The government then focused on the upper and middle classes through a market model based on fiscal discipline, trade liberalization, privatization, and deregulation (Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge). ... Asset allocators favored Japan and emerging markets. ... Japan: Japan experienced notable growth rates up until the late 1980's, when its asset price bubble burst. ... From the timeline, it looks as though 9/11 in America had an affect on the UK's index volume. ... One study analyzed the benefits of investing in four Latin American countries: Argentina, Braz...

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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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Introduction American financial sector grew and expanded into an international financial center during 1970s . ... All foreign banks and financial institutions are treated equally in America. ... Japan, which was not even in the top twenty leading trading nations in 1900, now ranks third. ... The United States, Germany, and Japan were responsible for 30 percent of the world's international trade in 1999. ... American goods had to be shipped only on British ships, and British goods had to be purchased by Americans. ...

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In the book, The Paradox of American Power, Joseph Nye, discusses American power and influence from a global level of analysis. Moreover, Nye explains America's challenges as a major player in an ever-changing world. ... Also Japan has an innovative government, which will not allow the country to grow stale or stagnant. All this said, Japan will never equal the manpower or geographical advantages of the United States. ... Nye expresses a decline in confidence of government among American citizens. ...

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The American linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf was interested whether people speaking different languages see the same things differently. ... Japanese language is a vivid example of how language and culture are interrelated. It is said that Japanese is an isolated language. Japanese people are said to be conservative, just like their language. Also, Japanese language contains lots of phrases about nature and seasons because originally Japan used to be an agricultural country. ...

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On December 7, 1941 the Japanese bombed the American Naval base in Pearl Harbor. After that President Roosevelt asked the Congress to declare war on Japan. ... Soon after the Americans joined the Allies in World War Two President Roosevelt meet with his chiefs of staff and they decided they would attack Germany before they would go after Japan. The Allies thought that Germany posed a much bigger threat on the Allies than Japan. The Japanese would also be weak without the help of the Nazi's. ...

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The league of nations was an idea of Woodrow Wilson, the president of America from 1914 to 1921. ... America was a very powerful country because whilst everyone was at war, America used the war as an opportunity to develop and make money. ... America was not a member of the league because it wanted to become isolationist. The fact that America was not in the league made the league less powerful and its decisions meant less to the world than if america participated. ... If the league would have upset Japan then they might have invaded the colonies of Great Britain. ...

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First of all, the ethnic composition of Tokyo's population is simplex. 98% of the total residents are Japanese, the foreign population (which including Korean, Chinese, Brazilian, American, Southeast Asian, British and Peruvian) only occupied 2% in the city ("Tokyo," 2000). ... The ruling class forced the minorities from their colonies to speak Japanese, did not allow them to use their original name, and have to learn to be a good Japanese citizens in times of Japanese Empire. ... Japanese people are consistently celebrating that they just live among themselves, and they are ple...

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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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America is known as the land of opportunities. Thus, people from different parts of the world flee to America for that reason. ... So, for that reason America cannot be considered a nation. ... When the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor, the United States forced the Japanese-Americans into internment camps just because they looked like the enemy. ... In conclusion, America can be anything but considered a nation. ...

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While examining the Value of manufactured output around the world, data confirm that North America and Europe have a major trading industry. ... Other countries such as Canada, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Brazil, France, Germany, Australia, and The Netherlands all have a tight manufactured trading output. Other manufacturing comparisons between advanced countries and the United States included Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands. ... In conclusion countries in North America and Europe are more likely to have a higher manufactured output than African or Asian countries around the w...

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In the United States, the term was invented to describe Japanese Americans, although it has evolved to become associated with Asian Americans. ... Most cultures have a stake in America. America, sort of, belongs to everyone in a sense. And, in America, English is the primary language. America is not just about physical land. ...

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The First World War actually began friendly British/American relations similar to that of today. ... The British were deeply indebted to the United States in the form of loans, so American initiative came into play. ... With the US naval base in Pearl Harbor being bombed by the Empire of Japan in 1941, the US was once again thrust into global warfare. ... Such attacks, as those in Northern Africa, Italy and France were all conglomerated forces of British and Americans. ... After the fall of Germany and Japan in 1945, the United Nations has been the peacekeeping force that has policed the...

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It is no surprise then, that the Empire was slowly falling into decline, but it was topped off in 1940 when pressure from Japan meant the hold of sovereignty over Indochina was simply incapable. With the British preventing any reinforcement from the metropole, the supply of fuel stopped by Japanese pressure, and Admiral Decoux making successive concessions to the Japanese in order to grasp onto some form of remaining sovereignty, albeit weak, the hold onto Indochina was almost impossible. By 1945, French authority was broken, and appointment of a nationalist government was approved, encouraged...

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Many of the time, the wrong research is undertaken, as with the example below: "Unilever introduced a super concentrated detergent to the Japanese market only to find out that a premeasured package on which they were trying to differentiate their product was unacceptable to the market because it didn't dissolve in the wash, the product was not designed to work in a new, popular low-agitation washing machine and the "fresh smell" positioning of the detergent was not relevant in Japan since most consumers hang their wash outside to dry in the fresh air"(Cateora & Ghauri, 2000, adapted fr...

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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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During the late eighteenth century and early to mid nineteenth century, there was a mass exodus of people from Europe, China, Japan, Canada and the West Indies moving into the United States. ... There was a great deal of variation in the immigrants that traveled to the America, some were single young males, single young females, others husbands and in very rare cases an entire family would travel together (Each from a different country and background). ... In several cases, the father ended up remarrying in America and establishing a new family. ...

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While Japan was saving over 30% of its income and Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom were saving over 20% of their income the United Stated was saving only 15 % of our income. ... The 1980's saw the emerging of the Pacific Rim Nations; Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand all as potent present productive forces. ... Improved economic conditions in Eastern Europe and in Asia, Latin America, and Africa will mean opportunities for U.S. businesses selling and investing abroad. ...

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The "New League" Platform was criticized by all participating nations, the Americans and British wanted the new League to be a force to encourage change, the smaller states involved were antagonistic due to the minimal power they would receive, the French wanted more emphasis with regards to keeping Germany from regaining any type of military power. ... States could join and leave whenever it was convenient thus reducing the Leagues collective security and at one point 17 states withdrew their membership or were evicted some states included Germany, Japan, Italy and the Soviet Union. ... The U...

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His Italian and Japanese partners also made mistakes. ... Japan brought the United states into the conflict, on December 7th of that same year, by attacking Hawaii (Pearl Harbor) the Philippines and other American possessions in the Pacific. ... The Allies had already won the war in the air at the cost of thousands of British and American lives. ... So decisive was this victory that commander of the American air forces, General H. ... Arnold compared it to the Battle of Gettysburg for its importance in American history. ...

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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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In Inner Circle countries such as the US, the 'English Only' movement, which insisted that America had only 'room for one language' aimed to 'subtract rather than add a language' (Jenkins 105), forcing L2 English learners to either 'sink or swim'. ... In Japan, students code-switch or code-mix in order to leverage on the seemingly extraverted character of the English language so that they can put on a 'wild' or sarcastic persona and express various aspects of their social identity (ibid.). ...

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The phytophora infestans were carried in on ships from Europe and America. ... Several American groups contributed huge amounts of money, food, and clothing for relief purposes, but little, if any, reached the starving peasants of Ireland. ... In 1851, two hundred fifty thousand Irishmen boarded ships headed for America. ... Much of the workingmen who built the foundation for industrialization were African Americans, Asian Americans, and as well as Irish Americans. ...

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The choice of the nonpermanent members is based on regions: three seats for Africa, two for Latin America, one for Asia, one for the Arab nations, one for Eastern Europe and two for Western Europe. ... Japan, which is the second country in financial contributions to the organization, also deserves a permanent seat. ... Many insiders of the UN say that it is impossible to have an effective United Nations without very strong American implication in the organization. ...

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