Whaling in Japan

Industry analysis Porter’s Five Forced on Automobile industry Threats of new entrants Automobile industry is very specific industry, it has higher level of entry barriers. Factory facilities, machinery, labor and technology are heavily involved for automobile industry. For a new entrants in automobile industry, they need to look for mass production to achieve economy of scale in mature automobile industry. Second, the facility for automotive manufacturing is quite specialized, it has enormous…

The Japanese company manufactured the longest bra in September, 1990. The bra has an under-burst measurement of 24m (78ft 8 in) and 28m (91ft 10in) for its bust measurement. Tunnel Image source The Seikan Tunnel (as shown above) between Japan’s Honshu and Hokkaido Islands is currently considered as the world’s longest tunnel with its measurement of 53, 850m in length. However, by 2010, with the opening of the tunnel called Gotthard Base in Switzerland, Seikan Tunnel will be placed the second…

SLIDE 2: The first relationship between Portugal and Japan started in 1543. The first explorers were Portuguese traders António Mota, Francisco Zeimoto and António Peixoto. When the Portuguese explorers arrived they landed in the southern archipelago of Japan. They were the first Europeans to discover Japan and established a relationship and trade with it. This was called the Nanban trade. The Portuguese and Japanese relationship and trade found the port of Nagasaki in 1571, through the deal of…

The Tenderloin. Not the type of meat, but the neighborhood that I call home. Tenderloin, San Francisco. The so called “hood,” the place with the highest crime rates and homelessness within the city. From robbery to aggravated assault, it all existed. I grew up in this environment and yet I embraced every bit of it. Yes, I eventually realized that I lived in this neighborhood because of my family’s financial status, but because of my status I had been inspired to go to school and further engage…

“Narrative of my captivity in Japan” by Vasilii Golovnin, is a story with a unique perspective and travel experience in Japan. As the story starts us off with travelers coming under arrest after being suspect in their motive for coming to Japan, Golovnin and his companions are held captive in Japan for a little over two years, until they can be proven innocent of the allegations. This travel experience, give the reader perspective Japanese prisons, government, and foreign diplomacy, rather than…

Ghosn has emphasized high-quality performance and improvement over current performance. In Japan, age, length of service, and education level are the traditional factors determining the individual’s power in the company. However, under Ghosn’s achievement-oriented leadership, the highest achievers got the highest rewards regardless of those factors…

creating a truly shared cultural experience throughout all social classes. Vaporis’ argument of a shared culture was exact; however, alternate attendance was more of a vehicle which created a shared culture and experience throughout the elite class of Japan. Vaporis provided limited examples of the specific effects of domain processions at the commoner level, such as using commoner inns or homes when the “procession was large or the facilities at a post station underdeveloped.” However, Vaporis…

Picture Bride, it discovers a noteworthy certain, social event ever. In the mid twentieth century, paying little respect to the triumph of Japan in World War I, militarization causes¬ heaps of poverty in the country. Moreover, the course of action, for a couple of families that had young ladies, was to send them to Japanese men in the United States, who had settled down there for a couple of years, and had a solid job to live, and make the young ladies their wives. The families assume that their…

Japan is a nation, which consists of four islands and four thousand small islands situated in the Pacific Ocean. The four major islands are Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido. Japan’s population surpasses one hundred and twenty seven million, which makes it one of the largest populations in the world. The capital city, Tokyo constitutes a population of thirty million making it the biggest urban area in the world. Japan has the third largest economy in the world and the third lowest mortality…

Paul Binnie, a newly popular woodblock print artist, challenges Japanese popular thought surrounding both gender stereotypes and negative connotations of the tattoo through his unique prints. His on-and-off approach highlights the ability of tattooing to individuate and deepen the perception of those who are brave enough to bear them. In a broader sense, Binnie is commenting on how all visual art can be used to disrupt and complicate dangerous limiting stereotypes and augment the identities of…