to establish a stable government in its country. Political parties resisted one and other over the decades until ultimately an imperial Japanese government controlled the country. As the 1930’s ended Imperial Japan‚ that years earlier signed the Rome-Tokyo-Berlin Axis‚ looked hungrily towards the Dutch East Indies that were rich with oil resources. However in 1941 Japan failed to acknowledge President Roosevelt’s ultimatum for the removal of Japanese troops placed in French Indochina and China‚ causing
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CM Article by and for CMS March/April 2009 Japanese and American Management: A Contrast of Styles Japanese management integrates work with their personal lives. Japanese management sees themselves as company representatives at all times. Thus‚ during introductions‚ a manager is introduced by the Japanese company first‚ followed by the manager’s surname. For example‚ a Japanese manager working at Honda is introduced as “Honda no Kato-san desu‚” or Honda’s Mr. Kato. Contrast that with an American
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nevertheless they differ as conceptions - public diplomacy and "soft power". The best explanation of cultural and public diplomacy is given in the article by Kazuo Ogura: "Cultural diplomacy is the use of cultural means to enhance a nation’s political influence"[1]. He says‚ that "there is a subtle difference between the two because public diplomacy is usually linked with an effort to improve the nation’s image for some specific strategic purpose"[2]. So far as the "soft power" is concerned
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During WWII‚ Japanese-Americans were discriminated against solely because of their Japanese ancestry. Although mistreated‚ despised‚ and even imprisoned‚ the Japanese-Americans overcame tremendous hardships and approximately 33‚000 Japanese-Americans‚ both men and women‚ served valiantly in our Armed Forces‚ and nearly 800 of those having made the ultimate sacrifice. While there are numerous anecdotes‚ I will focus this paper on those Japanese-Americans who were part of the University of Hawaii
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At the end of Japanese occupation in 1945‚ Korea emerged onto the world stage as one of Asia’s most industrialized nations. Her people surfaced all at once ecstatic‚ confused‚ on the way to prosperous times‚ clothed in rags‚ united as Koreans‚ and yet still divided into societal factions preceding and formed during Japanese occupation. In the decade following her liberation‚ Korea fought a civil war‚ leaving the newly once-again-autonomous nation divided on the 38th parallel. As the South grew into
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nation not to mess with. Being more advanced in every aspect‚ this nation was known to be more of the bully than the victim. Nonetheless‚ this all changed in 1894 when the newly arising force of Japan went head to head with the Asian superpower (‘Sino Japanese War’). As known‚ Japan lacked many natural resources that were a necessity if it wanted to continue to grow and prosper as a competing super power‚ so in a venture to gather more natural resources‚ Japan ignited a dispute with China over the control
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Say Hello to Japanese A book for learning Japanese Through the medium of English Suyash Labh © Bubok U.K‚ P.V.T‚ LTD. The characters in the book are entirely imaginary and have no relation to any persons‚ living or dead First Edition 2102 Revised edition 2103 ISBN: 978-1-300-88787-4 978-1-300-89033-1 Copyright © 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copyrighted‚ or transmitted to any other form without the prior written permission of
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- 5 Shukko in Japanese Companies and Its Economic and Managerial Effects Shiho Futagami* Tomoki Waragai** Thomas Westphal*** * Yokohama National University ** Waseda University *** Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung June 1998 ISSN Nr. 0722 - 6748 Forschungsschwerpunkt Marktprozeß und Unternehmensentwicklung Research Area Market Processes and Corporate Development Zitierweise/Citation: Shiho Futagami‚ Tomoki Waragai‚ Thomas Westphal‚ Shukko in Japanese Companies and
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Philippine Independence Act or more popularly known as the Tydings-McDuffie Law. The Commonwealth era was interrupted when the Japanese occupied the Philippines in January 2‚ 1942. The Commonwealth government‚ lead by Manuel L. Quezon and Sergio S. Osmeña went into exile in the U.S.‚ Quezon died of tuberculosis while in exile and Osmeña took over as president. At the same time‚ the Japanese forces installed a puppet government in Manila headed by Jose P. Laurel as president. This government is known as the
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How far was the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905‚ responsible for the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution? The Russo- Japanese War‚ although an important rationale for the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution ‚ was caused by many other problems which made a foundation for the War as well as the Revolution. Due to the War the economy suffered‚ adding on to the problems that Russia was already facing from a lack of preceding modernization‚ making this very important as the majority were affected causing
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