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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Japan. United States"”.
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A Japan-United States comparison of apology styles
… investigation compares the U.S. American and Japanese perceptions of, and reaction to, situations that potentially require apology. Two hundred U.S. and 181 Japanese college students completed a questionnaire in which each was asked to: (a) rate the victim's and the offender's initial …
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Modern-Traditional Differences in Consumption Patterns Across Cultures (Life Styles; Brazil, France, Japan, United States)
Marketing academicians and practitioners have developed concepts, theories and methodologies to study consumer behavior in the U.S., but application of these concepts and theories to understand consumer behavior in a cross-cultural setting is, for the most part, lacking. The purpose of this …
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Pacific Childhoods in the Rafu: Multiple Transnational Modernisms and the Los Angeles Nisei, 1918-1942
The second generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) who grew up in the Los Angeles area before the Second World War had two primary cultures seemingly competing for their attention: that of their first-generation parents (Issei) and that of the dominant culture surrounding them. However, the …
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The Changing Dynamic of the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance and Changes in Japanese Security Policy
Beginning in the 1990s, the United States and Japan began redefining their bilateral security alliance. This redefinition also prompted Japan to change its security policies. To what extent and in what ways have changes in the U.S.-Japan security alliance contributed to these changes? I argue that …
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Intersections of social networks and state policy : Brazilian migration to Japan and the United States
… program, in migration from Maringá, Brazil to Japan, and a largely unauthorized flow, from Criciúma, Brazil to the United States. Describing selectivity and social dynamics over time in the two migration flows, the study ultimately shows that though social networks operating in each flow, …
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From Curiosity to Controversy: American Perception of Japanese Immigrants, 1853-1924
<p>In the mid-nineteenth century, as the United States reached the Pacific through westward expansion, Asia emerged as a new stage for commerce and power. Japan, long isolated under the Tokugawa shogunate, became an object of American fascination when forced into relations. While early depictions …