Essays and Research Papers on Japan & Japanese Issues

This 15 page paper discusses Japan’s positions on such issues as the global environment, international crime and the war on terror. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

7 pages in length. This model paper answers several questions concerning Japan's postwar development. It also includes an essay comparing the works of Mishima's Patriotism with Kawabata's Snow Country. Both sections delved into the subject matter with excellent research and response. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 15 page report discusses the cultures of two of the modern world’s most influential and economically powerful nations -- Japan and the United States. Culture is most often associated with the complex relationships of political, social, and economic factors, but specific cultural activities can and should be independently defined. This report compares some of the most important determinants of culture ...

A 3 page paper comparing US and Japanese culture, from the perspective of a Japanese immigrant. To say there are vast differences between life in Japan and life in the United States is to commit gross understatement. Though many values between the two cultures are quite similar, many habits and perspectives are quite ...

A 13 page paper which examines the historic relations between Japan and Korea since the loss of Korean territory to Japan. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page comparison of the relative development of Japan and China. Links the apparent differences to circumstance and choice of post World War II allies. Contends that the U.S. was charged in many ways with restoring the economic stability of Japan since World War II but only began to emphasize trade relations ...

This 3 page paper briefly compares the Japanese and Chinese bureaucracies. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 12 page paper discusses the function, policies and organizational structure of the Japanese Consulate.

This 12 page paper examines the economic relationship between Japan and the U.S. in light of the Asian economic crisis. A historical view of the relationship is presented as well as a look to the future. Implications of the monetary crisis are discussed in detail. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 4 page research paper that investigates Japanese abortion. This brief survey of abortion in Japan suggests that Japanese attitudes toward abortion are evolving in conjunction with the movement of Japanese women toward fuller participation in society and away from the passive cultural model that has dominated female Asian experience for centuries. Bibliography lists ...

8 pages in length. The writer discusses various stages of economic relations between Japan and the United States, as well as addresses how the Asian economic crisis impacted both nations. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 5 page research paper that discusses the processes involved in buying a home in Japan. This paper has been translated into rough Italian. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper discussing the effects that globalization has had on Japan’s labor market. Employment for life is a thing of the past, and pressure from other leading economies has forced structural change in relationships between businesses within the same kiretsu. The paper also discusses job-related migration and the tendency for those ...

A ten page paper which looks at the effects which the post-war occupation of Japan by the Allies, and particularly the USA, had on the country’s cultural, political and economic development in the subsequent decades, and the way in which the occupying forces were able to reconstruct the country’s imperialist heritage, religious practices and social ...

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the Western influences on the cultures of the East. This paper relates the influences that the West has had on the countries of China, Japan and India, through the process of colonialization. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

5 pages. This research paper covers the broad spectrum of Japanese aesthetics. The Japanese have unique concepts and values when it comes to all manner of their tastes in art, architecture, clothing, and everything about their lives. This paper will attempt to uncover the secret of the beauty that is inherent to the ...

This 4 page paper discusses the life of the peasant in premodern Japan, as depicted by Mikiso Hane. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 6 page paper considers how the role of married Japanese women has changed over the last 50 years. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

A 6 page analysis of the Clinton administration's efforts to improve U.S. trade relations with Japan. The writer assesses all sides of the issue and proposes some degree of mutually-beneficial compromise between the two countries. Bibliography lists 5 supporting sources.

5 pages in length. Currently there is a new Japan, due to the fact that women's gender roles are slowly but surely changing from the societal norms they have had for hundreds of years. It is no doubt these new changing roles of the feminists that will cause Japan to see a totally new societal, economic, and political picture ...

4 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses Chinese and Japanese traditions as they relate to historical and political development. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page essay examining Japan's current trend away from the farms and into the cities. Family farms are being worked by owners well past working age while the families' children are opting for the life of the city, which seems to be freer and easier to live. The paper includes an analogy between the ...

A 6 page overview of the natural resources and ecological complexity of Japan and China. Summarizes the fact that since China is larger in terms of physical land coverage it encompasses more ecological diversity than does Japan. Concludes that each country shares the threat of overdevelopment and severe impact to their fragile ecosystems. Bibliography ...

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts these two correctional systems. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 6 page review of Charles J. Dunn’s work entitled “Everyday Life in Traditional Japan” (1969, 1977). This is a well structured text which tells of life of Tokugawa Japan during the years 1600 to 1850 approximately which Dunn uses as his basis for “traditional” Japan. The text is accompanied by many well ...