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Essays 211 - 240

Japanese Edo Art and Vincent Van Gogh's The Courtesan

the Japanese woman is "framed" by a pond that features water lilies, reeds and bamboo, as well as two figures in a boat, two frogs...

U.S. and Japan Health Care

(Wise, 2005). One of the major health issues in the U.S. and other Western countries is obesity (Wise, 2005). It is estimated tha...

Second World War and Racial Propaganda

In the eyes of propaganda, the American cultural commitment to individualism was transformed into overwhelming self-interest and a...

Traditional Japanese Footwear Geta and Zori

some traditions are simply not embraced. The zori is also known as the flip flop (Kim, 2003). Obviously, the Zori is rather sophis...

Reasons Behind Atomic Bombing of Japan by the United States

lost on the world, and is one of the reasons why the attacks remain controversial to this day. This paper explores the reasons gi...

U.S. Bombing of Japan

politically expedient to do so; Russia was about to enter the war, and Truman felt that dropping the bomb would show the Russians ...

Automobile Industry Competitors Detroit and Japan

Japanese Toyota Fore Runner and the Japanese Nissan Pathfinder are leading the pack in sales. Even though General Motors Corpora...

East Asia Negotiations

is macho, it is akin to war, something that reflects their concept of masculinity (Martin et al, 1999). They have already decided ...

Nursing and the Culture of Japan

and individuality as young children, they begin to assimilate their role in Japanese culture via such conventions as school unifor...

Article Critique/Diabetes Management

to evaluate the efficacy of a specific diabetes management program that was instituted in Japan. Literature review As the resear...

Dower's Embracing Defeat

noted that the emperor had announced defeat, which meant surrender (Dower, 2001). Yet, the woman who Dower notes on the first pag...

The Role of Mothers in the Social and Educational Upbringing of Their Children, Particularly in Japan

differences they expect to find as they observe mothers with their children are not gross; that is, they dont expect to find Ameri...

Terrorism/Comparing Countries

the threat of bio-terrorism (Dammer and Fairchild 304). France : France, also, has long had to cope with terrorism, as the Frenc...

The United States in the Aftermath of WWII with Europe and Japan

hand-in-hand in relationship to the future. It seems that through the most generous of perspectives the United States helped rebui...

Starbucks in Asia

currently have no access to Starbucks products; Schultz seeks to make China "the second-largest market behind North America" (Gues...

Disjunctive Essay: Love/Hate Relationship with Japan

is the country that invaded China in 1937 and brutalized its people until the end of the Second World War eight years later. This ...

Japan: Financial Information

in reality a "wide range of transactions" is still subject to some sort of government control, either formal or informal (Capital ...

Japanese and Western Poetry: Ryokan and Burns

When his master died he began to wander and travel, as a pilgrim (Hermitary). After a few years of traveling it seems that a perso...

Can Cultural Values Have A Significant Impact On Business Structure, Strategy And Economic Performance At A National Level?

in the following way; " if the market is the fundamental means of allocating resources then, in order to work properly, it must be...

The Extent to Which Theories Of ‘Late industrialization’ Explain The Development of The East Asian Economies During The Second Half of the Twentieth Century?

took decades. Although the British case may be seen as a blueprint for many development models it is not accurate for Asia where a...

Culture of Japan and Zen Buddhism

into Zen Buddhism, which absorbed much of its metaphysical orientation from Taoist teachings (Suzuki 4). Unlike Indian Buddhism,...

Student Supplied Case Study on a Japanese Joint Venture and Labor Problems

which would result in very expensive litigation in both Japan and the United States. The situation will cause the company to lose ...

The Embracing Defeat of John Dower

more familiar, suggesting that the people are not in control and the dictatorships is military style. In other words, force is use...

Japan and China After the Second World War

emperor asked the people of Japan to agree to peach "by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is insufferable by surrenderin...

Water Temple Design of Tadao Ando

of what might seem a harsh medium, concrete, the Water Garden is a collection of curving concrete walls that gently lead to the ob...

Germany, Japan, and UK Identity Politics

cherished force in creating the national identity" (Allott, 1998). Minorities, therefore, seem to be less important in this conte...

United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and Political Socialization

This has been a formidable task since the former East Germany government made it a point to begin political socialization early in...

Overview of Okinawa, Japan

a fourteenth-century palace that doubled as a fortress during the war, housed Japanese soldiers far beneath its fortified structur...

American and Japanese Cultures Case Study

just be that the customer service department gets an overhaul. In fact, many firms today are criticized for giving shoddy customer...

The Reasons Why the Predictions of Karl Marx Never Materialized

such as the labor theory of value and economic determinism. Economic determinism, above all, embraces the concept that economic fa...