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Synopsis The term Minimalism emerged in New York in the early 1960s within the reduced design of Bauhaus (form follows function) and is still present in our century. Also, the Japanese ideas such as Zen or Ma influenced the Minimalism. „It is a more meditative approach [...], designed to encourage mental peace and quiet.“ (Brown., 2016) The clean lines and the neutral color palette is essential for it. Minimalism is also considered as an important movement of postmodernist art known as the…

generating an increase in their disposable income which is a positive sign for the automobile industry 2. INDUSTRY ANALYSIS Honda motors is headquartered in Japan with its operations spread worldwide. It is a public listed in the NYSE and TYO and since is commencement in 1948 Honda has become the second largest automobile manufacturer on Japan and eight largest in the world. The automotive industry is basically an industry having a wide range of businesses which are involved in from the initial…

The Japanese culture Japan well-known as the country that obviously has a unique cultural in the world. In fact, Japanese have been taught by generations that how good their culture is and something it is only they can understand or it can call ‘’nationalism’’. The Japanese culture (customs and communication) is so involve, it is very importance to understand about their culture, their attitudes and some basic values before doing business in Japan. Owing to the Japanese culture, it is…

Julie Otsuka’s novel, The Buddha in the Attic, is a communal narrative of the Japanese Picture Brides who immigrate to the US in the early 1900s. While their narrative is about the immigrant experience, concepts from postcolonial theory can be adapted and are applicable to their story. Throughout the novel, the Picture Brides are shown sharing similar symptoms of that of a colonized subject, embodying what Lois Tyson explains as a “colonized consciousness” (249). According to Tyson, “colonial…

Automotive. Manheim was established in 1945 as a wholesale vehicle auction. Manheim is extremely large in scope and has sold over 100 million cars since 1945. Currently, Manheim registers just under 7 million cars annually (Manheim, n.d.). With this business comes complicated compliance related issues and overwhelming operational challenges. Despite…

throughout the book to get the main idea across to the audience. He informs the audience of his one-sided viewpoint of how Japan should be; one example where he…

hypothesis, measures and results. Lee. Lijima and Reade’ paper reports a research about the influence of PRP on predictors and consequences for organizational citizenship behaviour. The study set in a large electric appliance manufacturing firm in Japan, which was in the process of the second wave of PRP implementation at the time of research.…

Americans have defined themselves not by their racial, religious, and ethnic identity but by their common values and belief in individual freedom. As these two writers "Dwight Okita" and "Sandra Cisneros" were highly influenced by the American culture remind us how it was in the 1800s. "In Response to Executive Order 9066: All Americans of Japanese Descent Must Report to Relocation Centers” by Dwight Okita, and “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros published experiences about the topic of American…

Discussion I. Case Study 1.1 Definition of Soft Power and How Japan Implement its Soft Power. Power is a capability to do something in order to achieved what people want. In international relations, power could be defined as the a potentiality of a country to achieve the national interest within international dimension (Keohane & Nye, 1998, p. 86). Moreover, there two types of power, these are hard power and soft power. Hard power is the ability of a nation to get something that the country…

Tale of the Bamboo Cutter and Tale of Princess Kaguya Comparison The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter constitutes as the earliest example of a monogatari text. A focus on vernacular tales, and fictional stories characterize the literary form monogatari. This tale’s popularity led to several adaptations including, the Studio Ghibli film, The Tale of Princess Kaguya. The ability to convey a story, change with the use of different mediums along the lines of text and film. As so, the text uses various…