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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Japanese society"”.
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Nishijin Weavers: A Study of the Functions of Tradition in Modern Japanese Society
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Šintoizmo vaidmuo šiuolaikinėje Japonijoje: Shinkai Makoto kūrybos analizė /
… to analyze the role of Shintoism in contemporary Japanese society through its relationship with both humans and nature, and lastly, to examine the role of Shintoism in anime, as well as to investigate my chosen three films by figuring out what is the role and purpose of Shintoism in them. This …
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Socio-cultural conditions of Japan reflected by factors inducing recent Japanese immigration to Canada
… examines the socio-cultural conditions of Japanese society as reflected in factors that induce recent Japanese immigration to Canada. The examination is based on interview research done with six female and six male Japanese immigrants living in Vancouver, who arrived in Canada after the …
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Generations in Touch: Linking the Old and Young in a Tokyo Neighborhood
… by broadening the discussion to the larger Japanese society in the hope that lessons learned from one age-integrated facility can illuminate the urgency of re-engaging the generations in an aging society and provide some directions to improve the quality of life for all as we approach the …
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The Disintegration of Marriage in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s <em>Happy Hour</em> (2015)
… argues Ryusuke Hamaguchi's approach to the Japanese home drama genre presents a changing perspective on the institution of marriage in contemporary Japanese society, reflecting shifts in gender roles and the growing trend of singlehood amongst Japanese youth. This perspective contrasts with …
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Spiritual business? A critical analysis of the spiritual therapy phenomenon in contemporary Japan
… (supirichuaru) has become a buzzword in Japanese popular culture. A look at the shelves of every bookstore reveals that by now, in Japan, almost anything can be ―"spiritual" (for example, spiritual spot, spiritual money, spiritual motherhood or spiritual cuisine). This "spiritual boom" …
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Brain Death, Organ Transplantation and the Ethics of Relationships in Japan: 1968-2000
… However, the debate has not yet been settled in Japanese society. There are four main reasons why it is said that whole brain-death criteria are incompatible with Japanese society. First, they cannot establish a person's death because the Japanese define it not according to medical facts but …
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Motherhood, Family, and Inequality in Contemporary Japan
… forces, which marginalize them from mainstream Japanese society. More specifically, I explore the historical construction of ideals and entitlements of motherhood through state campaigns and welfare policies, and their shifting characteristics across different time periods and state regimes. …
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Beyond common sense : negotiating constructions of sexuality and gender in Japan
… which is a new angle from which to view Japanese society. The research methods consist of participant observation and in depth open-ended free attitude interviews. Participant observation in this case includes all aspects of people's life: personal relationships and reading what people …
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Koreans in Japan : their influence on Korean-Japanese relations.
Since the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910, many Koreans migrated to Japan seeking a livelihood. The majority of these emigrants were in the lowest economic status of Japanese society. After World War II, of the 2.5 million Koreans in Japan, the majority were repatriated to their homeland, …
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The Self and the Gift in Japan: A Cognitive View of Ritualized Gift Exchange in Contemporary Western Japan
… between the self and others in contemporary Japanese society. The role of the giver or the recever of a gift is composed of a set of obligations/rights between the self and others. However, when the individual attempts to do his/her role performance for others, he/she always has to recognize …
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Performing Self and Society: Growth and Maturity at a Japanese Junior High School
… and responsibilities of becoming a member of Japanese adult society. On the one hand demonstrating teachers' ethnopedagogical schema of curriculum and pedagogy that is strongly linked to cultural notions of developmental readiness, this study on the other hand explores how student …
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From a condition to a choice: gender and motherhood in adaptations of Torikaebaya
… are subversive and critical of contemporary Japanese society and law in connection with gender and offer not only critiques of current societal norms but an exploration of gender and sexuality outside social norms.
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A mosque without a community?: Muslim lives in multicultural Japan
… obligations in a "secular," non-Western society. In doing so, it demonstrates the value of intersectional analysis in understanding how global and local Japanese perceptions of "race," culture, and religion shape the opportunities and challenges a small but growing number of "foreigners" …
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Between power and protest : The Japan Times and Anpo-protests in 1960
… Kishi Nobusuke. The protests were the largest in Japanese history and left their legacy to Japanese political history and civil society. Scholars have researched Anpo-protests to some extent. However, the Anpo-protests have not been analysed in Worldwide context of Cold war which is why …
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Understanding the background of the political and social movements supporting the United Nations
… stipulates it as a popular norm supported by the Japanese public. The thesis employs the constructivist approach in understanding UN centrism as a domestic norm. Following the analytical methods employed in existing studies on norm diffusion, it identifies UN centrism is Japan’s interpretation of …
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The transformation of the Japanese commercial code and its impact on the Japanese economy
The legal system is an essential basis of the society and economy of every country, and it changes continually in accordance with national social and economic situations. The Japanese Commercial Code is no exception. One of the most significant and fundamental Japanese laws, it was enacted in 1899 …
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Legal controls of corporate management in Japan : comparisons with common law jurisdictions
… regulating shareholders and directors under Japanese corporate law, primarily by focusing on legal rules governing the general meeting, through which shareholders exercise their powers, and the legal duties of directors. Through the examination of such legal controls on the general meeting …
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Human Rights, NGOs, and Foreign Policy: Case Studies of Japanese Foreign Policy Toward Indonesia and Myanmar and Efforts of Human Rights NGOs
… In this paper the influnece of human rights on Japanese foreign policy is examined through the study of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Japanese politics, as new political actors that speak for the norm of international human rights in Japanese politics. Japanese NGOs have achieved a …
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