Japan Japan is a country with a great deal of influence on the world economy. Many other nations around the globe work closely with this country through international business. With the increasing global importance of Asia and Pacific Rim‚ and economic and strategic significance of the US-Japan relationship‚ it is important that more Americans will improve their levels of cultural awareness to increase their national level of understanding of Japan. When working in the global commercial environment
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Power distance At a score of 60‚ South Korea is a hierarchical society. This means that people accept a hierarchical order in which everybody has a place and which needs no further justification. Hierarchy in an organization is seen as reflecting inherent inequalities‚ centralization is popular‚ subordinates expect to be told what to do and the ideal boss is a benevolent autocrat Individualism South Korea‚ with a score of 18 is considered a collectivistic society. This is manifest
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Orwellian State of North Korea A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.* BHARAT C. JAIN I n February 2012‚ in a piece published in this space‚ this Kim Il-sung had led North Korea since the Korean peninsula author had written about how precious little was known was split in half by the Korean War (1950-53). Although the two sides signed a ceasefire in 1953 they remain technically at war. about Kim Jong-un‚ who had just then become the leader of North Korea. In his first remarks
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of a civilization‚ but that’s not why. Inequality is simply caused by geography. Geography affects the way a civilization becomes more developed compared to others because‚ geography controls climate which affects the type of food a civilization can grow‚ and what type of animals it can domesticate. Domesticated animals and efficient crops give a civilization time to develop new ideas and invent tools that can help the dominate other cultures. Geographic location affects how a civilization can
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parts‚ reached more than five kilometres inland.The meteorological agency issued its top-level evacuation alerts for the entire Japanese coast amid warnings of a tsunami of between six and 10 metres. Towns and farms around Sendai city in northern Japan have been engulfed by a seven-metre tsunami‚ while a four-metre wave swamped parts of Kamaishi on the Pacific coast.Residents have been ordered to high ground and stay away from the coast as tsunamis can strike in several waves.Seismologists say the
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Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Acknowledgement 2 Introduction 3 Questions: 1. What are some of the competitive forces that have made the business environment for Apple more complex in recent years? 4 2. Which aspects of the South Korean market have significant implications for the success or failure of the iPhone in the market and why? 6 3. Besides market entry strategy and marketing mix‚ what other aspects of the planning
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BUSINESS CULTURE IN SOUTH KOREA Korean culture is heavily influenced by Confucian values and this shows in every aspect of life in South Korea. Authorities‚ seniors‚ and elders are always respected‚ and families and friendships are an extremely valuable part of life. South Korea is more conservative both in everyday life and business environment than the Western world but it should be considered as getting different opportunities to do business. Greetings and introduction If possible‚ the
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Impact of Industrialization on Japan from 1750-1914 In the 1750s‚ Japan was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate‚ which had seized control of the country at the beginning of the 17th century. The shogunate centralized Japan and transformed it from a constantly warring collection of disunified states into a single country at peace. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan from the early 17th century until 1868‚ a period when Japan was well behind the industrialization of other nations. During the Meiji period
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about it. But how does Japan view the war? In their culture‚ a loss of a battle is the ultimate disgrace. What do they teach students about this war? Did their government hide the true outcome of the war from them? What about the Kamikazes? So many questions are asked‚ and we hope we can answer some. Japan took over northern French Indochina. This sparked something in our government‚ as we then started to refuse exports to Japan‚ and denied Japanese immigrants. Then‚ Japan signed a treaty with the
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Prostitution in Japan In Japan‚ there are several applicable laws for crimes related to prostitution‚ such as the Anti-Prostitution Law‚ the Penal Code and the Child Welfare Law. These penal provisions have been appropriately enforced. Prostitution was officially sanctioned by the Japanese government during the Tokugawa regime. Families which were poor sent their daughters to big cities to find work at brothels and other niches in the sex industry‚ having them enter into “slavish bondage” with
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