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Essays 451 - 478

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...

Japanese Politics and Traditionalist Right Domination

held by the nations cabinet which is led by the prime minister who is the leader of the political party in power. It is also the p...

1400 to 1700 Japanese Relations with the West

Shogun Yoshimitsu had developed trade relations with Ming China and indirectly acquired Western goods. However, the new government...

Japan and Gender Differences

were related to religion. Certain scripture regularly challenged women to disprove that they were inferior-to not agree was heres...

Japanese Employment Relations and Globalization's Effects

a direct influence of globalization in Japan, for leading world economies are so interlaced and interdependent as globalization pr...

Premodern Japanese Peasant Life

their unswerving and loyal oath, many peasants were beginning to grumble about the heavy handedness of the Warlords. Marikos hom...

Lockheed's Bribing of the Japanese Government

without being asked, in order to facilitate a transaction (with that "something of value" referring to money). There is no coercio...

Tokugawa Period of Japanese History

presented a lot of problems and a lot of burdens for many people. "Since the daimyo was a person of considerable status, he was ex...

Japanese Expansion of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

franchising with the Krispy Kreme Corporation. The first legal issue would be whether or not franchising was legal in Japan. Other...

Asian Culture in Art and Film

way or another by the culture itself. Now, while there are numerous contemporary artists and also numerous styles this section ...

1st Generation Indian Americans, Chinese Americans, and Japanese Americans

traditions and societies" (Said, 1979, pp. 45-6). Nakashima (2001) touches upon an issue that has long eluded multicultural...

Japanese and American Antitrust Laws

had asked the court to dismiss the case, but the citing of the US case was key in influence a denial of that motion at the Osaka c...

Japan, American and European Cars

motor vehicles were sold, 180,166 of them were not Japanese brands (Kyi, 2003). German brands had the greatest share of foreign ca...

Educational System of Japan

to examine that education system. A specific emphasis will be placed on the phenomena we know as "exam hell", a process through w...

'The Bridegroom' by Ha Jin

concerned for the welfare of his rather homely adopted daughter, Beina. First of all, Jin makes it clear that women within Chinese...

Literary Depiction of Cultures

but complications arise. Not one, but two suitors join them on their trip. During the trip both men vie for her affections. In the...

Japanese and British Societies and Cultures

Time is also significant in respect to the use of time, measures of time, as well as time orientation (2001). There are difference...

Swordsmithing of Japan

a better sword (Japanese Sword Making). When Muramasa held his sword upright, it cut every leaf that graced its tip perfectly in ...

Second World War Torturing of US Prisoners of War by Japan

forgive and forget. It does however help to explore what happened in those camps in Japan during World War II. Although by and la...

Japan and Crime

the number of misbehaving children and incidents of juvenile delinquency" (Ministry of Education, 2001). The objectives of the r...

Overview of the Exotic but Very Poisonous Puffer Fish

exist in controlled conditions for economic purposes (Labb?e, 2003, p. 42). Puffer fish earned its name because when threatened, ...

UK Supermarket Tesco's and Possible Japan Expansion

In ten pages this paper discusses a proposed Tesco's expansion into the Japanese market in a discussion of competitive advantages,...

1930s' Japanese Aggression and Its Reasons

would spring up and this influenced future governments to pass factory legislation that was sorely needed (2002). Japanese livin...

Banana Yoshimoto's Fiction

In four pages this essay examines two books by Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto in a consideration of how her works capture young ...

And Then by Natsume Soseki

to ones social superiors was the supreme value, tended to foster hypocrisy. Modernization, while sweeping away the old system, fai...

Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Swahili Languages

as Zipfs law, that human languages follow a pattern that is characterized by the frequency of different words (Ravilious, 2003). ...

Goodbye Tsugumi and N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto

narrates her story with forthright honesty. She explains that--while she is named after the Virgin Mary--she is far from saint-lik...

Early 20th Century U.S. Immigration of the Japanese

For the purpose of comparison two articles from vastly different publications were chosen from the extensive list which immediatel...