Companies of Japan

Is Japan immune to social change? An essay on similarities and differences in the: society, culture and economy of the home islands, across Doctor Akagi and Akira. In this essay I will compare and contrast the Doctor Akagi and Akira. These two films, produced respectively 1988 (Akira) and 1998 (Doctor Akagi), show Japan in a time of crises, with destruction on the horizon. Throughout both the plot each film ventures in all aspects of society, from neo-slums to tech villas in Akira; to country…

Chiyoda Corporation, Japan Alex Uchrin Contents History: 3 Some of the company’s Business Fields: 3 Green energy 3 Environmental protection 3 Pharmaceutical 4 Petrochemical 4 Refineries 4 Upstream 4 Global network: 5 Upcoming project: 5 MHI (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Chiyoda plans first offshore hydrogen plant 5 Bibliography 9 History: Chiyoda started out as a small two-story wooden building in Tokyo, with 25 employees, in 1948. The founder, Mr. Akiyoshi Tamaki, had been a…

Both Japan and Cambodia are countries which belong to Asia, the largest continent on Earth. On the other hand, based on the term “geographical realm”, they are in different realms. One is in East Asia, and the other is in Southeast Asia. They also have the distinction in many aspects such as physical pattern, history, population features, economic and political issues, and socio-cultural issues. The characteristics of Japan and Cambodia will be explored obviously by looking at the similarities…

choosing Japan for a holiday is because I personally like their culture, savoury food and their beautiful scenery of the country. Japan is an island in the Pacific in which is divided by the east coast of Asia by the Sea of Japan. Japan consists of four main islands that are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. Tokyo is one of a prefecture of Honshu and other largest cities that include Yokahama, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, Kyoto, Kawasaki, Saitama, Hiroshima and Sendai. The total population of Japan…

“Cool Japan” fund, is it completely useless or just poorly managed? The “burst” of the bubble economy in Japan at the beginning of 1990s crushed Japanese self confidence. Long recession, harsh Korean competition in steel, auto and electronics industries, with US also having the strongest leadership in “IT revolution” and rapid economic growth in China enhanced the depressive mood of “the Lost Decade”. However rumors of popularity of Japanese cultural products overseas, such as electronics for…

When comparing the countries of China and Japan to one another, it is evident that their belief systems and cultures are strikingly similar. Confucianism and its philosophy are the foundation upon which each of these countries beliefs and traditions stem from. From the perspective of the elders in these countries, there seem to be a lessening amount of children making up the population (Ho 1992). Despite these similarities, there are clear differences between the aging experience in these two…

environmental sustainability has made it very difficult for companies to operate (Ellwood, 2008). While most companies within the automobile industry have embraced the need for small and efficient cars that utilize very minimal amount of fuel, the expansive need for eco-friendly cars still contributes to high rate of competitive leading to an emergence of hybrid and electric motors. However, a dynamic shift in the level completion has subjected such companies to shift their focus…

his children to read and write Japanese, and rarely took them to Japanese cultural gathering. When Ida graduated, she was allowed to visit her sickly aunt in Japan as a graduation gift from her parents. While she was there, Pearl Harbor took place. This caused increasing tension between the U.S and Japan, and it caused her to be stranded in Japan. Due to a paperwork problem, she missed the last returning American boat. During the beginning of stranding, the secret police went up to her…

August 12th-14th Japan was compelled to unconditionally surrender signed the Potsdam Declaration after the two atomic bombs and the emperor announced this to the people via radio on the 15th. Shortly after, 350 military officers committed suicide, and they burned official documents of the war because they knew there would be war crime trials. “The Blue-Eyed Shogun” (a.k.a. Truman) had the power to disperse the Diet, “censor the press, disband political parties, issue administrative directive”…

Japanese immigration to Brazil- a story of success marked by failures, persistence, and hard work. • Why Japan? Japan is rarely seen as central to the history of mass migration or imperial expansion, despite having been profoundly involved in both (Mack, 2010). An immigration of Japanese to Brazil started officially when the first ship Kasato Maru landed in the port of Santos in June 1908 (Sasaki, 2006). The beginning of a Japanese era in Brazil was influenced by two significant waves of…