Japan Tsunami Disaster March 2011 -- Present The objective of this study is to analyze the incident of the earthquake tsunami of March 2011, in Japan and to propose three important lessons that might be learned from this incident by those wishing to Continue Reading...
The Thai foreign minister Nitya Pibulsonggram was reported saying that Thailand is not willing to renegotiate with the Japanese authorities on controversial economic agreement. The Thai government expressed its concern over the pertinent issues of t Continue Reading...
One of those changes included mandatory education. During the 1950's children were legally bound to attend school between the ages of six and 15 years old. By the time the 1950's came to an end not only were families complying with that law but wer Continue Reading...
The Japanese economy stagnated since 1990: when real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at an average of just 1.2%. Since 1995, growth was extremely slow averaging less than 0.7% on year-to-year basis." ("Banking Crisis... "5) During the last quar Continue Reading...
Japan's Current And Politic Japan's effort to become a permanent member of U.N. Security Council The Security Council is the most powerful and crucial agency of United Nations. It is liable for maintenance of peace and security among the member cou Continue Reading...
Japan's Economic Crisis Japan is currently in its worst recession since World War II. The country's economy slowed dramatically in the early 1990s after the bubble economy of the 1970s and 1980s. Section 2.0 takes a detailed look at what caused Japa Continue Reading...
Japan & Korea -- Post War Japan, Korea, and the United States: Comparisons & Contrasts What will the be the role of the U.S. going into the future vis-a-vis Japan and Korea? Now that Kim Jong-il has died and his son is taking over in the hi Continue Reading...
Japanese inflow has not been as productive, due to ongoing bans by the country that were only relaxed in the last decade. Because of this, in 2003, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced that the government aims to double foreign direct investm Continue Reading...
Japan's Economic Crisis Following the United States terrorist attacks on September 11 and the outbreak of mad cow disease, economic analysts are predicting the onset of a deepening recession in Japan. Some are even referring to the possibility of a Continue Reading...
Japan complex set of factors affect the culture of any country. One of the most important aspects that determine the way of life of a people is the geography of the area in which they reside. In case of Japan, a single geographic feature of the count Continue Reading...
Japan has been, for the past ten or twelve years, a miracle of contradictory economic factors. Japan experienced little inflation, little economic growth, a deterioration in trade, more government spending than previously, and unreliable savings and Continue Reading...
Japan I do not think that Japan avoided the monstrous hybrid trap. The monstrous hybrid can manifest itself as a government entity using guardian methods to impact on commerce. During the economic rise of Japan, this was very much the case, as the g Continue Reading...
But the U.S. demanded that it withdraw from both China and Manchuria in exchange for a reestablishment of trade for oil. Japan's other major source of oil had been the Netherlands, but the Dutch followed the American's oil embargo in August of 1941 Continue Reading...
Japan and the United States of America are two countries which have chosen to be allies in spite of tremendous differences and a fairly recent history of war between the two countries. One of the most obvious differences lies in their cultures. In J Continue Reading...
Japan has done without its own official army since the end of World War II. Today's world and Japan's place in it though, have dramatically changed since World War II So, too, it should follow logically, should Japan's current non-military status. It Continue Reading...
Employment for life and other inefficiencies valued by the Japanese public were becoming threatened. This had the effect of shocking consumer confidence, but the corporate world became stuck, knowing that the systems would need to be changed but see Continue Reading...
The predominant line of thought amongst the Americans was that it would be best to condemn Tojo and preserve the figurehead of the Emperor to hold the nation together, for fear that doing away with the imperial system would be too great a shock to t Continue Reading...
Japan Both China and Japan emerged from their self-imposed isolationism to become major political and economic forces by the late twentieth century and into the twenty-first. However, these two Asian powers gained their position on the world's stage Continue Reading...
Additionally, relocating the production facilities helped avoid any protectionist practices that the U.S. government might have applied in the case of Japanese car producers and exporters. On the other hand, relocation was doubled by strong austeri Continue Reading...
Japanese companies have had to focus more on generating revenue for shareholders. There is less deference to authority and past company image. Long-term stable employment is less reliable, but still employment fluidity is less marked than it is in t Continue Reading...
The U.S. And Allies (including Australia) wanted nothing less than a total defeat of Japan. The Allies began beefing up their "…line of communications across the southern Pacific to Australia" and America also strengthened bases in Alaska, Haw Continue Reading...
Loosening Up From their traditional tight spending habits, Japanese consumers are learning from past lessons and letting loose and letting go on expenses (Gordon 2006). This phenomenal change of behavior is deemed to benefit not only their deflati Continue Reading...
WorldBusinessCulture.com (2009) notes, "Meetings are often preceded by long, non-business polite conversation . . . Do not become exasperated by this use of your time, as it is an essential element of the relationship-building process" (p. 1). Thou Continue Reading...
Purpose of Attack: As with its goals as a whole, the general purpose of the attacks levied against the Japanese public by Aum Shinrikyo is not entirely clear. As is often the case with cult-based acts of terror, there is a heavily mix of religious Continue Reading...
Japan Binary Opposition in "Seishun no Ippo" The conditions of "Seishun no Ippo" are hinted at in the visuals of the opening credits, but the viewers must watch the full first episode to understand the magnitude of those conditions. Ippo is the tit Continue Reading...
There are four hypotheses about this: Some industries are more productive and create more high-wage jobs. Some industries are faster growing and contribute more to economic growth. Some industries do more to improve productivity in other sectors. Continue Reading...
Family and Social Structure Many Japanese families retain a very traditional division of home labor, whereby men work long hours and women stay at home and tend to the rearing and education of children. Couples may spend many hours of the day apar Continue Reading...
Washington knew there was tension but there was no way of knowing just how far this country would go. Bailey states that no one in Washington believed the "Japanese were either strong enough or foolhardy enough to strike Hawaii" (843). In fact, just Continue Reading...
Indeed, the comment cited above underscores the ire which Japan has earned by functioning as one of the world's chief exporters while failing to invest itself in any meaningful aspect of importing. Likewise, it has resisted foreign investment and co Continue Reading...
It became a staple of Japanese life and took on symbolic meaning. Ramen has given a national identity to Japan even though it is a hybrid food. Most people in Japan who love ramen would probably be aware that ramen was traditionally a Chinese food, Continue Reading...
Japan, it may be called a period of "Chinese fixation." Chinese Fixation in Japan The Japanese were concerned about adopting attitudes brought from China during the country's early years. Prince Shotoku in particular was interested in introducing Continue Reading...
When Neo-Confucianism arrived in Japan in the 16th century, it built on the pre-existing ideas of Confucianism that had already been imported into the island centuries earlier (Tsutsui 104). As far back as the 5th century, the Japanese had mixed with Continue Reading...
While many argued that it was a mistake the attack happened anyway and the result was a punishment that had never been experienced before in the history of the world. The dropping of an atomic bomb changed the strategic thinking of Japan for the res Continue Reading...
Japan be seen as a Model for Understanding of 'Asian Modernities' This is an essay which explores the reasons behind the perception of the west which regards Japan as a model of Asian Modernities'. It has 5 sources. Gender studies have revealed th Continue Reading...
Globalization There are several examples of Japan struggling with the social impacts of globalization. Recent scholarly and media coverage has highlighted some of these impacts, and they all seem to be fairly negative. One of the major issues is tha Continue Reading...
Japan's post World War II military rights and capabilities, an article that was written for the Japanese Constitution, following Japan's military defeat by the Allies in World War II, states, "The Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign Continue Reading...
Japan abolishes current nuclear plant Fukushima Crisis. What effects immediately long-term Japan world a case stop operation of nuclear power plants. As a brief description, Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power plant was an operating energy facility in Continue Reading...
The first of these is proposed by Ozawa. Ozawa proposed leaving the first two provisions as they are, and only adding a third to the effect that the second should not prevent Japan from maintaining forces to defend itself. This however appears to d Continue Reading...
Japan from an economic perspective. What will one learn from the New York Times? Is there something that should get done as a means in which to make help those citizens how live in this part of the world? Is this part of the world saving, spending o Continue Reading...
Political Economy Background: Japan and Korea In the period after the World War II, a large part of the world was restructured, especially the Pacific Asia (Borthwick, 1992). One of the most dramatic changes that took place in Asia was that several Continue Reading...
