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Culture of Japan and Zen Buddhism

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

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...

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...

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...

Sixteenth Chapter of James L. McClain's A Modern History Japan

involvement for, while the scheduled Olympics were to be held in Japan in 1940 but were canceled due to the evolution of the war, ...

The Pacific Rim's Economic Hardships

the region and the relative stagnation of other areas? II. What is the Western Pacific Rim? Before delving into the economics...

Industrial Power Growth of Japan

China and Russia, brought with it a degree of social evolution and a large measure of economic progress" (Rinn-Sup, 1991, p. PG). ...

Architecture, Youth Clothing, Miyake Kimono Designs, and Japanese

the Kimono Designs of Issey Miyake Issey Miyake was born in Hiroshima in 1938 and studied design in Tokyo before working in Paris...

Japanese Lost Tribes?

that appears to illustrate the story of Isaac, which is recorded in the book of Genesis in both Jewish and Christian scripture. Th...

Impressionist Artists and the Influence of Japanese Art

Paris during the nineteenth century for an artist to be accepted and gain success it was necessary for their world to be accepted ...

ASEAN 3 Effectiveness

In the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-1998, countries throughout Asia geared up and formed the ASEAN to share knowledg...

Film Gung Ho

relied formerly on oil, for instance, Japan was able to diversify during the oil crises of the 1970s into the manufacture of elect...

Japanese Effects of Pearl Harbor

Harbor" (Sageous, 2002). The fact that they went ahead with the attack was based on their assumption that the attack would elimin...

Western Market and Fashions of Japan

quite clear in some instances but it can become muddled in meaning when multiple identities are involved within the context of one...

U.S. and Japan HRM

SANNO Institute of Management in Tokyo, 2000). There are two issues that are most often discussed whenever human resources in Jap...

National Laws and Global Staffing

economy expanded rapidly, achieving an average annual growth rate of 9%. Per capita GDP is among the highest in Asia" reaching in...

Social Expectations Significance and Criminal Activity

handled around the world. A comparison between countries who boast of a low crime rate is particularly instructive. Japan is one...

Tutorial on Cultural Understanding

companys policy - she fired the employee who was stealing and called the local authorities to report it. She filled out all the re...

Aesthetics of Japan

as Josiah Conder notes in his classic study of the subject, "the clipping and carving of trees and bushes into shapes such as moun...

UK, Japan, and Business Cultural Differences

the physical infrastructures destroyed. However, now we see a country which is renowned for high quality high tech goods, such as ...

Japan, China, and Confucianism

this problem and seems to lean towards this mode of thinking as well. The reason for the supposition is because the emperor in Chi...

Foreign Direct Investment in Japan Proposal

low rank in foreign direct investment in the country has been due to cultural, legal and economic barriers (Jadallah, 2002). Japan...

Japan and Germany's Human Resource Management Policies

right to reward tenacity over productivity and performance. Right or not, pay based on seniority was the standard in each of the ...

Operations Management and Production of Japan

is touted as "Japans biggest pure consumer electronics company" (Anonymous, 2004), acknowledge how there was an unsettling impress...

China, Japan, and Europe Changes in Management

principle to be a need for consensus among all parties, neither predetermined by a contractual relationship nor by class distincti...

Japan Questions Answered

individual judgement in the name of spirit" (195-196). While military traditions are honored in the US, they are not innately asso...

Everyday Life in Traditional Japan by Charles J. Dunn

alone could carry the long swords (Dunn, 1977, Sellen, 2002). Dunns appreciation of some of the key elements of the classes explai...

Assessment of the Military of Japan

Geographically, Japan consists of four large Islands, named Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu plus many smaller islands (Japan...

Global Violent Crime in the 21st Century

of the marriage, it is not uncommon to find a significant percentage of the married female population enduring regular and constan...