Religion in 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…

Finally, let me briefly discuss about the theoretical implication of the cosmopolitan publics that I have employed to analyze the Japanese experience of the global Sixties movement. As discussed, the concept was to capture cultural and communicational aspect of the social movements that cuts across the national border. If resituating this concept within the literature of global and transnational sociology, first of all, it was intended to focus on the aspects that have been neglected in the…

Political Culture in India and Japan. Introduction. Both India and Japan have majestic and unique cultures of their own kind. Both countries have a vast culture whose roots are dated back to centuries. Both the countries are well known for their culture. They have gained utmost respect from other parts of the countries due to their awe-inspiring culture. One can see culture as a baroque phenomenon which features morals, laws, knowledge, art, beliefs and all those other credentials that a man may…

Japan was to be a vital stop en route to China, but when approached the first time, the Japanese were unsettled. This unsettling was due in part to the way they were approached. The Japanese were then bullied and threatened with the same fate of the Mexican people if they refused to meet with the American diplomat. Fearful of what was shown by America, and what had taken place in China with Britain, Japan agreed to deal with America first. This was done…

Japan Country Analysis Japan is one of the most popular countries in the world, which has a history of more than one thousand years. Notably, the country has been involved in difference occurrences such as wars, natural disasters, economic turmoil and expansion. Although there were different consequences against the country, but its government was able to manage Japan to survive and growing for many centuries. During the 15th century, Japan was experienced in different civil wars. These…

THE UNITED STATES AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY The United States, along with China is one of the largest automotive markets in the world both in production and sales of vehicles and the United States the base to fourteen car manufacturers. The United States has been the most important auto maker since the introduction of the Ford T in the early 1900s. Globalization has blurred the concept of an American made car since there are many strategic alliances between the national and international…

C.E., China and Japan recognized that they needed to westernize in order to fend off Western powers. However, by 1939 C.E., the nature of the Western ideas adopted in Japan shifted. Throughout this period, China peoples remained aggressive in their attempts to reject most Western ideas. However, by 1939 C.E., the Chinese were no longer rejecting ideas in order to preserve their traditional Chinese culture. From 1815 C.E. to 1939 C.E., Western ideas were accepted in China and Japan in an effort…

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. The Honda Motor Co., Ltd (Honda) is a publically traded multinational corporation. What this means is the companies’ stocks can be bought and sold, on various stock exchanges across the world, on a daily basis. The stockholders are only liable up to the amount of their initial investment. Like Honda, many large companies choose to operate as a corporation for their business organization in order to protect their investors from personal liability of debts acquired by the…

1. Historical Background In Japan, clothing ethic has always been an important and always been in style for decades. The well-known Japanese traditional clothing, kimono has been taking a part of the Japanese people of how to fashion themselves. In Edo era, there were various ways to wear kimono, which made the women in that era wear the kimono to next level of creativity. The creativity in wearing the kimono has to be worn according to the local art and culture, with the touch of elegant.…

Her father was studying law in Tokyo, Japan. A young and ambitious man, at the age of 25, he sailed to the United States with hope of making enough money to continuing his education, and becoming an American Lawyer. Her father, young and naive, would soon learn that the land of opportunities, was hard and racist. He would find himself working many different type of jobs, to include: laying ties for the railroad, field work in eastern Washington, working on ships as a cook, and laboring in a…