1. Introduction Over the past three decades, East Asia’s economy has developed rapidly with two economic giants, Japan and China, dominating the region’s economy. Japanese revived economy since post-war period has been heralded as a miracle as it showed remarkable improvement over the last thirty years. From 1960s to 1980s, Japan’s overall economic growth increased rapidly by 19%. Additionally, China’s economy had undergone extensive restructuring and the result was a tenfold increase in its GDP since 1978. As of 2014, China holds the title of largest economy in the world surpassing United States (World Factbook, 2014). This essay will analyze the differences and similarities of Japan and China in relation to their business systems. …show more content…
According to Yuan (2005), “Guanxi” refers to a personal relationship with materialistic aims. A contrast from Western culture, Chinese businessmen favor “guanxi” over the rules of law and will generally pursue such material gains relentlessly. It is crucial that foreign businesses are aware of the importance of this term “guanxi” in order to maintain their personal relationships with government officers or partners. The Chinese business is a type of organization developed from wealth ventures by overseas Chinese entrepreneurs. Such single person dominating organization structures are basic with limited operative functions and are successful in niche industries that are less complicated to operate for example, property, trading and basic manufacturing industries. Undoubtedly, Chinese are well-known for their hard working ethic and close family relationships and therefore that contributed to the extensive network of Chinese businesses in the Asia pacific region for example, Hong Kong and Taiwan. There have been extensive changes in Chinese business systems whereby its second generations are now educated in western countries with more reformative mentalities as compared to their older generations (Chen,
Each strove to maintain a centralized government. For Japan the leader was to be called an emperor or empress who could only be a part of the royal family if they were related to the Shinto sun goddess. As for Europe, the leader was to be called a king or a queen. Like Japan, not just anybody could become royalty. Kings and queens came from a long descent of an Imperial family. Tradition was that the first born son of the king would become the next ruler following the kings death. However, if no legitimate son were born then the daughter would become queen. In Europe, the royal family and institution was usually
Feudal Japan and Ming China were two times in history within these similar countries, that have been around since ancient times. These countries have similar and different traditions, a way of doing things, that have defined them as a civilization and a world power. The Japanese and Chinese had times where select families or people were in control, dynasty, because of their ranks and their abilities, in addition their social classes were similar in the way they treated people, and how people treated other people depending on their jobs and their status. There were the shoguns,a hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan, and in China there were the emperors, the ones ruling the empire (land), these were the people that were at the top
During the early nineteenth century, both China and Japan enforced policies restricting foreign trade in order to avoid industrialization and western ideas, but after both societies experienced foreign invasions and unequal treaties being established by foreigners, Japan began to industrialize and became imperialists trying to create an empire, while China differed in that the people wanted reform and government restrained the reformation of their society, therefore causing multiple rebellions and overall the collapse of their empire.
China and Japan are too enormous and influential nations located in Eastern Asia. These two nations are almost always confused because of their similar culture and people, and they also happen to be right next to each other. Japan and China have never been allies and the two countries always seem to be in conflict. These two superpowers are very important to the world, and without them everything would be imbalanced in the global market. The rising superpower, China, is a nation that will continue to grow and improve their economy, while the fragile superpower, Japan, could fall apart at any moment and ruin the balance between all of the other countries.
Although Japan and Western Europe did not have any direct contact with one another during the medieval period, they independently developed similar social as well as political systems. Japan and Western Europe were both feudal systems, but they had numerous differences in the way their systems were run. Japan had samurais and Western Europe had knights. Their two different sets of warriors also followed different codes of honor. Samurais followed bushido, and knights followed chivalry. They had some similarities in how they were both self-sufficient and didn’t trade a lot.
Between the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, Japan’s economy developed remarkably. China had also developed economically; however, not near as much as Japan. The Japanese government industrialized greatly and encouraged western influence, but the Chinese government did the opposite.
Are all of the countries in North America identical? Sure, they might have a few similarities, such as government system or language spoken, but they are all vastly unique. Just the same, Feudal Japan and Imperial China, despite being close neighbors, had many differences to them. In this essay, I will list the geographic and political differences between the two former nations. Feudal Japan and Imperial China had many political differences.
In Japan, most of the Chinese influence was brought to Japan through Korea. Japan consists of four mountainous islands off the coast of Korea, and its early development reflected that of the mainland. There were several waves of immigrants that came to Japan. In about 10,000 B.C.E., the Jōmon people practiced hunting and fishing and made clay pots. People who immigrated from northeast Asia brought agriculture and Yayoi culture with them. Yayoi communities were distinguished by complex social organization containing rulers, soldier, artisans, and priests. Objects made in China and Korea could be found in Japan, which shows that people were traveling back and forth from Japan. More waves of immigrants came from Korea during the fourth through
China and Japan had similar but different experiences with the Western civilization. China and Japan reacted differently to the Western nations and it was China’s reactions to the West that would break the Chinese’s isolation leaving their traditions behind. The Industrial trade in Europe and the United States had created a gap between Asia and the West, This left china and Japan far behind technologically and they were not able to stand up against the western nations and although at different times China and Japan both ended up having to sign unequal treaties, and to open their ports for merchants.
Both Japan and China lie in the East of Asia. To a certain extent,Japan and China own similar culture background, in the Confucian Cultural Circle. But when we look back into the modern history development, Japan and China made quite different decisions when facing the western countries’ aggression. China suffered the invasion in 1840 after the first Sino-British War. Japan was in a similar situation in the black boat incident in 1853, the Opium War made the West began to pay attention to East Asia. From then on, Japan began to face the western culture. The reactions, as well as the result of Japan and China were quite disparate. This article wants to discuss what lead to the difference.
There are two side of every issue, but what’s is the same? The type of government, social classes, beliefs? Looking at Japan and Europe, you might not think that they share similarities, but in some cases they actually do.
Hierarchy and status are considered highly important in both Japan and Mexico in addition to a strong separation between the work and home life. Both Mexico and Japan rely on strong work relationships and loyalty in addition to having top down style of commination and information flow. Both countries have a belief in collectivism over individualism, according to Hofstede’s Value Dimensions, with Japan slightly higher on the index, similarly for the masculinity index. The implications of these characteristics can be viewed in each countries’ management approach. These societal values and characteristics influence each countries’ business behavior and methodologies. (Deresky, 2014)
He states that Japan used market capitalism to pursue individual and corporate material wealth. However, China has been far more conservative approach having evolved from Mao Zedong’s planned socialism towards a “functional market socialism”. Further Japan appears to have adopted a far more western attitude more readily in comparison to China.
Throughout the dynasties in China and Japan, religion, economy and politics have been affected by each other in various ways. In the book “Religion and Making of Modern East Asia”, Thomas Dubois brings to light the impact religion made on both politics and economy in China and Japan throughout the historical period up till date. In his words, he describes “religion as an extremely political force” (Dubois, 2011, pp. 7-16). As various religions were introduced, it shaped the politics of leaders as most of them saw it as an avenue to impose their religion on the citizens. In all, religion invented political and economic stabilities and instabilities in various dynasties throughout Japan and China
The culture of a place is an integral part of its society whether that place is a remote Indian village in Brazil or a highly industrialized city in Western Europe. The culture of Japan fascinates people in the United States because, at first glance, it seems so different. Everything that characterizes the United States--newness, racial heterogeneity, vast territory, informality, and an ethic of individualism-- is absent in Japan. There, one finds an ancient and homogeneous society, an ethic that emphasizes the importance of groups, and a tradition of formal behavior governing every aspect of daily living, from drinking tea to saying hello. On the surface at least, U.S. and Japanese