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Topic: The State of Japan

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	Japan (07/07)
		Manchukuo was dissolved, and Manchuria was returned to China; Japan renounced all claims to Formosa; Korea was occupied and divided by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.; southern Sakhalin and the Kuriles were occupied by the U.S.S.R.; and the U.S. became the sole administering authority of the Ryukyu, Bonin, and Volcano Islands.
		Japan's economic engagement with its neighbors is increasing, as evidenced by the conclusion of an EPA with Singapore and the Philippines, and its ongoing negotiations for EPAs with Thailand and Malaysia.
		Japan is an indispensable partner on UN reform and the second largest contributor to the UN budget.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/4142.htm (5119 words)

	Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Japan's medieval era was characterized by the emergence of a ruling class of warriors, the samurai.
		Japan's military is governed by the Japan Defense Agency (JDA) and primarily consists of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
		Japan was a venue of the Intercontinental Cup from 1981 to 2004, and Japan co-hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup with South Korea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_State_of_Japan (6736 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Japan
		Japan may refer to: Japan, the East Asian island nation, also called Nippon (æ—¥æœ¬, Nihon) Japan (band), a British art rock band a lacquer technique, Japanning Japan (manga), a manga written by Eiji Otsuka and illustrated by Mami Ito This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the...
		Japan's Government is a parliamentary democracy, with a House of Representatives and a House of Councillors.
		Japan’s economic engagement with its neighbors is increasing, as evidenced by the conclusion of an EPA with Singapore, and its ongoing negotiations for EPAs with Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Japan (2615 words)

	Names of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The English word Japan is not the name used for their country by the Japanese themselves: it is an exonym.
		The Malay word for Japan, Jepang (modern spelling Jepun), was borrowed from a Chinese language, and this Malay word was encountered by Portuguese traders in Malacca in the 16th century.
		The compound means "base of the sun" or "sunrise" (from a Chinese point of view, the sun rises from Japan); it is of course a source for the popular Western description of Japan as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Names_of_Japan (1378 words)

	The Yamato State
		It states the Confucian belief that the universe is composed of three realms, Heaven, Man, and Earth, and that the Emperor is placed in authority by the will of Heaven in order to guarantee the welfare of his subjects.
		Japan would no longer be a set of separate states, but provinces of the Emperor to be ruled by a centralized bureaucracy.
		Japan, however, was still largely a Neolithic culture; it would take centuries for the ideal of the Chinese style emperor to take root.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/ANCJAPAN/YAMATO.HTM (969 words)

	Japan - Religion and the State
		Later, religious organization was used by regimes for political purposes, as when the Tokugawa government required each family to be registered as a member of a Buddhist temple for purposes of social control.
		In the late nineteenth century, rightists created State Shinto, requiring that each family belong to a shrine parish and that the concepts of emperor worship and a national Japanese "family" be taught in the schools.
		The visit was protested by China, North Korea, South Korea, and other countries occupied by Japan in the first half of the twentieth century, and domestically by leftists, intellectuals, and the Japanese news media.
	countrystudies.us /japan/67.htm (348 words)

	International Environmental Negotiations, the State, and Environmental NGOs in Japan
		For a strong state, this raises the intriguing question of how to foster an environmental NGO community that is "acceptable" to the state, that is, one that does not challenge the state too much from within.
		Without an active international environmental NGO community in Japan, there was little criticism of government policies (or lack thereof) in relation to tropical deforestation; the export of polluting industries to Southeast Asia; drift net fishing; ocean dumping; or a number of other international environmental concerns-- emanating from within the state.
		Run by the Japan Environment Corporation, a governmental entity under the Environment Agency, the aim of the semi-private, semi-public fund was to promote NGO activities in the field of environmental protection and sustainable development.
	www.gdrc.org /ngo/jp-envi-ngo.html (6689 words)

	Japan Sessions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		By this is meant that the Japanese state had no intention to guide industry in the first place and that, moreover, it had no regulatory tools with which to conduct direct or administrative guidance of Japanese industry as a whole.
		This paper delineates the key components of Japan’s developmental state model, long held to be a singular source of success for the Japanese economy but subsequently considered among the major reasons for the decade-long economic downturn.
		A clear conclusion that emerges from this analysis is that, contrary to all predictions of doom and gloom, the developmental state model has proven to be remarkably flexible in adapting to both endogenous and exogenous sources of change.
	www.aasianst.org /absts/2005abst/Japan/j-127.htm (886 words)

	Saving Japan
		The state of Japan is a scandal, an outrage, a reproach.
		Of those who do make pronouncements on Japan, many if not most have taken the easy way out: blaming the victim, absolving themselves of responsibility for proposing solutions by asserting that Japan's problems are deep, structural, beyond the reach of technical fixes.
		And it led to a surprising conclusion: that there is indeed a simple fix for Japan's slump - and that the structural obstacles to a quick recovery lie not in the economy itself but in the minds of policymakers.
	web.mit.edu /krugman/www/jpage.html (437 words)

	State Street Japan
		State Street Securities Company Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation, announced today that it has been appointed transition manager for the pension fund of Japan Travel Bureau (JTB) and has completed a portfolio transition utilizing its agency-based transition management program.
		State Street, the largest transition manager in the world, worked closely with the JTB pension fund, utilizing a managed process employing comprehensive pre-trade, trade, and post-trade analysis of the portfolio, and transparent reporting throughout the process.
		State Street's agency-based transition management program adds significant value to the process, minimizing both explicit costs, such as trading commissions, as well as implicit costs, like those incurred from the market impact of trading.
	www.statestreet.co.jp /news/press_release/121201.htm (410 words)

	The State of Japan's Arcades - Kotaku
		I can go to an arcade in Japan and it will be light and colourful, a variety of people including families, and the games won't all be the same (not to mention younger then three years).
		An arcade in the States, in the corner, dark, shunned, old games (even if they were making newer games all the time), and generaly only one or two types of people.
		The problem with most of the arcades in Japan is that the line often blurs between the arcade and the pachinko place.
	kotaku.com /gaming/arcade/the-state-of-japans-arcades-192522.php (1661 words)

	A brief history of anarchism in Japan
		This meant that Japan at the turn of the century was a country that was becoming more industrial and yet remained extremely conformist.
		As the state began to move towards external confrontation with Manchuria, it also began to silence internal opposition.
		Post-war, Japan was under the effective rule of the United States.
	flag.blackened.net /revolt/ws99/japan58.html (1049 words)

	JAPAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Japan from an Anthropological Perspective An analytical text divided into three sections: Geography and History, Culture and Society, and Contemporary Issues.
		Japan Policy Research Institute (JPRI) "As of November 1997, JPRI has now released all publications prior to 1997.
		Counseling and Support in Japan "A 'bi-lingual' page with its main aims are to give information on counseling, online support and mental health care available in Japan and to provide a forum where anyone experiencing emotional challenges can communicate their feelings and get support."
	asnic.utexas.edu /asnic/countries/japan (854 words)

	CNN.com - Japan's 'postal bill vote delayed' - Aug 3, 2005
		Koizumi has threatened to dissolve Japan's lower house and call a general election if the legislation is defeated.
		Japan's biggest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan, had already warned that it would seek to block passage of the bills if the ruling coalition pushed for a vote on Friday.
		Japan Post has a workforce of 270,000 people in 24,700 post offices and its savings arm holds deposits of more than $2 trillion.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/BUSINESS/08/03/japan.postal (430 words)

	Japan
		Must have a residence and an employer outside of Japan, and must be traveling to Japan for a defined, limited period, not to exceed 90 days.
		May not receive compensation from sources within Japan and must be employed and paid by their home country employer during the entire period of the visit.
		Within 90 days of arrival into Japan, all foreign nationals must register with the municipal office of the city, ward, town, or village in which he/she is residing, and obtain an Alien Registration Card (ARC) and a Certificate of Alien Registration.
	pubweb.fdbl.com /ihp8/global/media85.nsf/public-country-briefs/japan?opendocument (1509 words)

	US Department of State - Home Page
		President Bush (Sept. 17): "...We discussed and confirmed that transatlantic relations are very important for the United States and the EU.
		The largest islands are Viti Levu, about the size of the "Big Island" of Hawaii, and where the capital and 70% of the population are located, and Vanua Levu.
		Topics in the State Department's online forum include Iraq, Afghanistan, UN reform, and other key issues.
	www.state.gov (396 words)

	Politico's Bookshop : State and Politics in Japan - by Ian Neary
		He seeks to answer this question through an examination of the historical process that created the modern state, a description of the main institutions and actors in contemporary political life and an analysis of four important areas of policy-making.
		In Japan, as elsewhere in East Asia where the developmental state' has played a key political and economic role, civil society has been the product of, not the precondition to, the development of capitalist society and the modern state.
		Assuming no prior knowledge of Japan or politics, this textbook will be essential reading for students of political science and international relations as well as anyone seeking an introduction to government in Japan today.
	www.politicos.co.uk /books/24503.htm?ginPtrCode=10410&identifier=dc915669b6a3d8851d26006e43db5a56 (402 words)

	Montana State University Initiates Japanese Studies Program
		Three years ago, when Montana’s exports to foreign destinations hit $1.2 billion, Japan was a leading market for both the state’s wheat and manufactured products, according to Montana’s Agriculture and Commerce Departments.
		With the potential for continued economic involvement between Montana and Japan in the 21st century, Montana State University-Bozeman inaugurated a program this fall to help prepare MSU students for careers either directly or indirectly involving Japan.
		The Japanese Studies Initiative, administered through the College of Letters and Science, was initiated for MSU students with an interest in Japan and in learning the Japanese language.
	www.montana.edu /wwwpb/univ/japan.html (971 words)

	Deepika Kerala News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Plans for Roh to visit Japan before the end of the year were thrown into doubt after Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's October visit to a Tokyo shrine for war dead that honours some war criminals along with Japan's 2.5 million war dead.
		Japan's ties with South Korea have often been complicated by disputes stemming from Japan's past militarism.
		Older Koreans harbour bitter memories of Japan's often brutal 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean peninsula.
	www.deepika.com /english/archives/ENG4_sub.asp?newsdate=12/20/2005&ccode=ENG4&hcode=126869 (352 words)

	JAPAN'S DAY OF RECKONING [COLLAPSE] NEARING
		Renewed worries about the health of Japan's troubled financial system dragged shares in Tokyo to a fresh 19-year low yesterday, after the country's most senior business leader suggested the government might be forced to nationalise insolvent banks.
		Japan also adopted an ultra-expansionary monetary policy that ultimately brought short-term interest rates down to zero.
		Many of its clients in corporate Japan are up to their ears in debt and continue to lose money at an accelerating pace.
	www.rumormillnews.com /cgi-bin/archive.cgi?noframes;read=25849 (328 words)

	Anime News Network - State of Publishing in Japan
		In reaction to the growing manga rental market, an amendment to Japan's copyright law was recently made, with the addition of a "lending right." The author's (or his agent/publisher) permission is now required before lending books or magazines (including manga) to the public for profit.
		Overall the number of publications (books and magazines) sold in Japan in 2004 fell 1.9% compared to 2003, the 9th consecutive year of decline.
		The number 1 selling book in Japan in 2004 was Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, followed by Crying out for Love at the Heart of the World.
	www.animenewsnetwork.com /article.php?id=7397 (530 words)

	National Case Law - X et al. v. The State of Japan, Tokyo District Court, 27 July 1995
		The plaintiffs, three Korean nationals, brought a suit against the Japanese State claiming compensation for the wrongful arrest and execution of their fathers and brothers by the Japanese military police on charges of spying immediately after the end of the Second World War.
		This being so, the purpose of this provision can only be interpreted as to define the state's responsibility and cannot be interpreted to obligate the state to pay damages to each individual victim of the belligerent state.
		) that the state has a duty to pay damages to each individual when that state infringes its obligations under international human rights law or international humanitarian law can be said to exist.
	www.icrc.org /ihl-nat.nsf/0/aae7830851d8a1cbc1256a15004878eb?opendocument (413 words)

	Japan Internet Address Registration
		Japan Registry Service (JPRS) is the registry and sponsoring...
		Either register with the States using a "dot.com" address, or register a fictitious...
		Caveat Emptor: The state of Japan commercial Internet connectivity is in a...
	www.domainacre.com /site/Index6/65/japan-internet-address-registration.htm (276 words)

	Was Japan ever known by another name to its residents or to anyone else?
		Actually Japan is merely the Western name for the country, brought back by Portuguese traders in the 16th century, by way of Marco Polo's "Cipangu".
		Japan is known to its inhabitants as Nippon or Nihon, literally translated as "the origin of the sun" and historically mistranslated as "the land of the rising sun".
		The nation's official name is Nihonkoku, or "the State of Japan".
	www.answerbag.com /q_view.php/8708 (392 words)

	Education bill shifts power to the state \| The Japan Times Online
		At issue is Article 16 of the bill, which states: "Free from subjection to unfair control, the administration of education must be conducted in accordance with this law and other education-related laws, with suitable delegation of duties and mutual cooperation between the central government and local government organizations, in a fair and appropriate manner."
		Critics say if the bill is passed, the phrase "this law and other education-related laws" in Article 16 will open the door to greater control by the state, which until now has been constrained by Article 10 of the current law.
		For the state to single-handedly regulate education, to reinstate a system (that puts education) completely in the grip of the central government, this is the basis of fascism," Morita said.
	search.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/nn20061118f1.html (918 words)

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