NEIGHBORS BUT STRANGERS: KOREA‚ CHINA AND JAPAN For more than 200 countries in the world‚ neighboring countries have the most compassionate ties above all. They may have some things viewed differently‚ but at least they share some basic traits and culture. However‚ this is not the case of the countries Korea‚ China and Japan. These three countries are so close yet so far. The prominent endurance of the civilization of the Chinese along with its phenomenal technological and economic progress
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Transportation is the largest single source of air pollution Today’s on-road vehicles produce over a third of the carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides in our atmosphere and over twenty percent of the global warming pollution. This air pollution carries significant risks for human health and the environment. Through clean vehicle and fuel technologies‚ we can significantly reduce air pollution from our cars and trucks‚ while cutting projected U.S. oil use in half within the next 20 years. Cars and
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Robotic Surgery in Japan Team E Technology‚ Society‚ and Culture Hornibrook8/24/2014 Table of Contents Introduction.........................................................................................................................5 Description of Robotic Surgery........................................................................................5-6 Science of Robotic Surgery........................................................................................6 Historical
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been a growing health concerns for the United States for many years. Childhood obesity has become an epidemic issue worldwide and some Asian countries are seeing an increase among childhood obesity for instance‚ country like Japan. Before discussing the obesity issues in Japan there are cultural differences that needs to be taken into consideration in order to fully understand the reason for the increase of childhood obesity among the Japanese There are numerous connotations to describe and point
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consumers buy more fresh products than shoppers elsewhere. That made lowering costs difficult since most farms and fisheries in Japan are small‚ family-run operations that frequently offer better deals on smaller orders rather than on larger ones. The supermarkets in Japan are located in cities and town in every neighborhood‚ and the idea of a retail store was practically new because of the invasion of international retail stores. So many people would just keep on buying in there local store. Another
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The Tokugawa Era of Japan Japan before the Tokugawa Era was a nation of warring states. The Tokugawa shoguns changed social class structures‚ agriculture‚ and manufacturing in the country by consolidating trends which had been in the making for some time (East Asia‚ p. 279) and brought Japan into a unified and productive state which lasted from about 1603 until 1800. Urbanization‚ economic growth‚ and social changes were natural and predictable outcomes of the shogunate philosophy.
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(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 58 of the last 60 years‚ until the new centre-left
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in an effort to determine the causes or correlates of these high or low rates‚ answering the questions below (citing any data you find in these sources): a. Is there any consistent relationship between levels of education and homicide rates? I did Japan and there was no relationship with education and crimes. b. Is there any consistent relationship between economic indicators and homicide rates? If so‚ which ones? They had a low homicide rates because of the high surveillance of the Japanese population
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Unit: 1450 – 1750 Lesson: Modern Japan Core Content: SS-HS-1.1.1 Students will compare and contrast (purposes‚ sources of power) various forms of government in the world (e.g.‚ monarchy‚ democracy‚ republic‚ dictatorship) and evaluate how effective they have been in establishing order‚ providing security and accomplishing common goals. DOK 3 SS-HS-2.1.1 Students will explain how belief systems‚ knowledge‚ technology and behavior patterns define cultures and help to explain historical perspectives
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distributed by the U.S. office of JETRO (Atlanta‚ Chicago‚ Denver‚ Houston‚ Los Angeles‚ New York‚ and San Francisco) on behalf of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)‚ Tokyo‚ Japan. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice‚ Washington‚ D.C. Misunderstandings caused by different communication styles often lead to lost business opportunities for foreign businesspeople dealing with Japan. This booklet is intended to fill such gaps. We asked Dr. Ernest Gundling‚ an intercultual
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