Added to this exchange risk, Multinational Companies deals with Political Risks due to the changing political systems of different nations among their legal resolutions, taxation procedures of movements in policies. b. What does the term arbitrage profit mean? Arbitrage profit means riskless profit, this is possible thanks to arbitrageurs who are individuals involved in the process of buying and selling in more than one country to achieve this riskless profit. c. What can a firm do to…
The Social and Political Outbreaks of the 1960s Olympics “Bang”! The runners jump off their blocks from the start and begin to pick up lightning speed. Faster and faster, one runner breaks away, and you hear the crowd roar with excitement when the runner gets closer and closer to crossing the finish line with a new world record. The Olympics has become an amazing way to showcase worldwide competition while putting political and social issues aside. Although, not every Olympics has run as…
Executive Summary: My restaurant ,”The World Kitchen” is an international restaurant where we do not narrow down the menu into one specific type. In other words, we will be providing traditional foods from all around the world. The main idea of my restaurant is “Keep it cheap”. We want to let Japanese people taste food from various countries, without having to go to an expensive trip. Plus, tourists can visit my restaurant as well to learn some Japanese table manners and get a rest by talking in…
still remains popular today. Kanadahon Chushingura is one of the most-beloved Kabuki plays. It tells a story of forty-seven ronin (samurai without a leader) avenging their lord's death. People who want to see real Kabuki should attend a showing of Tokyo theater troop's Gekidan Shinkansen. One of the conventions of kabuki theater is that people in the audience will make kakagoe (shouts) at certain times when the drama is highest. Often, these people are seated in cheap seats and are called…
Many international fashion designers including Alexander McQueen, Tom Ford and Jeremy Scott have praised Yamamoto, Miyake and Rei Kawakubo, I think it is quite difficult to say which one of these fashion designers has left the greatest impact on the fashion industry. Rei Kawakubo’s radical thinking and her philosophy about “designing persuaded her followers to challenge traditions, to re-think old ideas and reconfigure old forms.” Bonnie. Japanese Fashion Designers. Oxford New York: Berg, 2011.…
Because of the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the Fukushima group evacuation test, the decontamination cost of the Nihon Matsu Golf Course, the Fukushima nuclear power plant litigation caused the Tokyo Electric Power shareholder suit. There are various reasons for these lawsuits ("Litigation Movement"). For example, it is necessary to protect children from radiation, to receive compensation from TEPCO, to ask the responsibility of TEPCO's Board of Directors to keep safety of…
(Brightwell) Hisaishi released his first album in 1981, called MKWAJU, and recorded it from a live performance at the Haiyuu Zagekijoo theater in Tokyo. (Donelson) The album was written for a percussion ensemble with keyboard and computer programming. His compositions still showed minimalism characteristics but also reflected his interest in electronic, new age and melodic percussion. A year later…
opportunities and coaches to play baseball. I accidentally found an organization which has been established by the Tokyo University students. They were not only giving away baseball equipment, which they gather from people who needn’t them, but also giving opportunities to come to Japan to play in a professional baseball…
Her father was a classic pianist before he worked at Yokohama Specie Bank. The family moved to San Francisco, California because her father was transferred. In 1937, Yoko went back to Japan with her father and enrolled at The Gakushuin School in Tokyo. When she was 18 years old, her family came to New York again, and she studied at Sarah Lawrence College where she met her first husband, Yoshi Ichiyanagi.[footnoteRef:2] [2: “Yoko Ono”, Wikipedia, Last Modified November 10, 2015, Accessed November…
year studying abroad at Sophia University in Tokyo. Both experiences were extremely enriching, eye opening, and changed my life, as I was able to experience a culture that is totally different from that of my own. As life in the Japanese countryside is radically varied from that of the cities, I would like to experience that aspect of Japanese life and culture firsthand. I have already had the privilege of living in both major cities, Kyoto and Tokyo, but…