Recently, Japan is trying to put steep tariffs on imported Chinese leeks, mushrooms, and a type of straw used for mats. ... In this case, China vegetables are very cheap to make compared with that of Japan. So consumers in Japan are buying Chinese goods and thus hurting their own economy. Japan is one of the world's largest exporters, and if many farmers get laid off then this would effect other markets of the Japan economy. ... The funny thing about Japan putting up tariffs is that they have always criticized the United States and Europe for putting up tariffs. ...

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Clifford enjoys the fact that he can go to the Yucatan and be surrounded by Americans. "Every guest at the Posada Capitan Lafitte speaks North American English. ... One might think that this form of globalization tactic is only used by the United States but actually the Japanese run this same economic strategy against us in Hawaii. A large number of the hotels in Hawaii are Japanese owned and the grunt work is done by the Hawaiian natives. ... All the guests at his resort were American, the workers spoke English, there was a basketball tournament going, and he was able to fly there on an Am...

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Clifford enjoys the fact that he can go to the Yucatan and be surrounded by Americans. "Every guest at the Posada Capitan Lafitte speaks North American English. ... One might think that this form of globalization tactic is only used by the United States but actually the Japanese run this same economic strategy against us in Hawaii. A large number of the hotels in Hawaii are Japanese owned and the grunt work is done by the Hawaiian natives. ... All the guests at his resort were American, the workers spoke English, there was a basketball tournament going, and he was able to fly there on an Am...

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Parts requiring high skilled labour are based in countries such as the US and Japan, since they both have large pools of skilled labour. ... If the firm wishes to portray high quality it may base its production in Japan or Germany. ... Toyota and other Japanese automobile manufacturers have dealt with this in the past, having to locate facilities in the United States in order to overcome the voluntary export restraints imposed by the Japanese Government. ...

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Look at the whacked-out infusion Japanese culture had on everything from high fashion to Duran Duran music videos in the 1980s for such an example. Popular culture and its natural process of development can be and is affected by virtually everything from other cultures (the recent Latin influence on American popular music), the weather (would Morrisey have happened in a country that didn't get as much rain?)... When it comes to popular music in a North American setting, there is some precedent that we can examine. ... The next thing you know, country stations will be banning any artis...

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The seven corporations, with their nation of origin and reported 1990 sales, are: Sony (Japan, $3 billion), Time/Warner (U.S., $2.9 billion), Polygram (Netherlands/Germany, $2.6 billion), Bertelsmann Media Group (Germany, $2 billion), Thorn/EMI (U.K., $1.88 billion), MCA (U.S., $1 billion), and Virgin (U.K., $500 million), total 1990 sales $13.88 billion (1993, pp. 141-143). ... This comes from evidence that American pop stars demand a higher sense of appreciation and perks compared to foreign stars that demand less and cut less exclusive record deals. ... Through promoting foreign artists t...

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