1. Introduction 1.1 Background Japan has the third largest economy in the world. As it is surrounded by sea, the country’s port plays an important role in maritime transportation for both exports and imports. In March 2011, the world was affected when Japan was struck with natural disasters (Earthquake and Tsunami). This sudden disaster sent everyone around the world into frenzy. It affected Japan’s ports, shipping and logistics. As a result of the natural disasters, ports in the northern
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INTRODUCTION Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) is an oil company in Malaysia. PETRONAS was found on 17th August 1974. Wholly owned by the Government of Malaysia, the corporation is vested with the entire oil and gas resources in Malaysia and is entrusted with the responsibility of developing and adding value to these resources. Over the years, PETRONAS have gained unique experience and expertise in nation building and this, coupled with our technical and operational competencies have allowed
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4'-bis(E-carboxyvinyl)-2,2'-bipyridine (dcvbpy), 4,7-bis(E-carboxyvinyl)-1,10-phenanthroline (dcvphen), and 5-(2-[2,2'-bipyridin] -5-ylethynyl)-22'-bipyridine were prepared by the methods reported previously [6,8]. 1H NMR spectra were recorded using a 400 MHz NMR (Jeol, Tokyo, Japan), and chemical shifts were reported in ppm relative to the residual solvent as an internal standard.
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paper will highlight the contributions and the positive impact that Kaoru Ishikawa made on the Japanese quality movement and towards the overall TQM process. Background Born in 1915, Ishikawa was raised in Tokyo, Japan where he later when on to attend the University of Tokyo in the 1930’s and after a brief stint in the Japanese Navy, he became a Professor of Engineering at that same university in the late 1940’s. By the early 1960’s, he held an executive position at the Union of Japanese
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Education is a fundamental part of society in many countries. One of these countries, which seek to develop the education system, is Japan. Nevertheless, this country was not as well as in an earlier. After World War II, Japan became conscious about the importance of education, so it has tried hard to improve education system. Now, Japan became one of the most highly educated countries in the world. Every year, people come to Japan to receive education at different institutional. This essay, will
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technological integration, and not terribly easy to reach. Enter the Japanese City in the same period a rapidly growing and urbanizing force to be reckoned with, “the driving force for postwar urbanization was the growth of heavy industry, [but after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics] employment in construction, wholesale and retail sales, services, finance, real estate, and public service has increased relative to manufacturing. The population engaged in primary industry dropped drastically, from
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eight-power allied forces invaded China and many unequal treaties makes me extremely angry and indignant. How can our country being bullied? In 1905, there was a man named Sun Yat-Sen established the first revolutionary alliance - Tongmenghui in Japan Tokyo. He took "Drive out the Tartars, restore China, found the Republic, equalize land ownership" as a political platform and Implemented national revolution to achieve democracy. On the other hand, due to the Late Qing Reforms, Eight-legged essay was
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Langara College 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC Canada V5Y 2Z6 BIOGRAPHY Naoto Fukasawa, a Yamanashi Prefecture Japanese-born industrial designer in 1956, began his life as an emerging designer during his first year at Tama Art University, Tokyo in the late 70s. “People who make others happy through industrial products.” A phrase Fukasawa found in a textbook clearly defined his career. Having graduated from Tokyo’s Tama Art University in 1980 majoring in art and 3D-design, Naoto then moved
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Japanese Fashion and Social Customs COMP 2000 ABSTRACT Every country in the world has it’s own culture, traditional way of dress and customs. Japanese culture is quite intriguing and there is much that is not known of the Japanese people and their culture overall which is the reason for this research. In doing research, the fashion choices of the Japanese culture was really intriguing; from the unique shape and intricate designs of their kimonos, to the more modern and outrageous fashion style
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Pearl Harbor World War 2 stared before the U.S got involved. It began in 1931 when Japan invaded northeastern China. By 1938 Japan had taken over much of China. In Europe war began in August of 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Even after all that was happening on the other side of the world America didn’t get involved. It was until December7, 1941, when the attack on Pearl Harbor happens, when America finally got involved. The fanatics in Japan thought they could defeat America. Hirohito thought
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