decisions are made as a whole by the boss and his senior executives. Japanese are not born into their positions; instead they are recruited by talent scouts. In addition‚ glorify their symbols through tattoos. Specifically a samurai because they believe they are modern day samurais. They operate in the same business‚ but they have clothes ties with the banking industry. They are much more relatable to their counterparts in
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This revolution leaves as consequences the abolition of the shogunate‚ unifying the country under the directive of the emperor with residence in Tokyo‚ the implantation of a constitutional monarchical system‚ the separation of the samurai class that together with the daimyos pass form the new nobility. The western impact of the nineteenth century on Japan led‚ first‚ the opening of the country to foreign trade‚ and then‚ in 1968‚ the end of the Tokugawa hegemony. Historians and observers
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Meiji Restoration Toilet seat warmers for winter‚ graphic anime designs and a self-cooking kitchen are some of the contemporary innovations in modern-day Japan. Quite a contrast to the famous slogan‚ of the nineteenth century‚ “Eastern ethics and Western science”; “ancient patriotism and modern scientific application” which indicates the secret ingredients of feudal Japan’s rapid rise to power. In just forty years the hitherto‚ homogenous country radically modernised –a remarkable feat‚ breaking
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Film Review: Kill Bill Volume 1 – The Spaghettiest of them all “Revenge is a dish best served cold”. Kill Bill: Volume One is a clever and slick rape-revenge‚ terrifically tying together film genres from Italian spaghetti westerns‚ Japanese Samurai movies and Hong Kong martial arts flicks. Quentin Tarintino is back. It’s been seven years since the release of ‘Jackie Brown’ and boy does he makes an impact. Once again Tarantino has managed to bring back the once popular film genres and effortlessly
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Essays‚ Not Rants! 234: #AsianCowboy I was vaguely aware of the casting for the new Magnificent Seven when it was first announced‚ but more so for the fact that it reminded me that I really needed to watch The Seven Samurai (which I still haven’t…) Anyway‚ since then trailers for the new Magnificent Seven have been released and there’s been a little bit of buzz around it and reviews have been coming out. What’s most caught my attention — and what makes me really wanna see it — is actor Byung-hun
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During the 19th and early 20th century‚ western Europe was the dominant force in the world. Western influence spread like a wildfire‚ filled with ideas of industrialization‚ western cultures‚ practices‚ and political structures‚ and brilliant technology. Merchants‚ diplomats‚ and many others travelled around the world to share their influence and knowledge. The West’s neighbors‚ Russia and China‚ and also Japan soon felt the presence of the West trickling further into their countries than it previously
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Russia. In 1917‚ the first professional and publicly displayed works began to appear. Animators such as Ōten Shimokawa and Seitarou Kitayama produced numerous works‚ with the oldest surviving film being Kouchi’s Namakura Gatana‚ a two-minute clip of a samurai trying to test a new sword on his target only to suffer defeat. In the 1960s‚ Manga artist and animator Osamu Tezuka adapted and simplified many Disney animation techniques to reduce costs and to limit the number of frames in productions. He intended
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In 1853‚ Western imperialism was at its height. It was spreading to several countries. British colonized India‚ the dutch colonized Indonesia‚ the United States colonized the philippines‚ and the french colonized vietnam. In 1929‚ the crash of the stock market brought a worldwide depression‚ known as the Great Depression. The depression caused instability in many countries. International commerce declined and tax revenues‚ profits‚ and personal income decreased. The great depression especially impacted
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many different aspects that affected warfare at this time‚ besides just military tactics‚ such as social structure‚ government set up‚ and innovations and technology that were emerging. The author attempts to break down many myths there are about samurai warfare at this time which is important for historians‚ as well as the rest of the population in understanding this time period in Japan. Thomas Donald Conlan‚ the author of State of War: The Violent Order of Fourteenth-Century Japan‚ argues that
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Individualism is a principal concept where one can have the liberty of expressing themselves without the hinder of any over collective cultural rule or government control. Throughout the ages the Japanese always have some kind of reform and control towards its people. The concept of Individualism may not have seemed to exist in the minds of the Japanese until the 19th century. So what makes this principle of individualism so interesting? What did the Japanese derive from this concept? And when did
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