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    Professor Birks ENG 112-98A Word Count: 1695 10 August 2017 Hikikomori and Japanese Culture Over the years, Japan has accumulated rich chapters of history, break throughs in innovation, and economic prosperity. However, imagine if 1.5 million citizens gradually vanished from a thriving country such as Japan. This disappearance of the population is not hypothetical, but a problem that Japan is facing today. The disappearing population is not a magic trick, but is due to the condition known as hikikomori

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    Is Japan today a homogeneous society? A homogenous society is a society that enjoys a shared culture, language or ethnicity and its people abide by social norms or traditions. A homogeneous society lacks diversity and can be viewed as being resistant to changes. In reality, it is almost impossible to find a country that is homogeneous. In this post, we will consider if Japan today is inclining towards being a homogenous society or otherwise by observing the attitudes and behaviour of the general

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    Japan-the Strange Country

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    Japan - the Strange Country Japan is a small country located in east Asia. The population is around 130,000,000 (one hundred and thirty million) people. The total world population is 6,800,000,000 (six point eight billion), which means that roughly 2 in every 100 people are Japanese. Japan 's land area measures 378,000 (three hundred and seventy-eight thousand) square kilometers. If the earth 's land area is 149,000,000 (one hundred and forty-nine million) square kilometers and the total area

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    are shaken by numerous nerves about the misuse of power in the nation 's administration organs and companies, suitability of their conventional society and religion in a contemporary word and the social and monetary status of the young population. Japan as a nation is confronted by serious uneasiness about its future. The huge abuse of power through authoritative cronyism, corruption and effort of undue impact on the general population by the administration and organization has raised open concern

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    locations. One location that has been brought up many times throughout the semester and I have increased with familiarity is Japan. This location is constantly changing and growing. It exports many different vehicle and machinery parts, and is at the forefront of technology and the revolution that follows. Though I do not have any personal connections to the country of Japan, I know that has important geographical traits and occurrences that affect the population and cultural geographies, the agricultural

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    Australia and Japan are both stable and large countries. Australia a much larger nation with 2.97 million square miles of land and a population of 24.13 million. Its located within the Indian sea just south of Asia. Japan in comparison is smaller yet larger with a population of 127 million with the size of 145,932 square miles. Japan is east of Asia just of the coast in the Pacific Ocean. Both nations share similarities for example their population pyramids are cups, the life quality of life is

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    the country Japan. We base our choice for the pure reason that Japan is a great country to export to and receive good profit in return. Japan as a whole is a very technological country so it won’t be added to them have something of great value. The music in Japan is very electric and diverse. People there are also very into music, they even have a global activity originated in Japan, which is called Karaoke. This activity is played everywhere. Of course, if we want to export to Japan, looking at

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    and delivery of healthcare today. The aging population is on the rise so they will demand more care from the younger generation to deliver the proper care when it comes to healthcare. There are 31.86 million people over the age of 65 who live in Japan ( KYODO ). Leaving the remaining number to be among the younger generation is almost forced to have to attend to the aging population because if they do not look after them who will? The younger generation is basically forced to have to attend

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    Demographic factors can affect one's health status, health-related behavior and one's use of health care services. Many studies have demonstrated that age, gender and ethnicity all play a role in the likelihood of suffering different ailments. Sometimes, these factors are genetic, where certain groups have predispositions, and higher incidences have been recorded. Caucasians have a higher propensity for melanoma, for example, than do African-Americans. This will result in higher rates of usage for

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    take Japan and Ghana. Both countries are very different in almost every aspect of life, Japan is a developed country, and Ghana is a developing country. Ghana differs from Japan in population and its growth, as Ghana has a younger population and more difficulties in maintaining the health of their population. Ghana also differs from Japan in its land use and agriculture by having more subsistence farming, while Japan concentrates more on commercial farming. Developed countries, such as Japan, have

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