By the late 16th Japan had achieved political unification after an era of ‘sengoku’ or ‘the country at war.’ It began to be ruled by the Tokugawa shoguns who sought to prevent another civil war. Japan became stronger as a result of their ability to unify the warring nations within the country. Another strength of Japan during this time was increased agricultural production. New methods of farming helped to produce more yield (B&Z‚ pg 587). Japan’s strengths were also it’s greatest weaknesses
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commitment to ones job. There may be a reason why Japan was able to rebuild their country so quickly after World War II‚ this reason is Bushido‚ the principles of the samurai. The origin of this book is from the Hagakure‚ which this book was based on was dictated by Tsunetomo Yamamoto‚ a samurai. And later scribed verbatim by Tsuramoto Tashiro over a period of seven years (1710-1716) in which they lived together in a far off mountain retreat in Japan. Tashiro was sworn to secrecy over the texts contents
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Contemporary history of Japan and UK Japan is the first Asian country to industrialise its economy and become on par with the advanced west. This is all down to a very strong and determined work ethic and their technological aptitude. They place very high emphasis on education and with a comparatively small defence allocation (1% GDP) they have one of the most technologically advanced economies in the world. Japan enjoyed real economic growth for three decades with a 10% average in the 1960s‚ 5%
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Japan—Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages WT/DS11/AB/R; October 4‚ 1996‚ Report of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization Facts: The Japan Liquor Tax Law (Shuzeiho) taxes liquors sold in Japan based on the type of beverage. There are ten categories of beverage. Shochu is distilled from potatoes‚ buckwheat‚ or other grains. Shochu and vodka share many characteristics. However‚ vodka and other imported liquors fall in categories with a tax rate that is seven or eight times higher than the
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player in LV’s success. (p.4) Financial figures on p.4. Notes LV had a popup shop in Japan‚ Omotesando Street‚ to mark the 30th year of the company’s presense in Japan‚ guerrilla marketing. (p.1) The company have been following an aggressive strategy in Japan‚ opening extravagant stores. (p.1) Opened their flagship store in 2002 in Tokyo‚ hundreds of people queued‚ sales exceeded estimations by 1m Yen. Japan has been LV’s most profitable market in last 10 years‚ may be set to decline. (p.1-2)
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looking at the time period of 1450-1740‚ there were changes and continuities in China and Japan’s interaction with the West. China and Japan had continuous problems with Western Christian missionaries coming in and trying to convert. The Chinese and the Japanese also had many dilemmas with the Europeans’ interest in their products over time‚ especially when China and Japan started to get interested in silver. Some changes were that over time‚ the different methods that the Christian missionaries used
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Barry Does Japan by Dave Barry‚ when he is in Japan‚ everyone functions in a completely different way and does things differently than how things are done here in America. He says‚ “One of the biggest problems is that the Japanese are extremely reluctant to come right out and say‚ “Nno”. Another example of this is from the text Going To Japan by Barbara Kingsolver. She talks about how she has messed up and her friend tells her how everyone is forgiving. She says how her friend living in Japan says‚ “‘”To
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Japan did something kind of tricky about industrializing. When the British were worried about their territories being lost in Asia if they pulled their battleships away to protect England from Germany‚ they asked the Japanese to help protect their land instead. The Japanese agreed but on one condition‚ they must have British naval technology. This accelerated Japanese technology pretty much from 0 to 100 in no time! More than that‚ they had a rock hard discipline about making Japan a super
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Evaluate the consequences of modernization for Japan The modernisation of Japan was an all or none matter. Either every aspect of the country had to be modernized to some extent‚ or no single aspect could be modernized. The four main aspects of Japan’s modernisation were industrialisation‚ political modernisation‚ education reform and military development. These four aspects had severe political‚ economic and social consequences on Japan. Some of the main political‚ economic and social consequences
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In the past Japan was known as a state of solitude‚ but within its borders their lived a thriving society that was militaristically weak‚ economically under developed‚ and governmentally primitive. This past I am talking about is during the early 1800’s. Japan may have been secure in its current conditions‚ but it saw the need to change‚ and through that change Japan emerged suddenly as a great world power by the 1900’s. Japan changed on all fronts‚ whether it is government‚ military‚ or economy
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