Ai Inamura week 3
Yuichiro Miura: On top of the World
On this past May, Yuichiro Miura, eighty-years-old, and became the oldest alpinist who conquered Mountain Everest. He has done to stand top of the world three times since turning 70. He is also pro a professional skier since twenties, and He is famous for skiing down the slopes of Mount Everest in 1970, as well as skiing down the highest peaks on all seven continents. He has entry in the Guinness Book for ”The man who skied down Everest." In truth, when he turned 80, he had four times operations for arrhythmia. However, after he took it, he had been training hard until to go to top of Mt. Everest. When he climb to there, he took time about double to usual course for take care his heart. He overcome a lot of difficult courses and reached top. He says he would to try to ski down Mount Cho Oyu (8201m) in the Himalayas when he become 85. He has always tried to push the boundaries himself.
Japan record highest Carbon dioxide emission
The last year, Japanese carbon dioxide emission record high. One of the reason is depend on fossil fuels following the nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture was damaged with the earthquake that happened on March 2011. Japanese carbon dioxide emissions reached 1224 million tons. It means that increased to 9% in compare with 2010 which is before the earthquake. According to the report in 2014, amount of world carbon dioxide emission is 31.8 billion tons, and Japan is the fifth-highest in the world. However, Japanese companies have began to develop new technologies for the issue. The feature is that using carbon dioxide and producing the fuel. These companies have began to develop artificial photosynthesis with light of the sun, carbon dioxide and water, and also produce the car which generated electricity with hydrogen.
Toyota produced Mirai fuel-cell vehicles
Toyota Motor Corporation produced and start selling new fuel-cell
However, is human development really benefits to us? On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred near the east coast of Japan, and generated a devastating tsunami, causing 15,854 confirmed fatalities and 3089 missing people (Steinhauser, 801). This earthquake, known as the Great East Japan Earthquake or 2011 Tohoku earthquake, caused massive destruction in Japan, especially in the Tohoku region. It is the “fourth largest earthquake recorded in the world since 1900.” The tsunami generated…
Japan SWOT Analysis Strengths: Economy- Economy has a long term positive impact on Japan, which will add to its value. The qualitative factor of economy will lead to a decrease in costs for Japan Japanese Biotechology- Hard working People- Sophisticated consumers with high purchasing power- They help Japan set trends and utilize latest technology. These customers tend to appreciate fashionable, name brand items that allow luxury goods makers to use their profits and knowledge of the…
Japan, like other third-wave civilizations, borrowed a lot from one of the old and big civilizations as it was starting to develop and making its place in the new world. But however, Japan was very unique and different from other small and new civilizations since it adopted many things from China but changed and mingled those things with its own native beliefs. Most of the new civilizations after 600 CE adopted a lot from old civilizations; but however, they just copied their different systems to…
the Japanese Yen Lawrence Cifarelli III, Nazanin Ershad, Natthima Sonsoem, Anyesha Mahaptra University of New Haven Abstract This Case study provides an insight to the fluctuations experienced in the currency of Japan, Yen from the late 1990’s to recent years. Japan follows the floating currency monetary policy due to which there is no measures taken on to control the fluctuations. Japan experienced magnificent growth through the 60's, 70's, and 80's leading into the 90's beginning. In the late…
Japan under MacArthur Prior to World War II Japan was a country that was facing a domestic crisis. The economic collapse that occurred during the Great Depression sent the country into an uncontrollable spiral causing unemployment, falling prices, social and civil unrest from within. During this time period Japan was controlled by a dictator who was trying to model his country after the British Empire. Japan had always wanted economic control of the Asian Pacific region and wanted to strengthen…
TRIP TO JAPAN Tang, Chia-Yu EAP writing 03/03/2014 Japan is an appreciative and cultured country. It is an island nation in East Asia. It nears China, Korea, and Taiwan. It is a historical country, so there are numerous monuments about ancient events. Japan is also a traditional country. So far, they retain their ancestor’s cultures. What’s more, it has an amusement park. If you want to visit Japan, there are more informations for you. First of all, if you are concerned about money, I introduce…
technological advances. It is believed that the Japanese come from a subgroup of Mongoloid peoples who inhabited most of Asia and the New World (Norbury, 2008). The geographic location of Japan is the north-eastern Asian islands. The four major islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, along with many smaller ones (Bramble, 2004). The language spoken in Japan is Japanese. Throughout the early history of the Japanese there is an abundance of civil wars with rival groups. However when the Edo…
Solargain Strategy Report of Entering into Japan Market Executive summary The report below aims to help Solargain Company to expand its market to Japan. The research result indicates that Japan is in demand of renewable energy after the great damage from Fukushima disaster in 2011. Based on the good trading relationship between Japan and Australia, Solargain Company with good reputation in Australia is reliable in Japan. However, it will face many challenges in the globalization…
Karen Pizano Timothy Ducey Period 3 December 2, 2014 Japan: Sushi Economy The story The Sushi Economy is a reading about the first international tour of sushi’s journey in the global market. It takes you through the massive street markets in Tokyo of Tsukiji market. There they sell millions of dollars of fish each day. It gives off distinctive flavors of chef’s being watched as they show the makings of sushi. It’s the way of uncovering the behind the scenes and history of sushi from…
Introduction Japan is one of the countries in Asian. Base on research the name of Japan in Japanese call as Nippon. Nippon was mean of sometimes Nihon. In other side it mean Land of the sun have rising. The geography fact Japan location was state to the east of China. In addition that is the place or direction the sun have rises. In other hand, Japan have their own specialist about the geography. Japan does not share any land boundaries with others countries. However Japan close with Korea, Russia…
