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Japanese Culture Influence On American Fashion

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“Japanese culture definitely influences American fashion”- Jason Campbell. Japanese culture has influenced the world dramatically over time through acculturation. The advancements have greatly benefited the world in which they live. Not only in Japan, their culture has its examples across the globe. Japan, the land of the rising Sun, has influenced the world culturally the most through their innovations in three main industries: domestic and commercial transportation, war machines, and broadcasting.
Japanese transportation has acculturated with other countries across the world. Automobiles such as Honda or Toyota are globally known. According to Beppi Corsariol’s article, “Japanese cars are becoming the standard for quality, consistently topping the Consumer Reports and J.D. Power ratings. Toyota surpassed GM as the world's biggest car maker.” Automobiles from Japan are increasing in popularity because of this and present great value to the consumer. The Japanese culture have acculturated through automobiles and shared their ideas with their products that …show more content…

In the 1960s, the Japanese military introduced the world record for largest submarine. Even though the Japanese were against several countries including the United States, those countries could still take what they learned from fighting against them to use it for their own advantage. Upon doing so, they would acculturate Japanese culture along with their own to ultimately win the war. Also, the World War II planes from Japan were some of the best of its time. According to militaryfactory.com, the Kawasaki Ki-78 was developed with the intention of challenging the world absolute speed record. Their planes were faster and could go longer distances than those of the Allies. Because of their superior designs and now piece with several countries like the United States, their ideas and culture spread to those

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