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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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Conflict and Pressure

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

Patriotism by Yukio Mishima

a review of this text and how Japanese marriage traditions are reflected in the double suicide ritual are analyzed in five pages. ...

Unnecessary for African Americans to Receive Slavery Reparations

during WWII. In part, the reason why one group should be compensated and the other not, is really due to timing. Some people who f...

Kaisha, a Japanese Corporation According to Abbeglen and Stalk

the evolution of both U.S. and European industry in order to check the advances of the Japanese (1985). The sinister conspiracy th...

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...

Postwar Success of Japan

Emperor was stripped of his rank and power, most would say that he and the nation of Japan lost much face because of it. In Japane...

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...

Sculpture of Early Japan

figurines represented the earliest of the Japanese deities and were included within the religious observances. One sculpture, in ...

Comparing U.S. and Japanese Politics

governed by a Prime Minister who is elected by the members of the Diet. The Prime Minister then chooses members of his cabinet, mu...

Mid 19th Century Japan

boom in both economic and political strength. As the twenty-first century began, Japan had new and stifling issues to deal with: ...

Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Reasons Behind Them

The assumption was that Germans were working as feverishly on atomic power as was the U.S. - and it was only late in 1944 that the...

Second World War Atomic Bombs Usage Justifications

number of lives lost as a result of the atomic bombs. This paper will seek to illustrate that there are, therefore,...

Different Approaches to Human Resource Management and Business Strategy

the workers undertaking the tasks. This can be seen as a typically classical approach to HR management, with little attenti...

Japanese Culture and Samurai

and strenuous training was required of these men with most of the training occurring on the Kanto plain which was also the most id...

Bank of Japan's Interest Rate Policy

In twelve pages this paper examines the Japanese economic impact generated by the interest rate policy of the Bank of Japan. Ten ...

Modern Economic Climate and the Industry of Japan

In seven pages this paper emphasizes the Asian currency crisis in a consideration of 4 sections pertaining to the Japanese economy...

Overview of the Foreign Exchange Rate Model

in current accounts, imperfect competition and trade barriers" (Pakko and Pollard, 1996; p. 78). Interest Rate Parity also applie...

Chinese and Japanese Economic Relationship

In fifteen pages this paper discusses how Chinese economic prosperity has been linked to exports to Japan and Japanese foreign dir...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Japanese Economy

This paper examines FDI policy and the feasibility of investing in Japan's economy. This five page paper has a bibliography with ...

Culture and Art of Japan

In ten pages this paper discusses the art that characterizes Japanese culture and also considers how issues including homosexualit...

Period Art Describes After a Trip to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art II

Japanese, African, Roman, and Greek works of art are discussed in this reaction paper to a trip taken to the Metropolitan Museum o...

Hiroshima and Contemporary Japanese Animation

In five pages this paper discusses how contemporary animation in Japan has been influenced by the Hiroshima bombing. Five sources...

Japanese Influence on the Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright

theme while blending with nature with human life. With an awareness of Wrights commitment to such organic process and devel...

Japanese History in The Pillow Book by Sie Shonagon

In fourteen pages this research paper examines this revealing look at the medieval history of Japan written by an Imperial Court's...

Japanese Democracy and the Meiji Constitutio

In nine pages this paper discusses how democracy was betrayed by the Meiji Constitution according to Reischauer and Jensen. Five ...

Japanese Nationalist Diary

I was hard to live with during most of my school career. There was a great deal of stress, but I was able to grasp the concepts ra...