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    Processing Re-write Suggestions Done (Unique Article) The samurai (or bushi) were the soldiers of premodern Japan. They later created up the ruling military category that eventually became the best ranking social caste of the Edo amount (1603-1867). Samurai used a variety of weapons like bows and arrows‚ spears and guns‚ however their main weapon and image was the arm. Samurai were imagined to lead their lives in step with the ethic code of code ("the method of the warrior"). powerfully Confucian

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    Samurai and Knights were warriors in the Middle Ages. Samurai were from Japan and Knights were from Europe. Although they didn’t have any contact with each other‚ they were very similar. To become one of these warriors‚ each person had to go through intense training. After becoming a warrior‚ they had to pledge loyalty to a lord. After pledging loyalty to a lord‚ the Knight or Samurai received money or land for their services. The Samurai of Japan and the Knights of Europe were very similar. This

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    experienced and renowned Yoji Yamada‚ Twilight Samurai is a film set in the 19th century‚ towards the end of the Tokugawa or Edo era. It was a time when the samurai system was beginning to wane as Japan started to advocate itself towards modernization. The Meiji reforms had started to begin‚ and the samurai class was gradually being disregarded as of a higher social status. The lifestyle and demand for the samurai was thus in a process of change‚ as the samurai began to take on other trades such as merchants

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    other than the Sprint to USA in future. In1985 Suzuki introduced the SJ413 an upgraded model of SJ 410 and designed especially for US market as further delay would increase the threat of ‘Brand Clutter’. Suzuki planned to market two versions of the Samurai in USA‚ a convertible and a hard top. There were other players who were also planning to enter the market. Hyundai Motor Company & Zavodi Crvena Zastava (yugo) were expected to enter in 1986. DECISION PROBLEM Suzuki‚ was now facing the following

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    Conflicting expectations: Where pay and performance collide UpTech Support is a medium-sized US company‚ based in Silicon Valley‚ California‚ operating in the intensely competitive computer industry: Its main area is the development of software support systems. It had survived the so-called ’Internet bubble burst’‚ its management believed‚ because the company had resisted the temptation to move from its area of core competence. Instead‚ UpTech Support concentrated on building up relationships

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    For everyone who doesn’t like going to school you would probably rather be a knight than a Samurai. Knights learned singing and dancing and they didn’t learn how to read or write. Samurai had to go to school and learn how to read and write. In this essay I will compare Samurai & Knights Religious Beliefs‚ Views on women‚ Weapons & Armor. Samurai also had to commit seppuku if they were captured which was a form of ritual suicide which knights did not. In the first paragraph I will write about

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    The Seven Samurai of Akira Kurosawa By Chi Wei SEVEN SAMURAI AND THRONE OF BLOOD Kurosawa Akira Akira Kurosawa (Mar 23‚ 1910--Sep. 6‚ 1998) was a Japanese film director‚ screenwriter‚ producer‚ and editor. He directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. He was the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. In 1990‚ he accepted the Academy Award for Lifetime. Kuorosawa contributed Japanese history‚ culture‚ and society through this movie to audiences. (Film) Tuesday

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    names. The samurai from Japan and the knights from Europe. These warriors were more different because of their armour design‚ views on death‚ and hereditary loyalty to their lords. One reason why samurai and knights were different was how their armour was made. The armour knights and samurais used were used for the same purpose‚ which was to protect themselves during combat‚ but because samurais and knights fought in different types of wars‚ their armour was designed differently. Samurai armor

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    Yamamoto‚ Tsunetomo Bushido: The Way of the Samurai Garden City Park‚ NY 2002 After reading this book it is my belief that it is important for Westerners to understand the seemingly strange concepts of Bushido‚ not only as a guide to events of the past‚ but as a primer for understanding the Japanese business mentality of today. The first thought that comes to mind when Japanese work ethic is hard working‚ no breaks‚ complete commitment to ones job. There may be a reason why Japan was able to

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    Even though samurais and knights are a bit alike‚ I think that they are more different than alike for many reasons. First of all‚ the training of samurais and knights are quite different. Samurais received received training on spiritual discipline. They also learned poetry. They studied Kendo‚ which was the art of fencing with bamboo sticks. They learned the code of the samurai‚ Zen Buddhism. At age 14‚ trainees officially became samurais. This happened in a ceremony called genpuku. The training

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