Japan Geographical Setting Japan is an island country in the North Pacific Ocean. ... The country has 90 National Universities, which are supported by the government. ... The most successful is the Liberal- Democratic Party (LDP), a conservative party which has more seats in the Government than any other since 1955. ... The largest members of the coallition include the Social Democratic Party of Japan, the Japan Renewal Party, the Komeito (Clean Government Party), and the Japan New Party. Stability of Government Although the Government itself is stable, within the parties there is much disrupt...

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JAPAN: A SOCIETY DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF THE WESTERN WORLD? ... Japan is viewed by many as a cohesive society that lacks individualism. ... Although farmland has always been scarce in Japan, before the concepts of modernization and global trade were introduced to Japan, farmlands were not only important to villagers, but to all people living in Japan. ... There is a great deal of respect and loyalty given to the high-ranking government officials, as well as the emblematic emperor. Thus, the political thoughts and ideas set out by the government are often embraced by the majority of the Japa...

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Although the Japanese government owed much to the ideas of the Chinese, the two cultures would go in very different directions over the next two centuries. The Chinese adherence to Confucianism eventually led them to stagnation and collapse, while the Japanese moved on to a new, more warlike mode of government and were able to develop a civilization that would withstand and eventually threaten the western world. ... The intellectual response to this instability of the governments produced the forms of government and the emerging philosophies that came to shape the future Chinese governmen...

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Due to its geography, Europe never allowed one single powerful government. Decentralized government played important role in gearing Europe into the innovation. ... By looking at the situation in Japan during the Civil War era, it is evident that Japan had similar competitive environment. ... The decentralized governments were unable to control the market, thus the government cannot suppress specific economic developments. ... In Japan also, the decentralized government prospered the economic activity. ...

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The Japanese Government in Singapore used a combination of oppression and torture so as to instil fear and submission of the people of Singapore, so that the Japanese Government could exploit Singapore's economic and military resources to the maximum, as well as attempt to forcibly colonize Singapore so that she could be considered a Japanese colony so as to not only showcase Japan's political might, but also be a viable source of military support if need be in the case of war. ... However, Japanese Occupation fostered unity among the people. ... The Chinese especially gave their sup...

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Victory in Japan, the battle of the Pacific is over, Japan surrenders. ... The Allied forces made the decision to drop an atomic bomb on the island of Japan with hopes of pushing the Japanese to surrender. ... The Japanese could have prevented the use of the atomic bombs by simply surrendering. ... "On July 26,the U.S., British, and Chinese governments jointly called on Japan to surrender or be destroyed the Japanese government refused " (Coffin, Stacy, Cole, Symes). ... The United States, British, and Chinese governments told them if they did not surrender they would be destroyed, not inva...

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Japan's Foreign Policy Upon focusing on Japan and it's foreign policy objectives, one must take into account the world and the image that Japan is trying to project upon it, for both it's self and the Japanese people. ... "Japanese foreign policy? ... Internal pressures that were exuded on the state determined the government and a large extent of the foreign policy followed. ... The people of Japan began to rise up against the government. ... Although Japan has capitalized on engaging globally, the world does not feel welcome in Japan. ...

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The Japanese government chose to attack the United States, at Pearl Harbor, with a great military force. ... There were not many choices for the government at the time and our country was in danger of more attacks. ... This showed that a Japanese presents was still near the American coastline and meant that further Japanese attacks could still be coming. ... This made many Japanese citizens frightened of Caucasians, and the thought of government protection was not a bad idea to most Japanese-American citizens. ... I agree with our governments" choice to intern the Japanese in these camps a...

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" The government will not fund for child daycares to help women not loose a potentially really well paying job. ... A report compiled with the government's co-operation two years ago warned that by 2060 the number of Japanese will have fallen from 127 million to about eighty-seven million, of whom almost 40% will be sixty-five or older". ... The Japanese government is very sexist in the way where marriage and kids is a burden to a women's work place. ... The first one is that the government could/should spend money on public day cares rather than focusing on building new s...

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The tax payers in Japan shouldered the responsibility of some of the income by taxes while the government used income from government monopolies. ... Even during these times of military build up and action there were large amounts of Japanese lawyers, doctors, writers all wanting to see if China was the way that their Japanese government had described it. ... After the Japanese defeat their leaders from government, business and education were purged from their jobs, in order for them to make room for a new young generation. ... In 1946 Japanese exports totaled two billion yen but by 1949 Ja...

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However, there are some differences between them especially when it comes to what governments deal with declining birth rates and the way of thinking for having children. ... And why Japanese women are unwilling to have more babies? ... France government gives people excellent childcare allowance and facilities. ... So Japanese government can learn many French childcare ways. It might be a little difficult to emulate completely French systems of childcare leave, so in my opinion, the first thing Japanese government should solve is the day-care waiting list problem....

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Japan's isolation was rudely shattered in the 1850s, and in the ensuring domestic turmoil, a new government of radical reformers bent on rapid modernization and westernization replaced the Tokugawa shogunate. ... There is a great change in 1867 that was succeed to be a new period "MeiJi"2 To complete the goals of "Rich country, strong army," the Meiji new government understood that the Japanese economy would have to grow and develop rapidly, especially in industry, which could support the military. There new government took the lead in starting and subsidizing heavy industries such as i...

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However, government restrictions prevented foreign companies from investing. ... The government's response was to allow investments that positively contributed to the Japanese economy and to prohibit any investment that was perceived to be harmful. ... At the same time, the Japanese government put a limit on the amount of shares of a Japanese firm that foreign companies could acquire. ... Although foreign companies no longer needed to seek Japanese government approval, they still had to notify authorities of investments (Paprzycki and Fukao, 2005, page 14). ... Interestingly, though Jap...

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March 11, 2011 was a devastating day for Japan. ... In Japan, they have always expected a tsunami after an earthquake. ... These horrendous events left Japan in crisis. ... Another, our government here in the Philippines should also try to invest in quake-proof buildings and structures to prevent destructions if ever we will also be shaken by a strong earthquake as that of what Japan has experienced. ... If Japan recovered slowly, we would recover a lot slower. ...

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Summary: The Japanese government will spend 1 trillion yen, $8.3 billion, to stimulate economic growth in the remaining fiscal year. ... The government is also considering a second spending package to pay for antiterrorism measures. ... The Finance Ministry said that the government would take in 1.1 billion yen - $9.1 million - less in tax revenue than it had originally forecast. ... Brief Analysis: This article deals with the continuing struggle of the Japanese government to deal with the recession that Japanese economy has been in throughout most of the 1990s. ... C: Opinion of Artic...

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Both Japanese governments and Chinese governments were isolated at the beginning of the 1860s. The conservative Manchu regime in China demanded isolation from the Western world, and Japanese government wanted isolation due to their belief that they were still superior. ... Japanese government came out of isolation because in 1853 Matthew Perry came from the United States to insist Japan trade with them and open up their markets, Japan decided to trade. ... Then, Japanese government became more structured with the establishment of banks and post offices and regularizing commercial laws. Governm...

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The Meiji Restoration was period in Japan when massive changes in ancient Japan. ... By doing this the Japanese managed to strengthen the economy, strengthen the government, and make social reforms. ... In 1889 they adapted the German for of government. ... The government set up new schools and universities and hired westerners to teach the new generation modern technology. ... While the government agreed to some increases in education for women, it dealt harshly with other attempts at change. ...

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Japanese-Canadians were specifically stigmatized for their perceived unassailability, economic competitiveness, high birth rate, and a lingering loyalty to Japan (Ward 459). ... They begin by arguing on behalf of the Federal government's actions, however throughout the article they criticize the government for its lack of decisive action. ... Although there is evidence, which indicates one government agency's intelligence service was ineffective, there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that they were all so poorly equipped. ... The RCMP noted that the Vancouver consul and his ...

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The firm XYZ Ltd. sells its goods in Japan, and manufactures them in Mexico. ... The subsidiary in Japan then sells the goods and makes a profit. ... But is such a practice fair to Japan and the Japanese people? ... The increase in profit of the firm in question is directly linked to the decrease in taxation revenue of the Japanese government. ... Not only the extent to which governments can trust firms, but also the extent to which firms can trust governments. ...

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It is important that governments ensure CPI's reflects actual market behavior thus giving accurate inflation percentage. ... On the other hand an increase in demand is mainly caused by increase in government expenditure, increase in private expenditure, increase in consumer spending as a results of modern-day credit purchases, reduction in taxes, governments repaying their debts, increase in population, as well as deficit financing. ... What is wrong with Japan? ... What Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the leaders he has placed at the Bank of Japan is encouraging inflation through, just ...

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Party politics had, after a two-decade struggle, finally become a weight in government, but not without compromise. ... Finally, the role of the emperor himself as the ultimate source of Japanese authority meant that any action on the part of government could be overruled by recourse to an imperial prerogative. ... The ambiguity surrounding the role of the emperor and the military in the structure of Japanese government is commented on by Kato Shuichi, saying that 'the very fact that there was a liberalization of policies without changing basic political institutions made possible the r...

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The accused Japanese were average American citizens; their only fault was their ancestry, being Japanese. ... They felt that the Japanese living in America were still loyal to Japan. ... The accuser now was the government. ... Pretty much it gave the government the power to round up Japanese Americans and place them in Internment camps. ... The government conducted the process very smoothly. ...

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The US forces would have to invade the island of Japan. ... The Japanese government had also been equipping the commoners with any kind of weapon they could get their hands on. ... The reason they were going to fight with spears was, the government just didn't have the resources needed to give anyone a gun. ... There was no way to predict when the Japanese would surrender to the US. ... If the US didn't drop the bomb the Japanese would have kept fighting. ...

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State and local governments are asked to stress social education and to build libraries, museums, and civic halls to promote this. ... The government plays an important role in the Japanese educational system. In a Case Study Project conducted by the United States government it is explained that Monbusho is Japan's Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture. ... While many sources by others site the Monbusho as one of the many problems with the Japanese educational system, the wording of the information given by the Japanese government itself makes the Monbusho sound positive with no ...

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Many believe that the decline of the old central government and the military clashes that followed instilled a feeling of helplessness amongst the people. ... These new sects, unlike the old sects, who revolved around the central governmental aristocracy, were becoming accustomed to the lower classes or the warrior class. ... For many years, Nichiren traveled all over Japan visiting all the great temples and monasteries receiving first hand experience and training of all forms of Buddhism in Japan. ... In this work he argued that the government should stop sponsoring the Pure Land teachings...

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