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035			_a(DE-B1597)9780824863050
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035			_a(OCoLC)1024008605
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072		7	_aBUS022000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a330.952 _221
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
245	0	0	_aJapan : _bWhy It Works, Why It Doesn't / _ced. by Shigeyuki Abe, Kazuhiro Igawa, Shyam Sunder, James Mak.
264		1	_aHonolulu : _bUniversity of Hawaii Press, _c[1997]
264		4	_c©1997
300			_a1 online resource (240 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tPreface -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tLiving -- _t1. Do the Japanese Live Better Than Americans? -- _t2. Why Avoid the Altar? -- _t3. Why Go to School after School? -- _t4. Why So Many Gifts? -- _t5. Why Is Pachinko So Popular? -- _t6. Why Are the Japanese Obsessed with Luxury Brand-Name Goods? -- _t7. Why Are There So Many Small Shops in Japan? -- _t8. How Do the Japanese and Americans Spend Their Money? -- _t9. How Can the Japanese Manage without Personal Checking Accounts? -- _t10. What Are Most Japanese Doing on Tax Day? -- _tWork -- _t11. Why Do Students Take It Easy at the University? -- _t12. Why Do Japanese Companies Hire Only Spring Graduates? -- _t13. Why Don’t Workers Claim All Their Overtime? -- _t14. How Do Workers Get Paid? -- _t15. Do the Japanese Work till They Drop? -- _t16. Why Do the Japanese Save So Much? -- _tSystem -- _t17. Why Is Japan a Paradise of Vending Machines? -- _t18. Why Do Doctors Prescribe So Many Pills? -- _t19. Why Do Bank Automatic Teller Machines Shut Down at 7 P.M.? -- _t20. Why Is Rice So Expensive in Japan? -- _t21. How Can the Japanese Spend So Little on Health Care? -- _t22. How Does Japan’s Largest Bank Work? -- _t23. Why Do So Many Japanese Contribute to Public TV? -- _t24. Why Are So Few People on Welfare in Japan? -- _t25. What Are Keiretsu and Why Do Some U.S. Companies Dislike Them? -- _t26. Is Japan an Egalitarian Society? -- _tGlossary of Japanese Terms -- _tSources for Statistical Data on Japan -- _tAbout the Contributors -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aThis collection of twenty-six essays furnishes concise explanations of everyday Japanese life in simplified economic terms. They begin with such questions as, Do Japanese live better than Americans? Why don't Japanese workers claim all their overtime? Why don't Japanese use personal checking accounts? Why do Japanese give and receive so many gifts? The essays are written in non-technical, accessible language intended for the undergraduate or advanced placement high school student taking an economics course or studying Japan in a social science course. The general reader will find the book a fascinating compendium of facts on Japanese culture and daily life.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650		0	_aNational characteristics, Japanese.
650		7	_aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions. _2bisacsh
700	1		_aAbe, Shigeyuki _eautore _ecuratore
700	1		_aFukui, Yoshitaka _eautore
700	1		_aHiga, Teruyuki _eautore
700	1		_aHondai, Susumu _eautore
700	1		_aHorioka, Charles Yuji _eautore
700	1		_aIgawa, Kazuhiro _eautore _ecuratore
700	1		_aJinushi, Toshiki _eautore
700	1		_aKawaura, Akihiko _eautore
700	1		_aKikuchi, Gary S. _eautore
700	1		_aKimura, Yoko _eautore
700	1		_aLaCroix, Sumner J. _eautore
700	1		_aLoke, Matthew _eautore
700	1		_aLupardus, Karen _eautore
700	1		_aMak, James _eautore _ecuratore
700	1		_aMason, Andrew _eautore
700	1		_aMcCleery, Robert K. _eautore
700	1		_aMitani, Naoki _eautore
700	1		_aNishijima, Shoji _eautore
700	1		_aNishiyama, Kazuo _eautore
700	1		_aOgawa, Naohiro _eautore
700	1		_aOshima, Harry T. _eautore
700	1		_aParry, Robert _eautore
700	1		_aSunder, Shyam _eautore _ecuratore
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780824863050
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824863050
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824863050/original
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