Introduction As the world modernizes, the relationship between nations becomes increasingly important. ... For this reason, the peaceful resolve of the Sino-Japanese island territory dispute in the East China Sea holds great importance to the United States. ... It could potentially damage the world economy due to the fact that Japan, China and the United States are all economic superpowers. ... After World War II, all territory under the Treaty of Shimonoseki was transferred to the Treaty of San Francisco, giving control to American forces. ... In addition, since the UN convention on the Law...

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Japan is one of the world's leading powers, second only to the United States in terms of economic and technological advancement. ... Japan is a country that has evolved from an agricultural, sub-standard industrial society to one of the world's most advance, industrial and technological countries in the world. ... The Japanese Navy was at the bottom of the sea and so was most of the merchant marine" (Yoshihara, 1939).The Japanese had no exports, no foreign trade, and inflation destroyed all of Japan's private savings. ... Overall, the Japanese economy was the highest growth r...

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For almost three decades, the East Asian and Southeast Asian region have stood out against the rest of the world as a model of development. ... Malaysia discovered significant oil and gas reserves in the South China Sea, thus helping fuel the economic boom as their GDP surged to an annual rate of 5.2 percent by 1979. ... The outward-oriented development forced domestic firms to become more resourceful and absorb foreign technology and managerial expertise in order to compete in world markets. ...

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In the Cold War period there existed an 'invisible wall' in the Sea of Japan. ... II Megatrends We have to pay attention to the megatrends in the world. ... For example, Baltic Sea Rim countries (Estonia, Latvia Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Poland) are cooperating with each other, first of all, in environmental problems. ... In this regard, Marjan Svetlicic's paper "Small Countries in a Globalized World: Their Honeymoon or Twilight?" ... Access to the world markets is decisively important. ...

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Sea-level rise will threaten cities and countries worldwide, eroding barrier islands and virtually eliminating some island chains. ... Consumers in high-income countries "about 16 percent of the world's population "accounted for 80 percent of the money spent on private consumption in 1997. By contrast, purchases by consumers in low-income nations "the poorest 35 percent of the world's population "represented less than 2 percent of all private consumption. ... Developed countries, home to 20 percent of the world's people, are responsible...

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Sumo Exposed: The Invention of Tradition in Japan's National Sport I: Introduction and Theoretical Remarks "Even today in Japan's highly industrialized and modern society, sumo is generally perceived as a quintessentially Japanese sport, in which history, tradition and even religion are intermingled to form a unique sport of pageantry and splendor perhaps matched by no other country's national sport" (Sandoz 1992:8). One hardly needs to emphasize the popularity and status sumo enjoys as Japan's kokugi, or national sport. Three years ago, I lent my copy of Aerosmi...

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