Furthermore, I will go in depth of the magnetic hegemony on why it works like magnetic hegemony' material, moral, and military management. ... Furthermore, to strengthen support from other nations, magnetic hegemony calls for the military deterrence capability.  ... Due to great military technology like gunpowder weapons and samurai strategies, Japan was obliterating Korea. ... China had the ability to deter the military powerhouse of Japan and prevented Japan universe or military elites from continuing imperialist conquest that the potential to ultimately bleed into the continent of E...

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ROLES OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST AND JAPAN IN PROMOTING ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN THE NORTHEAST ASIA The relation between the Russian Far East and Japan is 'near and far'. In the Cold War period there existed an 'invisible wall' in the Sea of Japan. The Cold War ended about 10 years ago. Although a tense atmosphere remains in the Korean Peninsula, people's comings and goings and cultural exchange between Japan and Russia have remarkably increased since then. In this sense the 'invisible wall' has collapsed. ...

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Introduction As the world modernizes, the relationship between nations becomes increasingly important. Globalization has taken over, allowing countries to lower transactions costs across areas of economic trade and social interactions. This has prompted international governments to create trade, soc...

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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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The imperialists pressed their attack both militarily and from within the Court of Kyoto. The great military regime of Edo which until recently had been all powerful was floundering not because of military weakness, or because the machinery of government had broken but instead because the Japanese public and the Shoguns supporters felt they had lost the Imperial Will.Footnote6 The end of the Tokugawa regime shows the power of the symbolism and myths surrounding the imperial institution. ... Now that the Shogun and Komeo Emperor were dead there was no longer a reason ...

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INTRODUCTION: Japan is geographically described as having 47 prefectures, with 4 distinct main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. The distance separating Korea and Kyushu is only 200 km while the distance separating Hokkaido and Sakhalin is only 40 km. The formation of the Japanese ci...

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Comparative Economic Systems It would be extremely easy to state that economics is an area of study that seeks efficient use of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants and that economic systems simply refer to the outcomes of economic activities, which are influenced by social, natural and poli...

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