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Books on: (japanese or japan) and (culture or customs)

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Made in Japan and Other Japanese "Business Novels"

Book by Tamae K. Prindle; M.E. Sharpe, 1989

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Business Enterprises--Fiction, Japan--Social Life And Customs--Fiction, Short Stories, Japanese--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...was a product of the culture created by a high growth...He grew up while Japan raced up the ladder...first century will be a Japanese century." It all...mark a finale to the Japanese high economic growth...reached every corner of Japan, was hardly reexamined...better or worse, the Japanese economy found itself...Japanese systems and customs, or to the personality...
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Globalizing Japan: Ethnography of the Japanese Presence in Asia, Europe, and America

Book by Harumi Befu, Sylvie Guichard-Anguis; Routledge, 2001

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Corporate Culture--Japan, Corporations, Japanese--Congresses, Globalization--Economic Aspects--Japan--Congresses, Globalization--Social Aspects--Japan--Congresses, Japan--Foreign Economic Relations--Congresses, Japanese--Foreign Countries

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...expatriate Japanese, imagining Japan 15-16 ; expatriate "un...foreign communities, imagining Japan 16-18 ; generalization...hybridization of popular culture 13 ; imagining Japan, selective memory and 15...international marriage 7 ; Japanese Americans 12 ; Judo cultures 86-8 ; Korea, relationship...
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Culture and Customs of Japan

Book by Noriko Kamachi; Greenwood Press, 1999

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Japan--Civilization

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Cultural Atlas of Japan . New York: Facts...and Kenji Iwamoto. Japanese Culture, About Japan series , No. 11...eds. Twelve Doors to Japan . New York: McGraw...Joy. Understanding Japanese Society . London and...
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Reading against Culture: Ideology and Narrative in the Japanese Novel

Book by David Pollack; Cornell University Press, 1992

Subjects:

Culture In Literature, Ideology And Literature, Japan--Civilization--Philosophy, Japanese Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...of principled opposition. Japan is a modern postindustrial...as well as to insiders, Japanese culture still retains an intensely...thinness" of modern Western cultures. To propose to "read against...invariably referred to by the Japanese media as "Japan-bashing." To say this...
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Unmasking Japan Today: The Impact of Traditional Values on Modern Japanese Society

Book by Fumie Kumagai, Donna J. Keyser; Praeger, 1996

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Japan--Social Conditions--1945-, Japan--Social Life And Customs--20th Century, Social Values--Japan--History--20th Century

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...Education. 1987. "Japanese education today: A...Study of Education in Japan." U.S. Department...Ruth H. 1973. "Third culture factors in educational...1989. The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics...Varley H. Paul. 1984. Japanese Culture . 3rd. ed...Vogel Ezra F. 1980. Japan as No. 1 . Cambridge...

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Journal Articles on: (japanese or japan) and (culture or customs)

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Household Altars in Contemporary Japan: Rectifying Buddhist "ancestor Worship" with Home Décor and Consumer Choice

Journal article by John Nelson; Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 35, 2008

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Buddhism, Japan, Japanese culture, Rites & ceremonies, Social life & customs, Spirituality

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Buddhism alone, religious customs once outlawed (such as clerical...of todays rapidly changing Japan, there is great latitude...undergo a crash course in the culture and costs of funerals, mortuary...Until the early 1970s in Japan, the male head of a household...modernize and militarize Japanese society, and justified colonial...origins of the practice in Japan are said to go back not to...sect may have emulated this custom and likewise placed a hanging...
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Invitation to the Secret Buddha of Zenkoji: Kaicho and Religious Culture in Early Modern Japan

Journal article by Nam-Lin Hur; Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 36, 2009

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Buddhism, Culture, Deities, Fund raising, Japan, Religious studies, Rites & ceremonies

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...from Shinano, a remote Japanese holy place (Gorai 1988...traditional religious culture. The religiosity of the early modern Japanese, which was not necessarily...honoring the long-held custom of "depositing ashes...catered to the religious customs of local worshippers...intrinsic to traditional Japanese religious belief.
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Gods, Buddhas, and Organs: Buddhist Physicians and Theories of Longevity in Early Medieval Japan

Journal article by Edward R. Drott; Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 37, 2010

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Buddhists, Japan, Japanese history, Physicians, Religion, Spirituality, Theory

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Buddhist clergy. Later, when Japan began sending envoys to the Sui and Tang courts, Japanese Buddhist priests played a...said to have been brought to Japan by Saicho (767-822), founder of the Japanese Tendai ... sect, recent...provide an example of how the culture of esotericism in medieval Japan functioned as an economy of...
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WORLD VIEW: Getting to the Heart: Of Public Junior High Schools in Japan - for the Japanese Schools and Teachers Mr. Gump Knows, Switching to the "American Way" Would Break Down the Social and Psychological Network That Holds Japanese Public Schools Together. for Them, a School without a Teachers' Room Would Be a School without a Heart

Journal article by Steven Gump; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 83, 2002

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Classroom environment--Japan, Education--Japan, Japan--Social policy, Japanese--Education, Junior high schools--Japan

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...psychological network that holds Japanese public schools together...Program, sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, brings recent college...native speakers of English to Japan and places them in public...young teachers assist the Japanese teachers of English in a...students learn about the cultures and customs of such countries as Canada...
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Economic Reform in Japan: Can the Japanese Change?

Journal article by Hans-Jurgen Engelbrecht; Economic Record, Vol. 78, 2002

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Economic Reform in Japan: Can the Japanese Change?, (Book)--Reviews, Economic stagnation--Research

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Economic Reform in Japan: Can the Japanese Change by Hans-Jurgen Engelbrecht Economic Reform in Japan: Can the Japanese Change?, by Craig Freedman...After all, a corporate culture that encourages major attempts...speculative bubbles created Japanese triumphalism during the I...rate as being very low in Japan (e.g. Reynolds et al...

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Magazine Articles on: (japanese or japan) and (culture or customs)

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Mieko: a Story of Japanese Culture

Magazine article by Alice Kurtz; MultiMedia Schools, Vol. 5, May/Jun 1998

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CD-ROM, Culture, Digital Mieko-A Story of Japanese Culture, Digital Productions Inc, Educational software, Japan

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...a Story of Japanese Culture by Alice Kurtz Mieko: A Story of Japanese Culture Company: Digital...the four islands of Japan through a narrated...with which element of culture. The only distracting...unit on the study of Japan and its culture. Upon registering...Mieko: A Story of Japanese Culture has a lot going...
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Guilt, Identity, and Japaneseness: If We Are to Love Japan, We Must Learn to Forgive the Japanese. This Will Never Be Easy, since the Japanese Do Not Seek Collective Forgiveness and Believe They Did Nothing as a Nation That Might Make It Necessary

Magazine article by Robert Fulford; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 113, Fall 2006

Subjects:

Japan--History, Japan--Social aspects, Japanese (Asian people)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Japanese (Asian people)--History, Japanese (Asian people)--Social aspects, Japanese--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Japanese--History, Japanese--Social aspects

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...meaning within Japanese culture. We can grasp...the section of Japan-ness in Architecture...called "A Non-Japanese Japanese Architecture...first visit to Japan I already loved many aspects of Japanese culture, from ancient...
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Remembering the Forgotten War: Looking Back on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Surrender of Japan, Rana Mitter Finds the Political Background to the Demonstrations in China against Japanese History Textbooks Are Full of Complexities

Magazine article by Rana Mitter; History Today, Vol. 55, August 2005

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China--History, Chinese (Asian people)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Chinese (Asian people)--Demonstrations and protests, Chinese--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Chinese--Demonstrations and protests, Historical revisionism--Influence, Japan--History, Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895--History, Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895--Influence, War crimes

Collections: History, Entire Library

...that nothing has changed in Japan since. Postwar democratization...that there are many different Japanese understandings of the war...atrocities took place at all. Japan has a lively civil society...powerful, nonconformist popular culture. Since the early 1980s, the revision of Japanese school textbooks on the war...
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Japanese Mind Set: the Roots of Today's Japanese Business Culture

Magazine article by Chin-Ning Chu; Business Credit, Vol. 94, July 1992

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Attitudes, Corporate culture, Culture, Economic policy, Effects, History, Japan, Traditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...for the unification of the Japanese people for a common cause...the unified front within Japanese corporations. ARTICLE THREE...employer and employee in todays Japan is of the same nature. Japanese workers are willing and often...to the Japanese nation and culture as a whole. ARTICLE FOUR...off and eliminate outdated customs and follow the laws of nature...
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The U.s./japanese Hr Culture Clash

Magazine article by Elizabeth Klein; Personnel Journal, Vol. 71, November 1992

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Careers, Compensation, Corporate culture, Foreign corporations in the US, Human resource management, Incentives, Japan, Multinational corporations, Teamwork, United States

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The U.s./japanese Hr Culture Clash by Elizabeth Klein Shortly...a blending of U.S. and Japanese business practices: Nippon was using Japanese shared decision-making...also shows how differently Japanese firms approach human resources...tension between the U.S. and Japan. The term is used broadly...

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Newspaper Articles on: (japanese or japan) and (culture or customs)

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Japanese Aid Bolsters Customs Operations

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 12, 2011

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ECC International Corp., International Organization for Standardization, Japan. International Cooperation Agency, Simulator industry, Synthetic training device industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Japanese Aid Bolsters Customs Operations. MANILA...funds, the Bureau of Customs (BoC) has found a way...This came after the Japan International Cooperation...Mangaoang, chief of the Customs XIP, did not disclose...
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Bureau of Customs Braces for Ripple Effects of Japan Calamities

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 16, 2011

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Automotive industry, Customs administration, Ford Motor Co., Transportation equipment industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Bureau of Customs Braces for Ripple Effects of Japan Calamities. MANILA, Philippines...tsunami, and nuclear crisis that hit Japan last month.For one, collection...severely affected as the economy of Japan, one of Philippiness major trading...
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A Taste of American Culture Elk Grove High Opens Its Doors, Arms to Japanese Exchange Students

Newspaper article by Vince Galloro; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 15, 2000

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Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Taste of American Culture Elk Grove High Opens Its Doors, Arms to Japanese Exchange Students...and teachers from Japan as part of an annual...school students from Japan, the trip to America...key component on Japanese college entrance...Darnall, who teaches Japanese at Elk Grove and...teachers will visit Japan this summer...
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Rugby Union: RUGBY PARK? SCOTLAND V JAPAN, McDIARMID PARK, TOMORROW, 5.30PM Japanese Boss Slams Scots' Murrayfield Snub

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 12, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...but there is no doubt Japanese pride has been dented...insensitivity of the act. Japan have a bigger rugby...Williams insisted Japan will be dangerous...astounded by their rugby culture. They have the most...Ross, G Morrison. JAPAN: R Miki; K Kubota...FOR COMPLAINT: The Japanese are not happy at having...
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A Yen for All Things Japanese; from the Buzz of Tokyo to the Peace of Temples and Hot Springs, Mike Smith Saw It All in Japan Travel

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), September 13, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...A Yen for All Things Japanese; from the Buzz of Tokyo...Smith Saw It All in Japan Travel. Byline: Mike...was prepared for the culture shock of the new- but...just how traditional Japan still is. While Britain...values and culture, Japan has managed to combine...she serves traditional Japanese food in little compartmented...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (japanese or japan) and (culture or customs)

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Japan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Okimoto, The Political Economy of Japan (Vol. II, 1988); P. Duus, ed., The Cambridge History of Japan (6 vol., 1989); T. Ishida, Japanese Political Culture (1989); E. O. Reischauer, Japan (4th ed. 1970, repr. 1990...
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Japanese Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

JAPANESE MUSIC the highly eclectic musical culture of the Japanese islands. Over the years, Japan has borrowed musical instruments, scales...ceremonial music imported from China, which the Japanese called gagaku, no longer exists in China...
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Japanese Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...conditions that led to a thriving culture of the bourgeoisie. Early...After the dramatic opening of Japan to the West in 1858, the...that followed induced the Japanese to give prose fiction a new...literature and folklore. Japanese literature suffered a slump...demand for fiction in postwar Japan has been fed by the prolific...
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Japanese Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

JAPANESE ART works of art created in...that make up the nation of Japan. Early Works The earliest art of Japan, probably dating from the...name for the early period of Japanese art. Later Jomon (1000 300...Chinese and central Asian culture is reflected in the objects...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Britons. They had developed a Bronze Age culture by the time the first Celtic invaders...brought their energetic Iron Age culture to Britain. It is believed that Julius...became strongly manifest in all phases of culture (see Anglo-Saxon literature ). Differences...between Irish and continental religious customs were decided in favor of the Roman forms...

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