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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

Overview of Okinawa, Japan

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

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...

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...

Starbucks Case Study

us to the issue of competition. Starbucks has grown rapidly in America benefiting from a lack of any single chain being able to of...

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...

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...

Determining Market Entry Strategies

Once a country has been access as viable and a market assessed as accessible the next stage is for the firm to examine potential m...

Assessment of the Japanese Market for Mangoes

that of Japan, a developed market, where it appeared there is an increasing demand for mangoes at the current time. In order to as...

Shinto vs. Buddhism

West (pp. 8). But he also makes a statement that reflects the points to be covered in this report when he explains that each of th...

Competition Landscape for AT&T Wireless

while yet keeping the number of competitors at a manageable level. As a much smaller country (and one other than the US), J...

A Rethinking of the Value of Nuclear Power

The April 2011 Japanese Earthquakes and the resulting Fukushima...

The Transition of Shinto to the Modern World

describing kami in too theological a fashion, because oftentimes these spirits are not understood to be literal spirits, but rathe...

Japan and Korea/Immigration Issues

society, as with the Japanese, focused on negative factors, the positive orientation was, overall, more prevalent in Korea. On the...

Historical and Cultural Differences in Photography and Printing in the East and West

how large. Interestingly enough, it is also the case that the artistic documentation of culture also serves as the instrument thro...

BARNES & NOBLE NOOK AND JAPAN

Focuses on how the Nook e-reader can and should be promoted in Japan. There are 9 sources listed in the bibliography of this 9-pag...

Varying Justifications for World War II

The reasons nation enter into warfare are on the one hand diverse. On the other hand, however, they most often relate to one degr...

A Century of U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia From 1850 Until 1950

that would be followed by Chinas self-strengthening movement and ultimately by another Opium War with Britain in which China would...

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...

Overview of Japanese Pine, Matsu

in many applications, both as a subtle presence and a powerful presence due to its symbolic nature. According to one author we see...

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...

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). ...

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...