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Why Pearl Harbor Was Unavoidable: A Japanese Perspective

Great Britain, Japan would be limited to constructing ships of three tons (Slackman 4). This, combined with the increased U.S. pr...

RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND JAPANESE LITERATURE

Century Japan. Much like Genji, Bridge of Dreams has the same lyrical, almost dreamy prose to it. But unlike the men in Genji auth...

JAPANESE ECONOMY

and a corporate investment boom (Madsen and Katz, 2009). Combined with that were huge trade surpluses, which caused GDP growth and...

Japanese and German Economies in the Post Cold War Environment

the west, but this did not compensate for the difficulties, which included increasing unemployment, a lack of internal capital for...

American and Japanese Women at Work

is nearly impossible to have a career and a family in Japan (Fackler). It is called the glass ceiling in America and the concrete...

The Transfer of TQM Practices from Japanese to US Companies

been conducive to increasing adoption and adoption in the US. By looking at the developments in Japan the similar pressures that f...

Japanese Automobile Industry

automakers focus on the dynamics of that relationship and how well the assembler performs. Instead, these authors investigated the...

Japanese Consensus Decision Making

the recommended decision a decision (Ala and Cordeiro, 1999). When the decision has been agreed upon, the final decision is record...

Varying Factors Affecting Japanese and American Crime

The American correctional system is considered one of the most advanced in the world. That said, it...

Obstacles to Correct Pronunciation for Japanese Learners of English

with a fixed pronunciation. For instance, the letter "a" in English can be pronounced many different ways, such as in the words "a...

Ancient Japanese Architecture, an Overview

This research paper offers a brief overview of ancient Japanese architectural history. Three pages in length, three sources are ci...

Japanese Values and Business Culture

means that the Japanese revere them greatly, and that they are important parts of current Japanese culture. Their cultural values...

Social and Ethical Implications of the Avian Flu and Japanese Biotechnology

in addressing this virus. Japan, in particular, has played a prominent role in the research on this disease and in the production...

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...

Japanese Anime

aspect, leading to a genre with may sub genres all of which are able to reflect some aspect of Japanese culture and as such the cu...

Is The Japanese Manufacturing System Appropriate In The U.S.

documentary that asked why American manufacturing enterprises could not be as successful as Japanese enterprises (Heller, 2005). B...

Japanese Issues

economy, as Japan continued to have huge trade surpluses both with the US and Europe (Gordon 315). Consequently, there was conside...

Complying With Japanese Labor Laws

comply with U.S. labor laws, including the EEOC, no matter where their operations are but they must also comply with local laws an...

Article Analysis: Japanese Architecture

a renowned Japanese architect who makes his home in Osaka. The new museum is "dedicated to the relics and techniques of ancient Ja...

Prostitution in Japanese Culture

1886, "it maintained the system in its colonies" (Yuki and Ross, 1997, p. 135). The United States never instituted such a nationw...

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...

The Injustices of World War II: Japanese American Internment and Atomic Bombs

hatred and prejudice was not the result of anything they had done but rather the result of the physical and cultural differences b...

Japanese Literature: "Essays in Idleness" and "An Account of My Hut"

dwelling places are like that, always changing (Chomei). The water imagery calls Walden Pond to mind; it also is strongly remin...

Healthy Cooking by the Japanese

on Japanese cooking, one can derive the healthy benefits with more prepared supermarket finds in the frozen section. For example, ...

American and Japanese Street Crime

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares street crime in Japan and the U.S. from a sociological perspective. Ten sources ar...

Japanese Colonial Period and Korean Nationalism

only recourse was to allow Korea to become annexed by Japan. Japanese militants occupied Korea and attempted to quell the disquiet...

Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony

multiple courses, intermission in a garden and then the "solemn thick Tea Ceremony," which is followed by the less solemn thin Tea...

Japanese Management Styles and the Employment Relationship

would sit down and hold negations. This was a situation where neither side would actually win, but it is this confrontational styl...

Cultural Differences Between How Japanese and Americans Communicate

in which: "most of the meaning is either implied by the physical setting or presumed...

Harvard Case Study of Japanese Businesswoman Sumiko Ito

value associated with women in the workplace. This discrimination then becomes a motivation, she is determined to get good job a...