Globalization of East Asia
Japan a highly urbanized country
Japan is one of the world’s most urbanized countries in the world; though it is a beauty to the eyes of all through movies and cartoon/anime. Japan has a major issue of globalization. What is this issue you ask? Well for one, Japan's low birth rate, irrigated lands to grow rice, and the introduction of new diets through world fast food corporations: such as, McDonalds, KFC, another fast food corporations from the world: which have impacted language diversity in Japan. These are all issues of globalization.
Japan has, "One of the world's oldest aging population with a low birth rate," (Globalization and Diversity, 366) which is said to have an effect on those constituents lives in the future. Furthermore, Japans percent of total population are in the "Sixty's age range' and this is a, 'High burden on the country's economy." (Globalization and Diversity, 366). This is because the country will not have enough people to take care of their elderly citizens: and because the country has a, "Low birth rate," (Globalization and diversity, 366) and from what I can understand, the country will have to take the responsibility economically to sustain the elderly.
Another globalization problem that Japan and many other countries have in terms of environmental issues, is "Irrigated land," which Japan-who depends on the production of rice crops, and who "Supports roughly 127 million people in the world," (Globalization and diversity.366) and therefore, as stated by Robert E. Huke in the IRRI report, (Rice Area by type of culture: South, Southeast, and East Asia), that " Irrigated rice accounts for 75 percent of the total supplies," (Huke. 8) and also as stated in the text book of ...
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David Block, Deborah Cameron. Globalization and Language Teaching,"London: Routledge" (Ebook.2002)
ISBN 0203193679, 9780203193679, Length 208 pages, Subjects Language Arts & Disciplines › Linguistics › General, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
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First, a brief background in the three dimensions of language discussed throughout this paper. The functional, semantic, or thematic dimensions of language as previously mentioned are often used in parallel with each other. Due, to this fact it is important to be able to identify them as they take place and differentiate between these dimensions i...
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In the far east area of the world, globalization has had many big benefits for creating substantial prosperity for individuals, like how Japan rose out of poverty and created one of the most poerful economies. Japan started out as one of the major isolated nations and over many years the spread of knowledge grew and Japan started opening their door to the rest of the world. Japan started out as a small economic country and didn’t have a very big impact on international trade and new technology but Japan created many legacies that had a huge positive impact, and changed the whole world. Along with the rise of technology, there became problems that effected everyone. With the rise of technology came the world demand for products and to keep up ...
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An aging population is indeed a problem for the society and will possibly cause many social and economic difficulties in the future. According to David Foot (2003), professor of Economics at University of Toronto, an effective birth rate of 2.2% against current 1.75% will be necessary to replace the current work force in the near future and the government’s policy of bringing in more immigrants will eventually fail (Foot, 2003, 2). However some people predict that the increased size of an aging population will drive growth in the home, health care, and many other industries resulting in job creation and economic growth (Marketwire, 2013, 1). Majority of the people are of the opinion that the issue will be mainly in the health care and economic activity. As humans age, they start to develop health problems, leading to more visits to a medical clinic putting extra burden on health care system.
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Japan is one of the greatest countries in the world and it has offered many things as well. The Japanese have given the world a better understanding of their culture and history along with a good look at the future from a technological standpoint. They have developed and created the future for their country that has allowed them to be prosperous and powerful. They once isolated themselves from the rest of the world, but now they share their knowledge with other countries in order to create a better understanding of the world. Through their trade and creative thinking they have become one of the world’s largest and powerful countries and have allowed their economy to flourish and prosper.