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Junichi Saga's Memories of Silk and Straw A Self-Portrait of Small Town Japan

as men. It seems, especially after reading the stories in Memories of Silk And Straw, that the class distinction and level of pov...

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...

Conflict and Pressure

inherent ability to pursue even the most complex of concepts. Not unlike his myriad other works, which include the famous Floweri...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Causes

In five pages this paper discusses the events that culminated in the U.S. bombing of these Japanese cities. Five sources are list...

Japan, National Goals/1868-1890 & 1890-1912

63). Through incremental decrees, the Meiji government moved toward creating a highly centralized, bureaucratic government. Duri...

1948 through 1952: Politics Between the U.S. and Japan

There was Pearl Harbor and there was the internment in the United States to boot. During the cold war days, there was a great deal...

The Effects of Bushido on Japanese Culture

would take place there ("Bushido," 2005). It would be with the ending of the Edo period that loyalty and restraint would emerge as...

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...

Comparing Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai with Homer's 'The Iliad'

heroic ideal of the young and noble combatant who appears to be destined to die at an early age on the battlefield. Achilleus is ...

Zen Buddhism and the Japanese Tea Ceremony's Importance

years, was defined by a set of Vedic scriptures (Basham 8). Following a distinct separation from Hinduism, the Buddhists followed...

Post 9 11 and Civil Rights

accident. Of course, China tells almost the opposite story. One wonders then how much propaganda is being disseminated. During a t...

Japanese Architect Studios and a Team Zoo

In ten pages this paper discusses the Nago City Hall and Miyashiron community center in a consideration of a Japanese architectura...

Book Reviews on the Japanese Samurai

In ten pages this paper reviews various texts on the Japanese Samurai class including Harry Cook's Samurai: The Story of a Warrior...

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...

3 Simulation Expansion Strategies

Pursuing profitability at the cost of social responsibility (i.e., decisions about European cutbacks) can provide positive results...

Robert McNamara/An Ethical Analysis

film, McNamara discusses several of the primary lessons to be learned from wartime experience, which are covered in detail in his ...

Expansion Strategy Simulations

Another lesson was to take the long view in light of current and short-term needs. When conditions in Europe demanded that MM...

Relationships: The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

set for hatred and anger from the Japanese, who were bitter towards any race not their own. They believed that action against Chin...

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...

Stories: Japan

boy of 16, was less than polite to the Nakamura family and seemed very racist, constantly telling the family he had wanted to go t...

The Myth of the Melting Pot

we like, and in public, since these people attacked us first. The problem with this distorted thinking is that it is the product...

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...

Twentieth Century Immigration in America

Spanish-language rhetoric on the radio and in the cafes" (29). In addition to conveying the flavor of Latin-American life, Tobar ...

The Role of First Language in Second Language Acquisition

expected and takes places as part of the usual culture, as seen in areas such as Mallorca, where the dialect may be seen as very s...

Japanese Management vs Western Management

manage them more effectively. Mayo undertook the Hawthorne studies, here a group of workers were separated and given special treat...

The Japanese Samurai

century, for example, the Japanese Emperor Go-Daigo attempted to overthrow the shogunate, the defacto government vying for power w...

Korematsu v. United States and an Assessment of the Patriot Act

them to the most rigid scrutiny. Pressing public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of such restrictions; racial antago...

Shinto The Kami Way by Ono

kami intuitively at the depth of their consciousness and communicate with the kami directly without having formed the kami-idea co...

Pearl Harbor and Intelligence

In six pages this paper considers possible failures of U.S. intelligence as they involve the Pearl Harbor bombing by the Japanese ...