Odin and Ymir In the beginning of time, there was nothing: neither sand, nor sea, nor cool waves. ... Ymir's blood became the sea, his bones became the rocks and crags, and his hair became the trees. ... On the sea shore, Bor's sons found two logs and made people out of them. ... Then they gave birth to a variety of deities to inhabit those islands, including the sea deity, the deity of the sea-straits, and the deities of the rivers, winds, trees, and mountains. ... The last of the deities was a son, Susa-nš-wo, who became the deity of the sea. ...

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Housed in this magnificent underworld are the marine fishes, invertebrates, sea turtles and crustaceans. ... Also some of the world's largest oil and gas fields are ancient reefs. ... Japan's coast is one of the most studied coral coasts in the world. ... Mangrove trees and sea grasses which normally act as filters for residue are also being destroyed. ... And if the sea level rises due to the storms, coral reef atolls will be in great danger. ...

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Introduction As the world modernizes, the relationship between nations becomes increasingly important. ... For this reason, the peaceful resolve of the Sino-Japanese island territory dispute in the East China Sea holds great importance to the United States. ... It could potentially damage the world economy due to the fact that Japan, China and the United States are all economic superpowers. ... After World War II, all territory under the Treaty of Shimonoseki was transferred to the Treaty of San Francisco, giving control to American forces. ... In addition, since the UN convention on the Law...

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About 79 percent of Japan's people are concentrated in urban areas, making Japan one of the most heavily urbanized nations in the world. 2.1.2 Labour demographics In 2003 Japan's labour force totalled 67.35 million workers representing 61.5 percent of the whole population. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange is one of the world's leading securities markets. ... Many e-commerce sites offer credit card payments as the primary payment method. 2.1.5 Level of development Japan is the world's second largest economy after the United States. ... Japan has one of the world&#x...

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In the Cold War period there existed an 'invisible wall' in the Sea of Japan. ... II Megatrends We have to pay attention to the megatrends in the world. ... For example, Baltic Sea Rim countries (Estonia, Latvia Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany and Poland) are cooperating with each other, first of all, in environmental problems. ... In this regard, Marjan Svetlicic's paper "Small Countries in a Globalized World: Their Honeymoon or Twilight?" ... Access to the world markets is decisively important. ...

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The sea of Japan washes the country's west coast and the Pacific ocean lies to the east. ... These winds, which gather moisture as they cross the Sea of Japan, deposit heavy snows on the country's northwest coast. ...

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Mt Fuji rises 3,776 metres above sea level, it is Japans highest peak and enclosed by a low-lying coastal belt. ... Although arable land is limited, Japan has among the highest crop yields per land area sewn in the world, and the country produces about 71 percent of its food. ...

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Many have compared the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 to the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. ... The World Trade Center buildings in New York City still lie in ruin, an icy reminder of the terrorist attack. ... Arizona and the U.S.S Utah remain on the floor of Pearl Harbor, each a ghostly, decaying tomb reminding all of the thousands that gave their life on that fateful day, also, they are both reminders of seemingly how easily the attack was carried out and of how America, the world's big brother and perhaps the most powerful nation in the hi...

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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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Ivan Evseev states in his work "Encyclopedia of cultural signs and symbols" that all the cultures in the world colors and their combinations are constituted in symbolic language with a highly diversified semantics. ... Next I will list the meanings of various known colors, the primary and secondary ones along with the colors white, black and gray in terms of the different cultures of the world, as Carole La Pan puts it. ...

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