JAPAN: A SOCIETY DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF THE WESTERN WORLD? ... Furthermore, the system of rank is applied to almost all circumstances and to a great extent, controls the social life of an individual. ... This U.S. measurement of ranking greatly differs from the amae-seniority system of Japanese ranking, separating our two societies. The ie system, which represents the family system may also be seen as an attribute of Japanese society which sets it apart from Western society. ... Thus, although Japan and the Western world carry many cultural characteristics and political beliefs that ...

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The Second World War created an atmosphere of instability, suspicion, and fear, which blanketed the entire western world. ... There was immense public support for the internment of all Japanese in Canada. ... No evidence is provided to account for their assumption that the RCMP, army, navy, or RCAP suffered from the same incompetence. ... This is quite relevant to the interpretation of this information, for if the reader is to accept this opinion at face value it is important to prove he is in fact an expert. ... In his opinion, "The removal of all Japanese from this costal area would undo...

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All Emperors have been descendants of the same imperial family. ... Though limited in power, all dominant statutes of power such as the Fujiwara and Hojo regents to the Minamoto, Ashikaga and Tokugawa shoguns have all respected the Emperor. ... As history unfolds the early accounts of Japanese history remains quite unclear. ... The term Kofun's are keyhole shaped burial mounds that are found all over Japan with the earliest ones found on Kyushu island. ... Kami can be anything from water, earth, stone, forests, sun and fire. ...

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After the collapse of the highly centralized planned economy and its transition to a market economy, it is quite natural for the Russian Far East to direct its attention toward neighboring countries in the Northeast Asia. ... Although there are still high hurdles between the Western Europe and the Eastern Europe at the national level in the integration process, the integration of the both parts of the Europe is making steady progress at the micro level. ... It seems that my talk jumps to a quite different topic, but I would like to explain the case of Slovenia, which composed the former Yugos...

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