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The Use of Chemical Weapons in the Tokyo Subway Attack Japan has long enjoyed the enviable reputation of being one of the safest nations in the world. The country has one of the world lowest rates for murder and other violent crime, and the Japanese National Police Agency and local Police forces are often praised as a model of law enforcement efficiency. Tokyo enjoys one of the cleanest, safest and most efficient subway networks in the world. Trains run on precise schedules and accommodate

Jiro Ono, an 85-year-old sushi master and his two sons, Yoshikazu, and Takashi, both of whom are also sushi chefs. For 40 years Jiro, a three-Michelin-Star chef, has been crafting immaculate sushi in a ten-seat restaurant on the second floor of a Tokyo subway station. Sukiyabashi Jiro is small, and to savor the 20-piece menu of sushi, customers must pay 30,000 yen (368 dollars) and make reservations a month in advance. Throughout the documentary, Gelb not only examines Jiro’s work ethic, but also explores

Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a documentary directed by David Gelb that explores the life of the famous sushi chef, Jiro Ono and his ten seat restaurant, Sukiyabashi Jiro. The film showcased at the Provincetown International Film festival in 2011 and is now streaming on Netflix; it is a film for those interested in sushi, Japanese culture and a good moral lesson. Jiro Dreams of Sushi on the surface appears to be just a biography about Japan’s most well-known sushi chef, yet beneath the story, lies a message

have chosen to compare Tokyo with Auckland. I will discuss Tokyo and Auckland’s development (1880-1930), outlining pressures and opportunities created by technology advancements and how Tokyo is caused by urbanisation, comparing with Auckland. Tokyo’s population is approximately 13.35million with rapid urban growth. The land area of Tokyo is approximately 2,187km2. Tokyo was first established in 1869. Tokyo was originally named Edo (small fishing village) in early 1800’s. Tokyo was a part of the Musashi

and travels to Tokyo, Japan. This memo will also serve as a brief introduction to the country, along with some guidelines for certain customs. Tokyo, Japan, Asia Location: Eastern central Honshu, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan Time Zone: 9 pm = noon Greenwich Mean Time (GMT); Daylight Saving Time is not observed Ethnic Composition: 98% Japanese; 2% Other (including American, Brazilian, British, Chinese, Korean, Peruvian, and Southeast Asian) The Embassy of the United States in Tokyo Address: Japan

Topic 4 Japanese culture factors influenced the disclosure of financial information Introduction Japan is an unique oriental country in many aspects, especially in politics and economy, both western practices and traditional nationalism are coexisted in this country. The period 1890-1940 was just followed the Meiji restoration, and was typical in the history of Japan, at that time, Japan was on the way from a feudal country to a capitalistic country, called modernization. Many western practices

"Often it takes a huge crisis to make a society change," says Toshihiko Hayashi, an economics professor at Doshisha University in Tokyo, who has studied the legacies of natural disasters. "For Japan, even two lost decades after the bubble burst were not enough to fundamentally change the country's economic and political systems. But this crisis is different. It could be the catalyst

Feminist criticism, a “direct product of the ‘women’s movement’ of the 1960s”, is a broad school of theory that examines the representations of women in literature as well as the socially constructed concept of femininity (Barry, 2009, p.116). Besides challenging the previously-unquestioned ‘naturalness’ of gender roles in society, feminist criticism is also concerned with female experiences of oppression, and seeks to expose “how aspects of our culture are inherently patriarchal” (Purdue University

The main causes of the Meiji Restoration Meiji Restoration was a significant historical event not only in Japanese history but also in world history. A study (Hunt, Lynn, Thomas, & Barbara, 2009) concluded that the word “Meiji” means “enlightened rule” and the goal was to combine “modern advances” with “eastern” values. This event restored practical imperial rule to Japan under Emperor Meiji in 1868 (“Meiji Restoration”, 2017). As a result, it led to the tremendous changes in political and social

According to Moritz Bonn, “the modern world is the result of colonisation,” and colonisation is generally defined as “the transfer of political, economic, and cultural institutions from one society to another.” During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the world was in chaos. A number of countries from all over the world had colonised other states or had been colonised by others. However, among the states that had escaped from the fate of being colonised, Japan stood out more noticeably