Essays and Research Papers on Japan

This 4 page paper discusses aspects of import, export, banking, trade and investments with regard to Japan. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 6 page paper that answers a variety of questions based on Patrick Smith's text Japan, A Reinterpretation. Topics covered refer to Japanese culture and how the country is coping with modernization. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper argues that deregulation is not necessary now that Japan's economy has improved so much. The economy is discussed in terms of how it fared through the 1990s and how it is doing in 2004. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3-page paper examines social and cultural aspects of Japanese society in preparation of opening a KFC restaurant. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 10 page observation of the many similarities shared by Japan and the United States in regard to office design and architecture. Accounts for these similarities with the theory of dominant ideologies, noting the Western influence on Japan which has been particularly obvious in the last one hundred or so years. Bibliography lists ...

This 5 page paper looks at the overall economic conditions and trends in Japan. The paper considers the GDP, inflation, trading supplies, inward and outward investment, interest rates, money supply, exchange rates and unemployment. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

A 4 page paper which provides 4 brief hypothetical/creative stories concerning Japan and the Japanese. No sources cited.

3 pages in length. Leaving behind a legacy of being the deadliest accident in aviation history involving a single aircraft, Japan Airlines flight 123 cost no fewer than five hundred twenty-two lives as a direct result of structural failure. The 6:12 pm takeoff from Tokyo International Airport put the airliner twelve minutes late; ...

In 8 pages the author discusses how World War II affected the society and the political system of the Japanese. The Japanese have always been a proud people. When they lost World War II, it had a major affect on them. They 'lost face.' This is the worst possible thing that could happen ...

When one thinks of Japan it is difficult not to think of their leadership in the technological shpere of business. Japan is synonymous to 'electronics' in the minds of many of the world's consumers. This 2 page paper explores the economic opportunities and constraints that have brought Japan into the international arena. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 8 page paper examines prostitution in Japanese culture, and argues that because Japan at one time licensed prostitutes for "use" by servicemen, and because sex tourists are mostly men, prostitution in Japan is run largely by men. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

There can be little or no doubt that the culture and social norms of the youth in Japan differ from those of the West. While the developmental needs of the age group are similar, the interpretation of gaining independence and testing authority are both similar and widely different. This 9 page paper examines ...

This 5 page paper discusses the role of women in traditional Japanese and Chinese cultures, and how that role has evolved over the years. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 11 page paper analyzes the process of loanword adaptation and the various constraints that influence it. Bibliography lists 18 sources.

An 8 page research paper on the Japan-US relations from their first contacts. The writer explores the hills and valleys of the relationship to current policies, based on the Japan ideal of amae and the U.S. response to same. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at the way in which keiretsu create trade barrier by the complex relationships. The writer considers both horizontal and vertical keiretsu, and how they are able to present such strong barriers. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

A 3 page consideration of these aspects of the horrors of World War II. “Farewell to Manzanar” is used for insight into this time. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at several questions, presented by a student, in respect to Confucianism and other aspects of Chinese and Japanese history. Leaders from both Japan and China are compared and contrasted and Confucianism is discussed in depth. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper looks at the similarities and differences between the children of these two countries and the ways in which they grow up. The paper includes political structures, social expectations, gender differences and the way they effect the children. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

10 pages in length. Women during Japan's Heian era (794-1192) were represented as a combination of an oppressed yet liberated gender, inasmuch as there existed significant patriarchal overtones but at the same time these oppressive tendencies were responsible for unleashing a wealth of literary mastery that may have forever lay dormant. While there was a ...

8 pages. This interesting paper focuses on the impact of Tanako Shozo, Japan's first environmentalist, and the Ashio Copper Mine. In 1885 it was recognized that pollution from the mine had become widespread when people noticed thousands of fish in the Watarase River were dead because of water pollution. Additionally, sludge from ...

A 6 page paper that compares and contrasts China and Japan after WWII as it involves society and communism or the lack of communism. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 6 page research paper that explores the multiple similarities between Japanese and Hebrew religious culture. Over 2,000 years ago, Assyrians exiled ten of the twelve tribes of Israel. No conclusions are drawn, but this report shows that there a strong case can be made for the Japanese as being the lost tribes. Bibliography lists ...

A 4 page research essay on the Meiji, Tokugawa, and Amae periods (1550-1668, mid-1900). The writer discusses this in terms of historical revisionism and relationship to U.S. policy. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page research paper that discusses the fact that Japan managed to modernize in the middle of the nineteenth century while China did not and the effect that this had on these countries. Bibliography lists 7 sources.