Culture of Japan

On March 31st, 1854, officials from the United States and Japan signed the Treaty of Kanagawa, opening Japanese ports to trade with the United States, as well as the West, after being closed off to foreigners since 1683 (“Treaty of Kanagawa signed with Japan”). While this was just the first step of the globalization process, the complex mechanisms of globalization continue to shape Japan today. After World War II, due to Japan’s rapid growth, the country emerged as a major global player and…

inform my classmates of Japan. Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates of Japanese mythology of Oni. Attention Getter: What do you imagine when you think a demon? Does the demon have a body or is the demon a thought your brain? Does the demon have magical abilities or items? Depending on the culture you were raised in the depiction of the demon would be different. Thesis: Japan's culture has their image of demons called Oni. Oni has influenced the culture of Japan by the way Oni are…

popular culture. Japanese fashion has come a long way from the traditional Kimonos that were worn in the past and today, kimonos are no longer the norm and are worn mostly on special occasions. People on the streets are dressed in all sorts of way that even going to school is like going to a fashion show for some. The various fashion expressed by individuals are seem to be influenced by Japanese fashion as well as some Western influence. Fashion in the United States and Fashion in Japan has…

adventure games in particular, had a significant influence on me. Shadow at the water's edge; the setting was Japan. The game gave you a look into the traditions and present-day culture. I was obsessed. There was fashion, foreign language, and an intriguing culture I knew nothing about. Immediately my computer desktop was flooded with pictures and links. This is where it all began. Japan would be a part of my mind and heart, for a long long time, there was a connection that would never be broken…

Shintoism in Japan Introduction Many people believe that Shintoism and Buddhism are “distant relatives” like how there are different branches of Christianity. People also think one came from the other, but that is not the case. Shintoism and Buddhism are two entirely different religions and have different ideas and cultures. Shinto has probably been in Japan since humans started settling there. Then, Buddhism was brought in by Koreans and quickly became a widely practised religion in Japan. In…

“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…

Buddhism in Politics Throughout Medieval Japan Buddhism originated in Northern India around 500 B.C.E. From there Buddhism started to spread all throughout Asia due to the efforts of the Mauryan King Ashoka. Delegations were sent throughout Asia to spread the teachings of Buddhism. These delegations reached as far away as Egypt all the way to China, Korea and eventually spread to Japan. Buddhism influenced cultures everywhere it went, but it was particularly impactful in East Asia. Buddhism…

Japanese public were not known about the traditions of Ainu and their culture. Ainu was the symbols of ignorant by the government of Japan for many years. The policies and behavior of government made Ainu as invisible status. The major issue in the twenty first century is the protection of rights of indigenous people over the entire world. United Nations also draw attention for the protection, education, clothing, advancement and other sources for the indigenous people. The word Ainu is compared…

Japanese Culture Lives in Hawaiian Business The Japanese archipelago sits to the east of the Eurasian mainland. The land area is about 378,000km², making it the sixtieth largest country in the world by land mass. It is about one twenty-fifth the size of the U.S. Japan also has extraordinary business sense based on their customs which gathers the interest of other countries. With the progress of globalization, Japanese people and Japanese concepts spread across national borders and are a huge…

Start of A Revolution – Japan The end of violence and the start of a new beginning for Japan… 11th February 2016 – Keshna Jeyandrabalan Clearing up the fog in the atmosphere, Japan has found its new beginning after many years of war. The Sengoku period or also known as the Warring States period (1467-1573), involved violent wars in which certain daimyos wanted a whole empire. This was known as the ‘Onion War’, where the daimyos overpowered the shoguns and the shoguns had no control over the…