APPLE 02/12/2014 13:25:24 Page 1 APPLE iPHONE IN JAPAN: WIRE-LESS‚ CULTURE-FULL* r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r INTRODUCTION It was the evening of January 15‚ 2009. Eric Miller‚ Apple Inc.’s Senior Vice President Worldwide Product Marketing is standing‚ waiting for the train on a subway station platform. Eric was sent to Japan by Apple CEO Steve Jobs to oversee the launch of the eagerly awaited iPhone 3GS‚ a newer‚ more powerful iteration of Apple’s revolutionary
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satisfied when travel in Japan. Ten socio-psychological motivations will be explained with an example of how tourists can satisfied their motivation with purchase the tourism product. Japan is an island nation which located in East Asia with a total area of 377‚915 square kilometres. It is an archipelago of 6‚852 islands and it covers by four major islands which are Kyushu‚ Honshu‚ Hokkaido and Shikoku. The meaning of the country name is ‘sun-origin’ and it makes Japan always referred to as the
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Western countries. Japan also became more militaristic in hopes of not being a victim of imperialism. Although Japan experienced some changes‚ Japan continued the ideology of kokutai as a method for imperial advancement. Japan’s cultural and political structure changed from being a weak isolated nation to a modern imperialist country. Before Japan westernized‚ it was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. This was an agricultural economy with a population of 13 billion. Japan did not associate
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Thesis statement: how the rise of modern Japan resulted in the Second World War. Among countries outside Europe and the US‚ Japan recorded a high rise to modernity. The high rate of modernization put the Japanese on a tight rope as far as there cultural and social values were concerned. For them it meant losing some of their values to embrace modernity especially those that were not in line with modernity. During the first quarter of the 19th century‚ Japan was ruled by a class of people from the
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Vietnam – Japan Relations The economy of Vietnam Vietnam – a country locates in South East Asia which has the area of 329‚560 sq km. With the history spans over 4000 years‚ Vietnam’s identity has been shaped by long-running conflicts with foreign forces. The Socialist People’s Republic of Vietnam was founded in 1954 and unified in 1976 after the Vietnam War. Since 1986‚ Vietnam has embarked on the course of “Đổi mới” (Renovation Policy) – the comprehensive economic renovation which aims to eliminate
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for the use of our client; it is not to be relied on by any 3rd party without Bain’s prior written consent 2011: a new peak for luxury goods consumption WORLDWIDE PERSONAL LUXURY MARKET EVOLUTION (1995-2011E‚ €B) Sept 11 SARS $/€ Subprime & Japan financial crisis earthquake Socio-Economic Turbulence 191 170 159 147 128 108 77 85 92 96 133 133 128 136 167 153 173 +10% +13% 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011E 2 Holiday season confirmed
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Australia and Japan Economic growth Australia is a small open economy with a population of over 21 million. It is characterized as an advanced economy by the World Bank with a gross domestic product of US$766.8 billion; whereas Japan has the third largest economy in the world and is the second most technologically powered economy after the US. It has a population of over 127.4 million and has a GDP of US$4.346 trillion. However in 2007 Australia had a slightly higher GDP per capita than Japan with
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water‚ causing a tsunami. Tsunamis are barely felt as a ripple on the ocean’s surface‚ but as the waves reach land‚ they increase in size as the water becomes shallower. Japan earthquake and tsunami At 2:46pm Japanese time‚ on March 11th 2011‚ an earthquake with the magnitude of 9.0 took place 100km of the coast of Japan‚ and was the 5th most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
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Trade Japan is the fifth largest importer and exporter in the world. Like many other Asian countries that have experienced rapid economic growth in the past few decades‚ exports have had a historical significance to the Japanese economy. The belief in the need to promote exports is part of Japan’s self-image as a "processing nation". Japan imports raw materials and pays for them by processing the raw materials‚ thus adding value to them before exporting the output. In recent years‚ Japan has been
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THE PEACE MISSION 2013 COMMMITTEE: THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL COUNTRY: JAPAN TOPIC: PROBLEMS ARISING DUE NUCLEAR THREAT POSED BY NORTH KOREA DELEGATE: JOSH PRAKASH MAJUMDAR POSITION PAPER In panorama of the topic with which this committee deals with‚ the State of Japan holds strong feelings. In the recent turn of events and in a time of nuclear propaganda‚ the world stands at a particular threshold. In this time and position‚ strong‚ potent and inviolable steps and decisions need
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