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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• Approx Pages: 14
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From north to south, Japan is traversed by a range of mountains, which are often above 2000 metres high, which are surrounded by fertile coastal plains. ... From south-western Honshu, across Shikoku and Kyushu, a complex of lava peaks and undulating uplands stretch all the way down to the volcanic Ryukyu archipelago which includes Okinawa. ... The wet season which lasts from June through to October, succeeded by a cool season November through to February and, subsequently, hot season from March through to May. ... On Japans scarce lowlands, almost all land not being used is either for housi...

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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Japanese welcome businesspeople from abroad and take pride in delivering high quality products. ... Methodology I have obtained information from several libraries in my area. I have gained information from expert research in journal articles in order to support my ideas. I also used secondary information from books to illustrate all supported data. ... Later we will see how all of these cultural aspects affect business communications in Japan. ...

• Word Count: 8160
• Approx Pages: 33
• Grade Level: High School

In all cultures, cosmetics helped beautifying the face and often turned a common face into a special appearance. ... A very important subject of this study is the corrective makeup which is magical for all women. ... In China white is the symbol of death, and in Africa it is all evil. ... Black and white color meanings are opposite in Eastern and Western cultures. For Western black signifies death, funerals, riots, villains and when combined with orange is associated with the Halloween holiday of the American culture. ...

• Word Count: 11511
• Approx Pages: 46
• Grade Level: High School