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spread throughout the world The Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, traditionally had facial tattoos, as did theAustroasians. Today, one can find Atayal, Seediq, Truku, and Saisiyat of Taiwan, Berbers of Tamazgha (North Africa), Yoruba, Fulani and Hausa people of Nigeria, and Māori of New Zealand with facial tattoos. Tattooing was popular among certain ethnic groups in southern China, Polynesia, Africa, Borneo, Cambodia, Europe, Japan, the Mentawai Is-lands, MesoAmerica, New Zealand, North…

trade imbalances among countries - this created the fault line. Specifically, economic policies in countries like the United States and the United Kingdom used offshore savings to support the spending of its citizens. Developing economies, as well as Japan, Germany, and China took the opposite approach – they provided the savings the other countries needed. Rajan argues that the resulting imbalances exacerbated the financial crisis and is not sustainable in the longer…

“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…

binoculars, microscopes and many more. The company runs in four sections with one being imaging products, and the rest being precision equipment, instruments, and others (Market Publishers, 2015) The corporation’s headquarters is located in Tokyo, Japan (Nikon Corporation, 2011) In the year 1917 three leading optical manufacturers joined together and formed a wide-ranging, fully integrated optical corporation called Nippon Kōgaku Tōkyō K.K (Nikon Corporation, 2014). In 1988, the company’s name…

from outside forces. The West approached with strong intentions and new ideas and unique cultural traditions. The Eastern Asian countries were finding themselves behind in advances in several different realms, such as, the military and in technology. Japan and China were suffering under the pressures to surrender to outside forces and open up trade with foreign merchants. With the increase of imperialism, the western forces/countries were pushing harder for trade. They wanted to increase trade…

young adults who have turned or will turn to the age of 20 between April 2 of the previous year and April 1 of the most current year, and who maintain residency in the area are invited to attend. The ceremony takes place in every city ward around Japan; everyone can attend the event at their local city office at around 11:30am. Though the day starts much earlier for these young adults, especially the girls who spend countless hours fixing their hair and makeup, and never mind the time it takes…

served as both the prefecture government for Tokyo, as well as administering the Special wards of Tokyo, for what had previously been Tokyo City. World War II wrought widespread destruction of most of the city due to the persistent Allied air raids on Japan and the use of incendiary bombs. The bombing of Tokyo in 1944 and 1945 is estimated to have killed between 75,000 and 200,000 civilians and left more than half of the city destroyed.[31] The deadliest night of the war came on March 9–10,…

Recent Development of Softbank International Business Recently, In 2004 Softbank acquired the Japan Telecom, Japan’s third-largest fixed-line operator. (SoftBank Group, 2004) After this times of acquired, Softbank formally entering the traditional telecom business. Also, Softbank owns several different companies such as Japan Cable Co., Ltd., BB-Serve, a cable company, and GungHo Online Entertainment, a gaming company. In addition, Softbank has partnerships with Japanese subsidiaries of…

operations, capital improvements such as research, and development, and employment growth. One reason is that there are tremendous tax and currency exchange savings to be had doing it that way, versus sending the money back to Japan and then having to pull funding from Japan to finance U.S. operations (O’Dell, 2013). The profits generated selling automobiles that are designed and built in the United States goes in several different directions. The amount…

Takashi Murakami was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1962. His mother, studied needlepoint and designed textiles(1). Murakami’s mother was a big influence to him. He developed an appreciation of both traditional Japanese culture and modern European art. Japanese animation had the biggest impact during his teenage years(1). In 1980 Murakami enrolled in the nihonga it is a traditional Japanese painting style that takes elements of Western art department Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music(1).…