This was the period known in Japanese history as the Meiji Restoration; after centuries of military governments which had followed a policy of enforced isolation from the outside world a revolution led to the re-establishment of imperial rule and the opening up of the country to overseas trade and technology. ... First, Fukuzawa used Europe as a standard that Japan should follow because he wanted Japan to truly become part of the civilized world of the West. ... Fukuzawa found there was a lack of independent spirit in Japanese political system: people just follow government's decisions; t...

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It contains the largest amount of residents compare to rest of cities in the world and administered by a democratic and progressive government. ... However, in the current Japanese society, the minorities still encounter many obstacles and the government do not formulate effective policies that try to solve these problems. ... 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 arts and the fashion styles are popular in the worldwid...

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Global Marketing The attitudes and reactions of people, social critics, and governments all affect the political environment. ... A good example is Japan and how difficult the Japanese government has made it for other countries to import their goods to Japan but flood everyone else's markets with their own good. ...

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The poem is heavily laden with historical Japanese imagery, culture and tradition. The author makes several references to ethnic fixtures such as origami, traditional cuisine and Japanese dress. ... Joy Kogawa is known not only for her writing but also for her involvement with Japanese-Canadian activism groups. ... Joy and her family were sent to an internment camp by the Canadian government in 1941, where they spent several years of manual labor. ... "The day of the Bride dawns- (1) directly into references to traditional Japanese customs. ...

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Secondly, the Japanese internment of 1942 was a giant step backwards for both Canada and Human rights and freedoms. It began the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and it lasted until Japan surrendered. Thousands of innocent Japanese-Canadians were simply arrested and put inside internment camps. ... Finally, after all this, the government looted all possessions of Japanese-Canadians and auctioned them off while telling the people imprisoned in the camps that they were only temporarily holding onto their valued possessions. ... The Japanese internment is important because it proves t...

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In 1985, Disney Corporation officials individually approached the French, Spanish and English governments with a proposal for building their first European theme park (Rudolf, 1991). ... As one indication of that fact, it was reported that, "the Japanese Disneyland was meant to be thoroughly American, most signs are in English, and only one of the 20 restaurants serves Japanese food" (Rudolf, 1991: 48). However, it is enlightening to learn that the theme park in Japan is owned and operated almost entirely by the Japanese. ... In this sense, Disneyland in Japan is really not an American orga...

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From China, tattooing spread to Japan. In Japan they also used tattoos to mark criminals using a Chinese character that meant dog (midre). ... In reaction to the harsh laws of the Tokugawa government that only allowed royalty to wear embroidered clothing caused the poor to flaunt full body tattoo suits (Priory). From Japan, tattoos spread to the Philippines and Pacific Islands. ... In addition, the Aniu are noted for introducing tattooing to Japan and many other cultures (Midre). ...

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In this new multicultural age American citizens could be of Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Haitian, Russian, Bosnian, Native American, or Indian ethnic descent. ... The following observation by a young professional businessman in China can be used to demonstrate our argument: It was reported that the Japanese made color TV sets dominated the imported TV set market in China during the period of later 1980s to the 1990s. ...

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Secondly, the government's transmigration policies also kept the people of different regions separate by developing areas specifically for migrants from a particular region settling down in the new homeland (Wilson 1992:157). ... Especially since the New Order government was in place, there had been much criticism of the neglect of regional cultures by the state. ... Since the state is only concerned with culture that is being displayed or performed, other cultural aspects do not face governmental intervention. ... In post-Soeharto Indonesia today, there have been radical responses to ...

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For example generation ago in Japan, the United States and in urban areas of China formal education began with primary school and most children under five years were cared for, educated and raised by their full time mothers, grandparents, or older siblings (Tobin, Hsueh, &ump; Karasawa, 2009).This view is very important to me in my own life and to me as an early childhood educator, as well as, to me to work at or teach in early childhood education field. ... Examples in Japan of unmarked, culturally implicit beliefs and practices include mimamoru (watching and waiting) there are strategies t...

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For example generation ago in Japan, the United States and in urban areas of China formal education began with primary school and most children under five years were cared for, educated and raised by their full time mothers, grandparents, or older siblings (Tobin, Hsueh, &ump; Karasawa, 2009).This view is very important to me in my own life and to me as an early childhood educator, as well as, to me to work at or teach in early childhood education field. ... Examples in Japan of unmarked, culturally implicit beliefs and practices include mimamoru (watching and waiting) there are strategies t...

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For example generation ago in Japan, the United States and in urban areas of China formal education began with primary school and most children under five years were cared for, educated and raised by their full time mothers, grandparents, or older siblings (Tobin, Hsueh, &ump; Karasawa, 2009).This view is very important to me in my own life and to me as an early childhood educator, as well as, to me to work at or teach in early childhood education field. ... Examples in Japan of unmarked, culturally implicit beliefs and practices include mimamoru (watching and waiting) there are strategies t...

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For example generation ago in Japan, the United States and in urban areas of China formal education began with primary school and most children under five years were cared for, educated and raised by their full time mothers, grandparents, or older siblings (Tobin, Hsueh, &ump; Karasawa, 2009).This view is very important to me in my own life and to me as an early childhood educator, as well as, to me to work at or teach in early childhood education field. ... Examples in Japan of unmarked, culturally implicit beliefs and practices include mimamoru (watching and waiting) there are strategies t...

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An American may also be African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani, or Afghan (Ferrara, par 3). ... For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God (Ferrara, par 4)." ... American women are free to dress how they want and listen to whom they want, as long as they remember to comply with the laws of the government. ...

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However, professionals in the Far East such as China and Japan, do not view individual rewards as praise and appreciation, but much rather appreciate team and group based incentives. ... Although the ideas of labor practices seems to relate to governmental and economic influences, it is in fact a cultural issue that can be understood and dealt with in a proper manner. ...

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However, professionals in the Far East such as China and Japan, do not view individual rewards as praise and appreciation, but much rather appreciate team and group based incentives. ... Although the ideas of labor practices seems to relate to governmental and economic influences, it is in fact a cultural issue that can be understood and dealt with in a proper manner. ...

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Society usually speaks of culture in reference to origin, such as Japanese culture or Russian Culture, but we do not distinguish between the numerous groupings inside a national boundary. ... In English "Imperialism:" the Japanese have more to gain than lose by learning the language, a government panel recommended Japan consider adopting English as an official language in the future (45). ...

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The individuals first used were college educated subjects from Brazil, Japan, Chile, Argentina, and the United States. ... The members selected for the study, 3% of the culture, had never seen a movie, neither spoke nor understood English or Pidgin, had not lived in any Western settlements or government towns, and had never worked for a Caucasian. ... These subjects, only twenty-three males and no females, had seen movies, spoke English, lived in Western settlements or government towns, and attended school for over a year. ...

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This concept is similar to regular bodies of government around the world. ... In some countries both government and the corporate level try to avoid uncertainty and come up with new ways and rules so they never have them. ...

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Applied or practicing anthropologists can work within government, politics, medicine, and other career fields. ... Others believe the environment plays a large role in height variation because there was a dramatic increase in height in Japan between 1950 and 1980. ... On page 74 in the Anthropology textbook, there is a reference to a female who is Japanese, but taller than her mom and almost as tall as her dad. ...

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The Real Thing, Like a Rock, Built to Last, Got Milk, Where's the Beef, Just Do It and Just Say No are a few examples of groups, companies and governmental attempts of the cultural industries, very successful attempts, to drive the culture. ... So in our culture we have attempted influences by money focused industries, consensus focused originations, and for the good of all, government programs. ...

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The seven corporations, with their nation of origin and reported 1990 sales, are: Sony (Japan, $3 billion), Time/Warner (U.S., $2.9 billion), Polygram (Netherlands/Germany, $2.6 billion), Bertelsmann Media Group (Germany, $2 billion), Thorn/EMI (U.K., $1.88 billion), MCA (U.S., $1 billion), and Virgin (U.K., $500 million), total 1990 sales $13.88 billion (1993, pp. 141-143). ... They find that with local ragga star "Elephant Man's" lyrics such as "Badman nah run from police inna shootout/ Whole crew a government see dem pon di lookout ...

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Look at the whacked-out infusion Japanese culture had on everything from high fashion to Duran Duran music videos in the 1980s for such an example. ... Just be glad that all is good, that your government isn't lying to you, and that you've always got your local mass media to turn to in times of desperation for an honest, truthful funhouse-mirror reflection of the world. ...

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1. Introduction 1.1 Background In the course of the most recent years it has gotten to be basic that some huge leading firms are extending their products in a lot of nations and becoming tremendous both in size and financially. Something intriguing can be found is the point at which these sorts of f...

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