COMPARISION BETWEEN JAPANESE AND AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 2 MAIN PART 4 1. ... Firstly, the Japanese sense of self is very different from the American's. ... Unlike the Japanese, American workers are for the most part individualist. ... One more obvious difference between Japanese and American management systems is employment policy. ... History and culture Different from Japan and all other countries, America is a nation of nations. ...

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Japanese internment in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, caused a new sense of ethnic and national identity within the Japanese American community. ... Japanese Americans have developed no less than their own brand of civil religion"" (939). ... The Japanese American experience during World War II was the catalyst to a new form of civil religion within the United States of America. ... In the article, Jane Naomi Iwamura goes into great detail about the struggle of Japanese Americans and the emergence of a new Japanese American civil religion, but in the middle ...

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Thesis Statement: The American and Japanese animation are good in their own way, but the American Animation is outnumbered in better qualities of Japanese anime. ... Anime History It has been said by Fred Patten: The earliest Japanese animation was by individual film hobbyists insipired by American and European pioneer animators. ... The Style The styles of American animation and the style of Japanese animation is totally different. ... Gender Roles and Relations Most essential difference in the Americans and the Japanese is the roles of the genders. ... In the end, american a...

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The Japanese did not discriminate by skin color like was done in the Americas. ... There was one thing that was done in America that is much better than was done in Japan during the period. ... Unlike the American Constitution, there are specific references to education in the Japanese document. ... The funding of the schools in America works much like the system set up in Japan. ... Private schools in America, like in Japan, receive no public funding. ...

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The Japanese had a lot of determination to make it big in America. ... Americans thought this would stop the growth of Japanese in America but they were wrong. ... The Japanese came to America hoping for new opportunities. ... In the eyes of the white citizens, the Japanese-Americans were not Japanese-Americans but still Japanese immigrants. ... The Japanese were still very determined to make it big in America. ...

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But on July 8, Japanese were throwing a party eight miles west of Peiping, China. ... Right after the Japanese were finished with their bombing, the Americans hatched a plan to get back at them. They sent aircrafts into Japan and bombed Tokyo as much as they could. Even though the American's attack wasn't as powerful as the Japanese, they knew that it hurt them just as much Pearl Harbor hurt the Americans. ... (www.pearlharborattacked.com) The Japanese were one of the wealthiest and most respected countries by 1940, but once they attacked China and got into World War II with Ame...

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This came through the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, a deliberate and "necessary " move that allowed for the mass deportation of Japanese Americans to internment camps" (Historical Overview of the Japanese American Internment). ... Unfortunately, for the Japanese-Americans, this meant something completely and tragically different. ... The Japanese- Americans were at the mercy of the United States government for seemingly doing nothing wrong, besides being of Japanese decent (Life in Japanese Internment Camps). ... For the Japanese-Americans, the question now became whe...

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During the years of the war in World War II, hundreds of thousands of Japanese-Americans were forced to relocate into Japanese-American relocation camps which had both pro and con arguments. ... In the case of the relocation camps, they regulated Japanese-American activity while stealing away from them their rights to live and their granted freedom. ... Many officials feared that Japanese-Americans would relay information back to their ancestral home, Japan, and thus cause a calamity. ... On the other hand, many arguments for the con side of the Japanese-American relocation camps existed. .....

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Although very entertaining, Japanese media seems to be a lot more commercialized than even over-the-top American media. ... I often wonder how Japanese people feel when they come to America; do they also feel as though they are suffocated by mass marketing and commercialism? ... Compared to TV in America, they can get away with showing a lot more risqué stuff in Japan. ... As in America, popular Japanese music seems to be primarily based on advertising and commercialization. ... Although, we have that in America as well (for example, Brittany, Christina, the Backstreet Boys, etc.), i...

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Even before Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were looked down on in the United States, and for 3 main reasons; the Japanese American men were taking jobs from other white men, they were another drain on the economy, and also for simple culture differences. ... Japanese Americans were unjustly segregated by racist white Americans who were scared of Japanese Americans taking their jobs, they were worried about the economical drain of immigrants, and they were also scared of their different culture and its influences on change. ... Innocent Japanese Americans suffered as racist white peopl...

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During the late 1860's Japanese started to accept western influence over their music and has become very popular in Japan. ... The Japanese are also legendary for their performing arts which is extremely popular in Japan. ... For Example, Baseball is considered very popular in Japan but it is of American Origin. ... While Shinto is native to Japan, Buddhism began in India and came to Japan in the 6th century. ... The average Japanese students get more homework then the average American Student. ...

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Jazz is known as an American musical invention since it was originated there, but this music has branched out into many other places around the world, such as Japan specifically. ... Considering that America came up with the idea of this genre, I do not think that the Japanese style of Jazz is that different compared to America. ... In Japan, they would listen to the popular music that had been made in America and make their own version of the song and translate the lyrics of the songs.9 This began to be a reoccurrence with the Japanese using America for their customs. In the 50s and 60s, Japa...

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One of the effects caused by the impact of American culture in Japan can be seen in the Japanese diet. ... American culture has brought a lot of effects in Japanese culture. First, an American meal is a part of a Japanese meal. ... First, American foods are now a part of the Japanese diet. ... American culture has an effect on Japanese culture. ...

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Issue or problem This article states that Japan is in the middle of a trade surplus gaining 95.6 percent from last year to 902.0 yen (7.33 billion). ... This shows clearly the gap between Japans exports and imports. ... It states that Japans exports have been slowing, pushing towards a more steady economy. ... Also, in our book, we have shown Japan currency (yen) compared to the American dollar. ... Also, I was surprised to find out that Japans economy was struggling due to a trade surplus, and the fact that we have such a strong influence on not only Japan, but other nations as well. ...

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There were many factors leading up to the Japanese-American internment. ... Americans assumed that a network of Japanese informers, living on the Hawaiian Islands had aided the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. ... Americans also knew that Japan was ready to hit us hard in the event of war. ... This sent a strong hint to Americans. Two retired Japanese officers; one from the army and one from the navy toured the West Coast and carried a secret document entitled The Triple Alliance and the Japanese American War. ...

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The Americans complain about declines in their steel industries but few Americans believe that it is a problem to import CD players and TV's. ... However, in 1988 they refused to use an American vaccine, which protected children against measles, mumps and rubella all in one vaccine. The Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare instead coordinated three of the country's vaccine making companies to produce an alternative to the American vaccine. ... The refusal of importing the American vaccine caused much grief. The American version had little if any side effects but the Japanese versi...

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Unfortunately only one in twenty-five negotiations between North Americans and Japanese are successful. ... When dealing with the Japanese culture, or any other culture for that matter, you will come across things that are very different from what you are used to in America. ... The issues and remedies, which I plan to present, will help American executives appropriately handle their first business meeting with the Japanese. ... I will discuss the first business meeting between an American executive and a Japanese executive in depth. I will discuss how values in Japan are different from ...

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Japan's signing of unequal treaties with America, France, Holland, and Russia in 1858 placed restrictions on Japan's national sovereignty, such as extraterritoriality, which meant that foreigners in Japan had immunity from the jurisdiction of the Japanese legal system. ... In 1905, California passed anti-Japanese legislation. ... In 1924, America passed the Japanese Exclusion Act to shut off Japanese immigration into the US. ... Fourthly, I would lead Japan to war due to the economic interests of Japan. ... Hence, going for war is necessary to Japan so as to ensure continued foreig...

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Since my family was not living on the naval base my brother and I could not attend the American school, which meant we had to attend the local Japanese school. ... After finishing the school year we begged our parents to move to the American base. ... Yokohama was more like American culture. ... Since we were living in Japan the required language we had to learn was Japanese. ... After Japan my father once again got transferred, this time to Naples, Italy. ...

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Victory in Japan, the battle of the Pacific is over, Japan surrenders. ... The Allied forces made the decision to drop an atomic bomb on the island of Japan with hopes of pushing the Japanese to surrender. ... The war had been going on for almost six years; the American Marines fighting in the Pacific had island hopped their way closer and closer to Japan. The Americans had a foothold close enough they were able to send bombers to obliterate Japan. ... So, where more Americans supposed to risk their lives to drag out a war they did not start? ...

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Japan's Foreign Policy Upon focusing on Japan and it's foreign policy objectives, one must take into account the world and the image that Japan is trying to project upon it, for both it's self and the Japanese people. ... "Japanese foreign policy? ... "Japan is reinventing superpower - again. ... In the core of such interest is to ensure security and prosperity of Japan and the Japanese people. ... Although Japan has capitalized on engaging globally, the world does not feel welcome in Japan. ...

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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor released a stigma within the American public. It was aimed at Japanese Americans. ... Japanese Americans were historically regarded in the lowest degree by the American public and leaders. ... President Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) demonstrated his views towards the Japanese Americans by personally approving evacuation of Japanese Americans from the West coast, and relocating them to internment camps. Roosevelt's decision echoed with the common opinion of the public, and that was that the Japanese Americans were a threat to America. ...

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America's Pastime in Japan? ... The purpose of this paper is to show the average American that baseball is more widespread that just in America, and also to show that it is as popular in a certain country which is Japan. ... (Embassy of Japan) In the 1930's American all-star teams would come over to Japan to play a host of good will games. ... The Americans won all 17 games. ... (Baywell) When an America player starts to play in Japan he has to learn some new words and ways for handling themselves. ...

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World War II: Canada and the Road to Japanese Internment As an American now attending University in Canada, this is the first time I have ever heard of Japanese Internment anywhere other than the United States. ... When the United States is so closely tied to Canada, even though it may seem that American History should only deal with events concerning America and vice versa. But after analyzing these two scholarly articles about Japanese Internment in Canada, American and Canadian influence on the Japanese during World War II was basically one in the same. ... The shared west coast of Am...

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