Japan Japanese language
With an adult literacy rate exceeding 99 percent‚ Japan ranks among the top nations in the world in educational attainment. Schooling generally begins before grade one in preschool and is free and compulsory for elementary and junior high school (grades 1 through 9). More than 99 percent of elementary school-aged children attend school. Most students who finish junior high school continue on to senior high school (grades 10 through 12) about 95precent. Approximately one-third of senior high school
Free High school College Education
Levi Strauss Japan K.K. 1993 Marketing Strategy Levi Strauss Japan’s marketing strategy in 1993 had served the company well to gain market share up to this point in time. LSJ focused on the young male consumers of Japan. The company portrayed the jeans as fashion-forward American wear through TV commercials and men’s magazines. The distribution channels were also increasing‚ including urban specialty jean shops and suburban national chain stores. LSJ also sold vintage American jeans as well as
Premium Marketing Levi Strauss & Co.
everything else.” This week’s discussion topic may not be about the price of tea in China but instead may I lead in my response to this week’s discussion topic with some background concerning the price of fresh salmon in Japan? In the 1980’s‚ the price of fresh salmon in Japan was around 1‚600 yen/kilogram. 98% of Japan’s supply of fresh salmon in the 80’s was from wild sources. By 2001‚ 62% of the Japanese demand for salmon was being supplied from aquaculture or salmon farms. The significant
Premium Salmon
(ideally) service more than one outlet. The reduction in transportation costs become direct savings to the owners‚ unlike product savings (that run through the production and sales process leading to a few %). Seven-Eleven’s supply chain strategy in Japan can be described as attempting to micro-match supply and demand using rapid replenishment. What are some risks associated with this? Micro-matching supply and demand using rapid replenishment has plenty of risk associated with it. It assumes each
Premium Supply chain management Supply chain
Shinto in Modern Japan Religion is a constant variable in today’s world as well as the past. In order to understand Shinto in modern Japan first Shinto must be looked at from the past. Native Japanese religion states Shinto is the way of the gods. Going into depth of Shinto history and the modern view of Shinto now will bring up where Shinto originated from‚ it’s comparison to other religions‚ and Shinto’s role in modern Japan. Like many main religions‚ Shinto originated from prehistoric times
Premium Religion
in section 3 “Transportation”. • Question 6 is discussed in section 6 “7-Eleven in the United States” EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The case study reports about the Supply Chain Strategy of Seven Eleven Japan (SEJ)‚ the largest convenient store operator and franchisor in Japan. Seven Eleven Japan provides several helpful understanding about achieving supply chain strategic fit in the convenient store industry. In this industry‚ responsiveness of the supply chain is the most important factor. Firstly
Premium Supply chain management Inventory
transcribing of religious writing was a spiritual thing. The characters are written in a same style which is balanced. Every strokes are clearly displayed. interpretation: This is an evidence that buddhism was spread in Japan during Nara period. This may also imply the kanji’s development in Japan. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1981.75 B) Biography Fujiwara no Michinaga 966 – January 3‚ 1028 During the heian period‚ he was the highlight of the Fujiwara clan’ ‚ a family which controlled
Premium Japanese language Japan History of Japan
“The US government has betrayed the internet. We need to take it back” By: Bruce Schneier The internet has changed drastically for the worst the past couple of years and it is time for a change. The NSA has taken over the privacy of our internet access‚ which is not appropriate. When the internet was invented this is not what the creators thought would happen. The computer engineering community needs to step in and take it back from the NSA. Companies that host our private data that we once trusted
Premium Engineering Internet privacy Internet