Culture of Japan The culture of Japan has evolved greatly over the millennia‚ from the country’s prehistoric Jōmon period‚ to its contemporary hybrid culture‚ which combines influences from Asia‚ Europe‚ and North America. The inhabitants of Japan experienced a long period of relative isolation from the outside world during the Tokugawa shogunate‚ until the arrival of "The Black Ships" and the Meiji period. Fūjin and Raijin‚ Tawaraya Sōtatsu‚ 17th century. Pine Trees‚ Hasegawa Tōhaku Japanese
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Chinese and world equity markets Xiangyi Zhou a‚⁎‚ Weijin Zhang a‚ Jie Zhang b a b Jinhe Center for Economic Research‚ Xi ’an Jiaotong University‚ PR China Department of Economics‚ Texas A&M University‚ United States a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 23 February 2011 Accepted 2 August 2011 Available online 16 September 2011 Keywords: China World equity markets Vector autoregression Variance decomposition Spillover index Financial crisis JEL classification: G15 F36 a b s t r a c t We
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The research showed issues of most concern to web users were "living standards‚ public safety and social responsibility"‚ according to the frequency of searches on Baidu. Social networking‚ including weibo‚ the study said‚ has made such hot-button issues no longer individual cases but interrelated. "Online topics‚ after being amplified and connected with related issues‚ can exert a bigger impact and force the authorities to think twice before making a decision‚" said Liu Shanying‚ a researcher
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the countries and cultures they went to and helped pave the way for music to change in these regions. Japan has developed into a top five market for rock and heavy metal music‚ but it was these influences that created a similar but distinctive sound. Just like western rock music‚ Japanese rock music evolved in a similar fashion. The psychedelic rock scene was the first western import into Japan and was brought to them by many cover bands and the successful band in the 1970’s the Jack’s. Because
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Economy of Japan Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy with Black Ships steamed into the bay at Edo‚ old Tokyo‚ on July 8‚ 1853‚ and displayed the threatening power of his ships’ cannons. At the time Japanese did not know what a stem engine is‚ due to the distance‚ Japanese thought the smoke of the stem engine was the fire of a great dragon. So Japanese surrendered without a fight. Commodore Perry requested that Japan open to trade with the West and ends the Japanese seclusion. Japanese
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Democracy clearly failed in Japan. The limitation of the Diet due to the veto powers the Japanese Emperor had‚ the corruption within the democratic leaders soiling the name of Democracy‚ the failure of the Democratic leaders and further on… Maybe these were some of the reasons why democracy had looked like a very poor system to a common Japanese man. Due to their failure to solve the problems of the farmers and workers‚ the Democratic Government was not supported by the people. Furthermore‚ the economic
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“conquered”‚ was highly successful in gaining power and facilitating trade across the European and Asian continents. Russia and China are two particular regions that experienced the effects of Mongol rule both politically and economically. Yet while both regions benefitted economically‚ China saw greater benefit in its political system because of direct Mongol influence. Economically‚ the two regions saw much similarity under Mongol authority. In both‚ the Silk Road was maintained and the Mongols
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------------------------------------------------- The global context of Japan outside Japan – Harumi Befu Since 1980s – globalization buzzword in Japanese media Japan is said to be “globalizing” in all respects‚ but above all‚ in its economic sphere While Japan’s globalization in the economic sense had been widely discussed -> social and cultural globalization has not been a topic of much discussion so far Globalization <-> Internalization Internalization implies a relationship between
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constitutional monarchy. In modern-day Japan‚ the monarchy is‚ according to the constitution of Japan‚ ‘a symbol of the state and unity of the people’. Unlike China‚ Japan‚ at least officially‚ has had only one dynasty since the beginning of time (Beasley‚ 1999). There is a pattern followed in China’s where each dynasty has a stage of empire building‚ a stage of power or glory‚ and finally‚ a stage of decline. This pattern‚ however‚ is not apparent in Japan. The monarchy of Japan essentially consists of one
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Ancient Greek Contributions It is always important to look to the past in order to move towards the future. This was done in the formation of Western Society‚ and more specifically the formation of American society. The Greek culture served as a frame of reference for many aspects of Western life including government‚ architecture‚ math and the arts. Ancient Greek culture served as a very broad base for our society to be built upon. During the age of Pericles‚ the ideal form of government
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