"The American economy and profits sprinting ahead, while keeping the Euro area's economies are barely able to maintain a walking peace and Japan is just getting off its knees. ... The theory works like this; America imports more than it exports, the cause of this is the low American savings rate, resulting from the huge level of American household borrowing (read as credit cards, debit cards, and mortgage refinancing) and the federal budget deficit. ... The Economist also points out similar benefits for Japan if it allows the dollar to decline. Unfortunately, economic theory has politi...

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Offensive modernization in Japan was increased in 1868 as part of the Meiji Restoration. ... By 1876, the Japanese eradicated the samurai class as well as the luxuries associated with it. ... The creation of a conscription based army led to Japan's new opposing force that led it to be one of the quickest growing superpowers. ... The increasingly larger companies created the spread of large corporations that marked America's path to industrial success. ... America further advanced their industrial success by implementing Great Britain's scheme of tapping outlying resources. ...

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PEOPLE: FDR - President during WWII Truman - President who decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan Churchill - British Prime Minister Eisenhower - Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied troops in D-Day MacArthur - General who returns to Philippians - Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Rommel - General in charge of Afrika Korps Hitler - poorly educated Austrian; joined German workers party, became leader, changed name to Nazi; became Dictator of Germany Mussolini - in Fascist Party; declared himself Dictator of Italy Tojo - Dictator of Japan Stalin - Dictator of USSR F...

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Fukuzawa was determined that Japan should benefit from the best of Western technological and economic achievements, and so embarked on a conscious programme to adopt into the Japanese context key elements of European and America life. During that period, Eurocentrism has a great impact on Fukuzawa and Japan. ... First, Fukuzawa used Europe as a standard that Japan should follow because he wanted Japan to truly become part of the civilized world of the West. ... Therefore, he felt that Japan should keep the traditional Eastern relgion. ... Fukuzawa was one of the first experts on the West in mo...

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Meanwhile, Americans lived under the guise of safety and in relative prosperity. ... The surprise assault by Japanese warplanes destroyed dozens of ships, loaded with crew "all in all, over a thousand servicemen died that day. ... With America finally involved, there was hope for an end to this dreadful conflict. ... Hawaii served as America's midway point between the mainland and Japan, and although the Japanese attempted to wipe out much of those offenses in the Pearl Harbor attacks, the American naval fleet struck back with a vengeance. And in spite of the great victories again...

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Reed's Essay "America: The Multinational Society" In this essay, Reed explains how American culture is portrayed as if it consists of a civilization created by the people of Europe. ... In his "America: The Multinational Society" essay he said " Is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which includes Turkish marches, a part of Western civilization, or the late nineteenth- and twentieth-century French paintings, whose creators were influenced by Japanese art? ... What I would like to add is that the word America is the biggest propaganda of the US. That is, America was really called for the e...

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There has also been much work on improving the tarnished relationship between Japan and Australia after the second world war, and a peaceful future looks promising as Australia leads the world in the amount of students studying the Japanese and Chinese language, for a nation that doesn't speak it natively. ... Before and after the war years Japan became a very powerful industrial nation, especially in the production of items manufactured in factories. Hand in hand, the trade for Australia's primary products and Japan's mass merchandise strengthened Australian and Asian trading...

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On one side stood Adolf Hitler, and his allies Italy and Japan, seeking to undue the damage done to his people - viewed by him as a race that was objectively superior to all of the rest of humanity - in World War I, and to assert his dominance over the world. On the other side were the democratic, capitalist, Western countries, like The United Kingdom, France, and later the United States of America, who entered into the war after Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor. ... After World War II was resolved, two countries had emerged as the world's dominant military powers: The United States o...

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Japan will also contribute $60 billion to the International Monetary Fund, while China will contribute $43 billion. ... After Obama acknowledged "slower growth in Europe means slower growth in American jobs" and the potential impact on the 2012 presidential election, it is predicted that Obama will take great measure to take part in Europe's issues (CNN). ... The members of the G-20 are the United States, the European Union, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, China, Canada, Argentina, South Korea, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey,...

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Recent low mortgage interest rates have dramatically increased housing affordability for many Americans creating a concomitant increase in demand. ... In terms of further work on the global perspective, Crooks and Despeignes (2002) chart the growth of house prices in Europe, America and parts of Asia, noting increasing rates not seen since the 1980s. ... In Germany, Japan and Hong Kong, prices have been stagnant or falling and the hot spots are widely spread from Sydney to Stockholm. ... In fact, according to Summary and Highlights of the American Housing Conference, every 8 seconds someone tu...

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Not only is this trend a continuing factor in the constuction and implementation of United States Foreign Policy, but holds true for the 3 Post-Modern regional powers of the world: The America's, Europe, and East Asia. ... I agree with Kupchan that America should be willing to slowly wean off Europe and East Asia of their dependence on U.S. ... Country GDP (as of 1/1/00) Military Spending as of (1/1/00) China $4.8 trillion $12.608 billion Mongolia 6.1 billion 20 million North Korea 22.6 billion 4.9 billion South Korea 625.7 billion 9.9 billion Japan 2.95 trillion 42.9 billion Taiw...

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The United Sates of America and New Zealand are among a few of these countries. ... This is due to its measurement based on the American dollar and the strong Australian market concerning the issues at hand. ...

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The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution It has, been variously called the "Western Miracle" (Rosenberg and Birdzell 42) and the "European Miracle," (Jones) but it is commonly known as the Industrial Revolution. Subsequent to the Middle Ages, populations in Western Europe began de...

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The importance of securing natural energy resources is taking center stage in the European Union's (EU) future plans. Turkey, a candidate for a full membership to EU, is located close to 70% of the world's oil and gas reserves. Due to it's proximity to these important resources, Turkey is in a perfect position to host a large pipeline (Nabucco Gas Pipeline) that will carry gas from the Caspian Sea to the Middle East. This would give all the countries involved a necessary alternative to the Russian supply routes - and it would become the fourth most dynamic energy corridor for Eu...

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