...Steps to Moving to a new country Mayar Lampkin Everest University Ever wonder what it is like to move to a new country? Well wonder no more I will tell you. Moving to a new country can be fun and exciting adventure but it takes a lot of work and planning. Before you go and experience the new culture make sure you do research on the country. Another is to make sure you have the right paper work and documentation. The last step is to make sure you pack up essentials. It sounds like a lot and hard work but in the end it is all worth it. Doing research about the country you will live in is very important because you will be informed about the cultures and customs of the country. Also researching what cities are safe to live in and what cities are dangerous is good way of keeping yourself safe and out of trouble. Make sure to research living situations is it mostly apartment/condo living or is it houses? Knowing that information is good for when you are packing because you will know how much space you will have. A good way of research is finding a group on a social media website and asking them questions about the country and living situations. This step will be the most important step out of all three. Having the right paperwork and documentation is very important or you can get in serious trouble and or road blocks along the way. Making sure you know what you need is important. For example if you do not already have a passport make sure you apply for one right...
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...What Can The US Learn from Japanese Bubble 1. Easy monetary policy works, but there are risks in the exit. The Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing measures over the past few years have allowed the U.S. economy breathing room to get back on its feet after the worst downturn since the Great Depression. But there are risks that still lurk. If policymakers increase taxes too soon, or if they read the recovery prematurely, they could put the still-tentative U.S. economic recovery in real danger, Goto said. “It’s difficult to measure whether this economic recovery has legs or not,” she said. “In hindsight, the BOJ had misread a lot of the performance of the Japanese economy, and had toyed with the idea of ending that gush of money. What Abenomics has been able to do is to turn back on the spigot,” she said, referring to the current Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to breathe life back into Japan. “Japan should have been doing that a lot earlier, so that a comeback could have been easier,” Goto added. “We can learn from that." 2. You can’t divorce financial markets from ‘Main Street’s challenges. Consider what has happened in Japan in recent months. After two decades of subpar performance, the stock market there staged a sharp rally last year, tacking on gains of about 50 percent in roughly 13 months. Japanese stocks took off because of an aggressive round of new easing that was the first part of Abenomics. But what came next was an increase in the consumption tax...
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... Introduction Kelly is a programme manager for internet services company, her boss provided her an opportunity to work in Japan and had not provided training for her, she had no idea about Japan but in the beginning her family were glad to go there. When they arrived to Japan, she always displeased to her colleague and customers because she was lack of knowledge about Japanese culture, her husband could not find a job and her children complained their classmates who’s can not speak English. Kelly felt confused and disappointed, if it continues, she might lose her work. Case a. Explain the clashes in culture, customs and expectations that occurred in this situation As can be seen from the case “Kelly’s Assignment in Japan”, there is an instance which is the poorly managed and unprepared. There is a huge difference between Japanese cultures, custom and Western countries’. Primarily, the first problem she faced is that Kelly had never been to Japan before and she known nothing about the Japanese culture and...
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...The children of the camp attend schools that were using the same curriculum has the schools in the states they were located in. High school student had a vocational school where they learn about being a farmer or a machinists. Some of the Japanese americans enlisted in the United States Army where more than half of them were apart of Japanese combat teams.(“Japanese American”) Most of Japanese food was grown by the members of the camps on farms around the camps. They made use of land that was not able to support the growth of vegetation before and changed it with techniques they created. The camps farms did not only support the one camp, but the other ones as well. Japanese doctors still ran a practices inside the camps these doctors were paid...
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...paper. To our God w Dedication This research paper is to the people who help us Table of Contents Title Page i Table of Contents ii Chapter 1 What is anime? Why is Anime Addicting? Does watching anime affect our personality? What can and can’t we learn from watching anime? How can anime influence us? What is anime? According to Dictionary.com “a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, Violence and, sexuality.” According to anime otaku (obsessed of anime) “essential for life on this planet. A type of art that isn’t stationary, an art that doesn’t bore you to death. Without it I would have died of boredom.” Anime is short for Animation. Usually when talking about “anime” it is referred to Japanese animation that has been adapted from Japanese manga. Anime is an abbreviation of the English word “animation”, originating in Japan through the roots...
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...22nd Annual Homestay Program because I have an immense interest in the Japanese culture and I want to learn about the Japanese way of life, Japan has some of the most beautiful geographical lands in the world and I would be very honored to see such a place that is so breathtaking. I have many reasons why I would like to be an ambassador to Japan, but here are three that I am going to discuss: To share my culture while also learning about the Japanese culture, to discern how the Japanese live differently than Americans, and to change my way of thinking and understanding of life. Japan has many varieties of subcultures which purvey to the youth making it an ideal place to visit. By visiting Japan, I hope to gain a better understanding of the world outside of the United States. I have read and researched a lot regarding the Japanese culture in books and on the internet, but I would like to receive first hand experience by...
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...My favorite interest is to learn many different cultures from the many parts of the world. When I was a child I started liking japanese culture when I found out about anime, a type of animation that the Japanese use to create films and television animation. I became so engrossed in watching it that I imagined myself as being one of the heroines fighting crime. It also sparked up my interest in drawing many characters like “Pokémon, Sonic X, and the Powerpuff Girls”.My many interests started building up over the years and now I have learned so much about Japan and their culture. I would love to visit over vacation and learn their culture from the people living there. Once I get there I would want to learn some interesting facts from visiting...
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...analysis Strategic Management Topic: PEST ANALYSIS OF JAPAN. Submitted To: Sir Faiez H. Sayel Submitted By: Ali Ahmad Majoka 006 Ifrah Javaid 045 Muhammad Habibullah 084 Nayab Ameen 115 Sharjeel Arslan 139 Zahid Yousaf 166 Qaiser Abbas 175 Section: MBA-13C COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore PEST Analysis of Japan: Political analysis: • Political System: Japan is a democratic country, but it is a very different kind of democracy to that prevailing in most of Europe in countries like France and Germany. The main reason for this is the dominant position of one party – the Liberal Democratic Party – which held power almost unbroken for more than 50 years. The Diet Japan is a parliamentary kingdom governed by a Prime Minister and his cabinet. The parliament is called the Diet and is composed of the upper House of Councilors and the lower House of Representatives. The House of Representatives can be dissolved anytime by the Prime Minister. The lower house holds most of the decision power. The party which achieves a majority in the lower house can nominate the Prime Minister (usually the party president). Political parties The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is the only stable party of the last 4 decades. It has been in power since its foundation in 1958, keeping an undisrupted...
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...Assignment Things we can learn from the Japanese: 1. Honesty * The single most important thing we could learn from the Japanese people is honesty. Very little theft occurs in Japan and for the most part, most lost items are either always returned to their rightful owners or brought to police stations where said items could be claimed. Only 6.6 bikes are stolen for every 100,000 people in Japan. In wake of the tsunami and past catastrophic events you see that the people of Japan were not looting. Instead they were helping each other out in finding their belongings instead of taking advantage of other individuals, unlike what we’ve seen here in the United States after Hurricane Katrina. 2. Indebtedness * Japanese parents give so much to their children when they raise them. For giving life to the child and nurturing them, the child is indebted to their parents, and does whatever it takes to please them. A lot of Americans take what their parents have done for them for granted. I know I don’t, but many do. I wish more of my peers fully appreciate the many sacrifices that were made to fulfill their wants and needs. My siblings and I have been a financial burden on my parents and I see their struggle to this day, but I have high hopes of making it up to them once I attain my degree and provide for them so that they can retire. 3. Group Orientation * Americans are not the greatest when it comes to group-oriented work. The Japanese focus on the good of...
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...discrimination, a mass genocide and lived in poverty. They’ve been portrayed as savages for their unique traditions such as hunting bears, tattooing their lips,hands and body. When the Japanese came in contact with the Ainu people they turned against them and murdered their people. They were forbidden to speak their language and live freely. We have yet to know where they come from, but scholars believe they came from Siberia, Russia or from the Southern Pacific....
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...Why Do Japanese Fall Asleep In Meetings? Santiago Puente Gallegos Intercultural Management 2341 March 9, 2016 Bill Louden Why Do Japanese Fall Asleep In Meetings? According to Rochelle Koop the reason why Japanese fall asleep in meetings is because “Japanese believe that by closing their eyes, they can hear more effectively, because they are screening out the visual stimulus and focusing only on the sound” (Koop, 2011, p.109). After I was reading this case study, and I wondered what would be my reaction if people stayed silent after I spoke? A lot of things came through my mind. For example, as a Hispanic I would think that Japanese falling asleep during my speech is rude and disrespectful. Probably, I would walk away and leave the office. But I have to consider that not all cultures and customs are the same as ours. On the other hand, I would put my mind working and begin thinking that Japanese are probably evaluating my speech, are visualizing my ideas, or that like the author states, “I’m so boring that this key person is sleeping” ( Koop, 2011, p.109). I have to think that in the business world, I might...
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...11502614 Executive Summary RECOMMENDATION： Take the chance, lead the market! Adopt the new technology and enter Japanese market! As the saying goes "Never be afraid to try something new ". After adopting the new strategies, Net Present Value for the whole project will soar to 6,114,217, which is almost three times the NPV of the former project. Besides, tapping into the booming Japanese market and take 2% market share, company will receive not only significant capital gain but many other intangible benefits. Why using new technology is a winning strategy? 1. Statistically, new technology brings along a higher return. Once adopt the new technology, NPV will increase significantly from$2,233,511 to $4,895,728 , IRR of the new project will also be 16% higher. 2. This is a chance to clean up the competitors ahead and gain the first-mover advantage. The adoption of the new technology will prevent a possible drop in sales if counterparts implement similar technology. Furthermore, company can obtain the competitive advantage by selling the patent of this technology to make profit. 3. Many intangible benefits will be generated. reputation is the life of the company. New technology adoption reduces pollution, implements CSR and helps better promote corporate image and increases brand recognition. Why entering Japanese market is a must? 1. Booming Japanese market ensures higher return. With approve of OEM in Japan, company can penetrate into this big and fast expanding market...
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...Globalization: "Englishnization" at Rakuten (A) Our goal is not becoming No. 1 in Japan but becoming the No. 1 Internet services company in the world. By 2050, Japanese GDP as a portion of global GDP will shrink from 12% in 2006 to 3%. As we consider the future potential growth of the Japanese market and our company, global implementation is not a nice-to-have but a must-do. — Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman and CEO, Rakuten Group With less than a year to go before his self-imposed deadline of migrating to the exclusive use of English at Rakuten, Japan’s largest online retailer, CEO Hiroshi Mikitani (HBS ‘93) found himself seated outside Paris at the May 2011 e-G8 summit1. Seated alongside Internet, political, and business luminaries, Mikitani was among those shaping technology’s future agenda. But his future, his company’s future, was closing in on him. In a matter of days he would announce his acquisition of Ikeda in Brazil, marking another step in his company’s global ascent. And in a matter of months, he would evaluate its most critical stride toward becoming the world’s No. 1 Internet services company: the transition of his 7,100 Tokyo employees from their native Japanese to English, the global language of business. The future of his company lay in the success of his boldest step yet. Mikitani’s vision rested with his Japanese employees, who had fifteen months to respond to his controversial two-year English proficiency mandate at the risk of being demoted. Yet the vast majority...
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...co-workers. She teaches Intro to Computers. While interviewing her, one thing that stuck out to me was she said that she learned things about Japanese culture from her parents growing up, but that she learned it from just simply watching them. Such as, taking off shoes at the door and eating with chopsticks. These sorts of things were second nature and just a way of life. This made me think about my own life and how most things about my own culture, which I have learned, are things that I picked up at a young age by just following in my parents footsteps. Kai also spoke about how her family was very strict growing up. She compared her upbringing to the kids at our school and said they get a lot of slack and how parents seemed less involved. She felt her family expected nothing but the best out of her. This seems to be something that is pretty consistent amongst the Japanese American culture. They tend to hold careers, school and hobbies at high regards. They feel that anything you are partaking in should be done to the best possible standard. This way of thinking has translated into her classroom. She holds her scholars to a high standard and takes the proper steps if these standards are not met, with phone calls home and setting up parent conferences. Something else that I found interesting is that, even though a great number of the Japanese Culture immigrated to America in the late 1800s (McGoldrick, 2005). The still hold firm to their culture and make sure that their culture...
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...now, that isn’t going to happen. Instead, what dialect does exist, tends to slowly converge. LANGUAGES DYING OUT Some small languages are actually dying out, with younger generations using a more convenient lingua franca instead. In Ireland, for example, the state is doing whatever it can to preserve the Irish language, but the truth is English is used more and more. With smaller languages weakening, the trend is toward a smaller number of languages each with more market share. Of course, these sort of changes take place on the scale of hundreds or thousands of years. People generally don’t want to try learning every language in the world, because there are too many to learn. Imagine, however, if there were just two languages, say English and Spanish. Then it would be quite worthwhile to learn whichever one you didn’t already know, because it would take you from knowing half the languages in the world, to knowing all the languages in the world. Continuing that example, if English and Spanish were the only languages, and the majority of the world learned them, then there...
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