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Japan is a country that can be one of the best in technology and we can say that is a developed country but at the same time Japanese doesn’t have conscience with the animal life. Some Japanese believe that the animals are not important, and during years this problem has become one of the worst ecological crimes and ending up with the animal life of many species that they are important for our planet.
Some Japanese have transformed the marine species in a business and they want the money that generates this dirty commerce. They kill them without pity; they want their meat to be able to market it and to sell it like food or products of beauty. Some Japanese also believe that the animals are for decoration or enjoyment of other, they use them like things and they believe that they don't feel pain, for example one day a Japanese person invented a stupid idea, the famous "cat bonsai", where they subdue the cat in an infernal abuse, and they introduce it in bottles to sell them like ornamental accessory, they deprive the cat of their freedom and their happiness, they just care the money and earnings that the cats generate.
I think that people that make these things and that they attempt with the animal life for money or for wickedness they are ignorant, they are people that are not intelligent, they are people that don't really have heart and they are completely materialistic. I think that should have a stop for this whole problem and thanks to the ecological conscience that many people of the world still have we can be carried out campaigns to be able to save to the world of the human malice.

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The Ecological Crime Doesn't Have Value

The crime is a fact that has been over the world, the mafia, the traffic, the illicit things, the robberies, the murders have been from during years the most common crimes, however the environmentalists and members of green peace have fought to end with one of the most common crimes that are affecting to all people, animals and forests of the world. This crime is the ecological crime.

In Japan, spite of the efforts of many people that want to save the nature and the alive beings of this country, the last years people has been seeing the cruelest crimes that the humanity has witnessed with the world, for example the cruel hunt and savage of the whales and the dolphins that are making Japanese people to make more money and to sell it as meat or products of beauty, the Japanese hunters don't have heart neither feelings. Every year the Japanese hunters kill 3000 whales approximately a year and although this forbidden one their hunt continues carrying out these crimes.

On the other hand, the animals and the environment should be respected since they are the oxygenate of the world and the same as we are alive beings that deserve the right to live but apparently some Japanese don't care that and the only thing that make is to try to be invented anything to transform it into business and amusement, for example ignorant people that were happened to be invented "the cat bonsai" this consists on to catch an alive cat and to introduce it in a bottle or in a luxurious recipient and to sell it like ornamental accessory or of collection, really this is an act of pure cruelty because the cats suffer a lot of pain and Japanese that invented this animal cruelty the only thing that they care is the money that they win.

The ecological crime has been during the last years the most common crime in the world because they have brought serious consequences for the planet and the facts speak by themselves because every time the animals are extinguishing and the environment is deteriorating and everything thanks to the human being who had taken charge of not giving importance to the nature that surrounds us.

I think that the animals and the environment are very important for us and we should respect the mother earth because if we don't make it, the world surely finished quicker and the future generations won't know the beautiful thing that it is the natural life and the most valuable gift that God gave us.

The leaders can be an example for the children of the world

In the world different types exist of leaders and each one of them with characteristic and different values. In Japan, the leaders are identified to be successful in what they work thanks to the values that they put in practice, they are intelligent, creative, dedicated, passionate, ethical and overalls fights for what you/they want to get.

In Japan outstanding leaders can be seen that fight to get their ideals and being the best every day. For example Hakuho Sho is to professional supreme wrestler from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. On May 30, 2007 at the age of 22 have you grant a scholarship me the second native of Mongolia, and the fourth non Japanese overall, to be promoted to the highest rank in supreme, yokozuna. At the present time he is one of the most famous sportsmen in Japan and he stands out for their concentration, for their passion and their zeal, he is a leader that should be example for the young people that want to be successful as him in the environment of the sport.

On the other hand, it is important the success of people that have studied to highlight and they have made an effort to make its own companies and successful being in the entire world, for example, Masaru Ibuka was to Japanese electronics industrialist. There am co-founded what is now Sony. He is one of the most successful managers in the Japanese history thanks to their studies and to the desires of being a personality in their country.

They are examples that highlight the success in the Japan and they help to that new generations follow their example of being their improve every day and to help in the development of the country. One day in the city of Tokyo, children with so alone 6 and 7 years old, they were invented a car that it didn't need fuel but rather it needed of hamsters so that it worked, this is one of the so many facts that demonstrates as the children of this country from the first years of their life they present invention capacity and they are able to take out their creations and to be shown them to everybody.

I think that the creativity and the desires of fighting for the ideals are the most important characteristics that people should have a good leader to be successful and to be an example for the other overalls for the children.

ADITIONAL INFORMATION OF LIFESTYLES

Nowadays the sight of people passing time on the train by sending e-mail with their mobile phones is an everyday occurrence in Japan. This technology has now led to the emergence of a new and unexpected phenomenon: people reading entire novels on their mobile phones. The growing population of readers consists mainly of young people in their late teens and early twenties, the first generation to have grown up with e-mail. One novel that achieved popularity through this new medium went on to be published in print and became a million-copy bestseller. The fact that the novel is now being made into a movie illustrates just how far this phenomenon has come.

The bestselling novel Deep Love was self-published in installments by the author on a website that offers content packaged for users of mobile phones. The story is about a 17-year-old girl named Ayu, who finds love through a chance encounter.

The author, who calls himself Yoshi, created a website providing content for mobile phones in May 2000 with an investment of just ¥100,000 ($909.09 at ¥110 to the dollar). Using a promotional campaign that consisted of passing out business cards to about 2,000 high-school girls in front of Tokyo's Shibuya Station (the center of Tokyo youth culture), Yoshi released The Story of Ayu, the first installment in the longer novel. News of the novel spread by word of mouth, and within three years the site had received a total of 20 million hits.

Mobile phones can receive e-mail of up to 1,600 characters. While this is more than adequate for most personal use, the limit presents unique challenges to the author of a novel. Yoshi, however, not only managed to overcome this challenge but even turned it to his advantage by keeping the prose concise and fast-paced. The novel maintains a straightforward, conversational style and avoids the use of difficult words. Thanks to this quality, the story has found favor even among people who do not typically read novels.

Yoshi used the unique nature of mobile phones and the Internet to make his story an interactive one. Readers e-mailed him with their feedback, and he incorporated some of their ideas into the story while it was in progress, so that new plot twists were constantly being added. This work was truly a collaboration between Yoshi and his readers.

Now Yoshi is making a film based on his novel and is directing it himself. He started filming Deep Love at the end of 2003, and rather than relying on a film distributor, Yoshi is approaching movie theaters directly, hoping to persuade theater operators by using his website to gather 1 million supportive e-mails from readers. Given that the mobile-phone users who make up his fan base did such a good job of spreading word of his novel, Yoshi hopes that harnessing their collective power will be a good way to get the film distributed as well.

The number of mobile phones currently in use in Japan is a staggering 78 million. About two out of three people have one. The potential of "mobile-phone novels" has captured the attention of major publishers, which have begun creating their own websites to provide content for mobile-phone users. Users can download books from these sites to read at their leisure. A typical service plan offers unlimited use for a flat monthly fee of ¥100-¥300 ($0.91-$2.73) or charges around ¥400 ($3.64) per book. Users must also pay a download fee of anywhere from ¥100 ($.091) to ¥700 ($6.36) per book to the provider of their phone service.

Readers of these novels enjoy the medium for a variety of reasons, most having to do with the convenience and possibilities that mobile phones offer, such as not having to go to a bookstore, being able to read anywhere without carrying a book around, and being able to read in the dark.

Some of the websites providing content for mobile phones have been offering free downloads of famous works whose copyrights have expired. The major publishing houses are channeling resources into this area as well. Although the market for novels packaged for users of mobile phones has not yet reached ¥100 million ($909,090), some predict that three years from now it will be worth ¥10 billion ($90.9 million). For a number of years now, commentators have been lamenting the decline of reading among young people, but this new medium may have the potential to reverse this trend.

(Taken from Japan Guide)

Some Ostentatious lifestyles in Japan

In Japan there are several lifestyles which people in the different cities enjoy it to their way. The women want to shine well for the society the same as the men, the Japanese youths prefer to be up to date in technology and the families simply want to live well and comfortably this way their life ostentatious for the society and the world.

Firstly, some Japanese women want to shine their kimonos well and they prefer to use shoes that are attractive, they usually use Waraji sandals are made of woven straw. Long straw straps attached to the front pass through loops on the sides and heel, and are tied around the ankle to fasten the sole to the foot. Waraji are light, permitting nimble footsteps, and they are cheap to make, so in the old days, they were worn by lower ranking soldiers, construction workers, and ordinary people when traveling. Another shoe type that the women want to shine their kimonos well is the straw zori is an improved version of the waraji, and is said to be the ancestor of the beach sandal now worn around the world. It has a thong and an oval sole, both made of woven straw. Most of the women that use these classes of shoes feel that they are up to date and that these shine with the kimonos, in general the Japanese women use this footwear type in different elegant and important events.

On the other hand the Japanese men are common that they use a chair that relaxes them every time that they arrive from the work to their houses and thanks to advances in technology and heated competition among manufacturers, consumers who purchase massage chairs can now enjoy massages on a par with those offered by professional practitioners from the comfort of their own living rooms, these chairs come equipped with an array of sensors, pressure pads, and air bags, all designed to give back and shoulder massages that relieve the stresses of work and everyday life. All the men from Japan want to have one of these chairs in their houses and to enjoy a massage that relaxes them for the stress that generates the work, without caring them the price them they just want one of these chairs that cost ¥200,000 ($1,905 at ¥105 to the dollar) or more.

The Japanese youths want whenever they make them everything and that they don't worry about anything, is for this reason that japanese invented a coffee shop that seems a hotel, in Japan where they go to have a good time. In this coffee you can find compartments where each one with a personal computer and TV on the desk. The charge is ¥380 ($3.62 at ¥105 to the dollar), you find 100 DVD’S and 100 video games, tanning rooms, foot baths, and even massages. The Japanese youths want to be in that place every time that they can because they believe that there it is a place where they can rest and to clear up and they don't care the cost that can bring them, additionally they find the most advanced technology in the whole country. These lifestyles of different people that you/they live in the Japan, believe that it is the best form of living and for that reason they make it day by day leaving to a side their families, their studies and their values as people.

The lifestyle of a person is important provided it is known how to manage and it is not allowed to take for the luxuries or for the fashions that exist in the world or to be well before a society.

The Seven Basic Principles Japanese Values

In Japan there are seven basic principles values of the bushido, the philosophy and ethical code of conduct formulated for Samurai warriors in the 11th - 14th Centuries, but nowadays these values that have been implemented for many centuries behind are since values of great importance for the life of Japanese because inside their beliefs exists to follow the rules of their ancestors.

Samurai is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. The word samurai is derived from the archaic Japanese verb samorau, changed to samurai, meaning "to serve", they created the bushido meaning "Way of the Warrior", is a Japanese code of conduct and a way of the life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry. It originates from the samurai moral code and stresses frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery and honor into death. Born of two main influences, the violent existence of the Samurai was tempered by the wisdom and serenity of Confucianism and Buddhism. The values are the following ones: gi (righteousness, justice, morality), yu (courage, bravery), jin (benevolence), rei (respect, politeness), makoto (honesty, veracity), meiyo (honor) and chuugi (loyalty).

Traditionalist Japanese try to follow those seven values that their ancestors left them and they want that their future generations follow the example that some time these warriors left. For Japanese follow these values is very important because they believe that they can end up having the strengths that their ancestors had.

In conclusion the values that have left the ancestors of the world, have left important mark on the way to the life of the human beings and they have been example so that the generations that they live at the present time are every time better people and they can be able to reach their total success.

Japan’s Values

Contemporary Japan is a secular society. Creating harmonious relations with others through reciprocity and the fulfillment of social obligations is more significant for most Japanese than an individual's relationship to a transcendent God. Harmony, order, and self-development are three of the most important values that underlie Japanese social interaction. Basic ideas about self and the nature of human society are drawn from several religious and philosophical traditions. Religious practice, too, emphasizes the maintenance of harmonious relations with others, both spiritual beings and other humans, and the fulfillment of social obligations as a member of a family and a community.

Empathy and Human Relations are the most important values for Japanese because Japanese children learn from their earliest days that human fulfillment comes from close association with others. Children learn early to recognize that they are part of an interdependent society, beginning in the family and later extending to larger groups such as neighborhood, school, community, and workplace. These values help to grow to the children of themselves being able to open the doors to better more stable social interpersonal relationships to achieve their personal success in all the fields of their life.

In conclusion, the values are important for all the people and the best thing that can make the world is to teach to all the children from their early age to build the values in their life so that they always apply it and they can live in harmony.

六曜 ROKUYO – Lucky and Unlucky Days in Japan

Superstitions differ around the world. Some are so strong that they are exported to other cultures. Take for example Friday 13th. In the West, avoid making important moves on that day, since it's considered unlucky and decisions made then will have unfortunate consequences.

For the Japanese, Friday 13th is just one of several unlucky days. The number 4 is unlucky because one of the Japanese pronunciations of 4 is the similar to the word for 'death'. Therefore 4th April is unlucky (4th day of 4th month, or 4-4). On the other hand, just as seven is considered a lucky number in most cultures, in Japan the 7th July and 8th August (7-7 and 8-8) are considered lucky. In fact for the Japanese, every single day is associated with luck, misfortune, or something in between. Delicate planning is required to make sure important occasions happen on the 'best' day.

Rokuyo is the lucky and unlucky days of the Japanese Calendar. Their impact on weddings, hospital stays, funerals, baby booms and doing business in Japan is discussed.

(Taken from seiyaku)

Migration in Japan

Migration is a social phenomenon that has affected the lives of all people in world, either directly or indirectly. People migrate for diverse reasons, like economic problems, social problems, family difficulties, rules policies, work or study opportunities, etc., but one of the most common causes of migration in Japan is obliged to abortion because in Japan by overpopulation that there are women prefer to flee to other countries where they can form a family to go through that pain of losing their children, another common cause of migration is the competition to get works and to give to know their companies.

The densealy populated area has been very common in Japan in the last centuries, is for this reason that the japanese families feel fear of having their children inside the country because some rules that have been developed which consist in that each Japanese family should have alone a son and if they ended up having girl they will have to forget that baby, is for this reason that the Japanese families prefer leave to live to other countries where they can have their family peacefully.

Another important reason so that Japanese leave their country it is for the labor competition that there is since for the densealy populated area it is more difficult to maintain a good employment and to have labor opportunity for that reason for the competition that exists, the Japanese families prefers to grow in another country where they can give to know their own companies and they can have more labor opportunity.

In conclusion the migration is very common in the entire world but if the form of thinking Japanese changed a little you could avoid the migration in this country, however the Japanese families always look for the form of being able to grow as people in any part of the world.

Values to Keep in mind When you go to a store in Japan

Modern Japan is quite an amazing place where people act proper and have great values. The Japanese people have a value system that can be reflected well by their educational system. Three main values are easily seen when you look at how Japanese schools function and are how they are structured. Respect is an everyday presence, proper presentation is always apparent, and effectiveness is seen, used, and unparalleled to the rest of the world.

Within Japanese culture is important to know and see how they are, within a store at the time to meet their clients, for example, respect is a very strong part of culture in Japan. It is definitely a main value and is obvious if you visit any Japanese department stores. You are respected almost anywhere you go and are bowed to and greeted whenever you enter stores and elevators. This is also true to the rest of Japan. Respect can be seen in virtually all parts of the country and a good example would be when it rains by these department stores, associates hand out plastic bags to keep your umbrellas contained and clean. This is done as a courtesy to you. It is just an example of how you are even respected in stores.

Effectiveness in Japan is also another great human value there. With the space restrictions of an island Japan needs to be effective all throughout the stores and the island. The layout of stores is always very precise and well thought out. Food and material goods are sectioned by floors. And help is extremely divided throughout the stores. Help can be found at any counter inside these stores. For convenience and speed restaurants are also located on the top floors of these department stores. It makes it very effective to shop then eat; this saves time which is a precious commodity to the Japanese.

Overall the Japanese have good morals and values that can be seen throughout even basic places as department stores in Japan. That says a lot about the Japanese people, and it definitely shows how widespread the values are there. Respect, organization, and effectiveness all intertwine with one another and make a society that is smart and competent. These values make up the basic parts of a very strong culture that is influential to the whole world, which means that tourists traveling to Japan can learn a lot about values in this culture of customer service.

JAPAN'S OVERVIEW

Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon, officially 日本国 Nippon-koku (help-onfo) or Nihon-koku) is an island countryin East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun".

Japan comprises over 3,000 islands, the largest of which are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kuushu and, Shikoku together accounting for 97% of land area. Most of the islands are mountainous, many volcanic; for example, Japan’s highest peak, Mount Fuji, is a volcano. Japan has the world's tenth largest population, with about 128 million people. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the capitalcity of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.

(Taken from Wikipedia Enciclopedy)

MY BIOGRAPHY

I was born in Bogota, July 8 at 8:30 in the morning, I am sign of Cancer. My mother is Luz Mireya, she is a publicist and consultant for insurance and my Father is Jose, he is technical and adviser insurance, I have a sister, she is Angela, she is a doctor, she made a specialization in family health and actually she is doing a master at the University of La Sabana.

I studied, first in the Kinder Garden "Abejita Maya", then, I stuied in the Kinder Garden "Los Pastorcitos" where I did all my preschool, the elementary school I studied at the College "Siervas de San Jose", where I studied until 1994, then, I studied in school of "La Enseñanza", where I was in the orchestra of the school and started my passion for music, in this school I studied until 1998, and finally I graduated from the School "Nuevo Gimnasio Inglés" in the 2001.

I'm studying in the University of La Sabana from year 2002-1, I began to study Industrial Engineering but this one did not fulfill my expectations, so I retire of this career and later I began to study Psychology. During my career I have obtained knowledge in many areas of Psychology, I have had until the moment has been cognitive processes, statistical, behavior, basic sciences, neuropsychology, psychologist schools, quantitative and qualitative investigation , social psychology, clinical psychology, psycopatology in children, adolescent and adults, educative psychology, clinical intervention, organizacional psychology, health and quality of life, Psychology of the consumer and Narratives and Familiar problems.

The last semester I did a degree in Human Resources Management in the Organization, where I learned much, and I liked so much do this degree and I would like to be able to conclude this specialization because this degree is the first Semester of the specialization.

From 2005 until 2007 I was working at the university in various areas, such as "well-being university", "Academic Registration", "Community Service", "the center of graduates", among others, where I learned much and I gained much experience in the professional field. All work performed at the University that I liked much, but, the best work I consider that I have been is in the organization and in the participation of the recreational vacations of the employees's children of the University because I have learned much the handling of group with children, adolescents and adults and I consider that this is very important for my professional life.

Actually, I am doing my first professional practice in the clinical area, I am doing in the service centre of Psychology at the University and next semester I will make my second practice in the organizational field.

The skills in psychology that I consider are all related with to social, clinical and educational psychology, behavior animal and human, sistemic, humanistic and investigative, and also other abilities that I have in psychology are the handling of people and the selection of personnel as well as in the area that better I carry out me it is in the organizacional area since it is the field that I like and in as to my I would like to work when finalizing my career. Others of the skills that I have aside from those of psychology are music, the art, the computers, the games of video, the skittles, billiards, horseback and the knowledge to listen among others, and also in the psychology area animal and everything about the animals.

Currently, I live with my parents, my sister and my cat (Katy), we had a dog, but, she died last year of cancer, I still miss her a lot, but we carry in our hearts because we love her very much.
I like to spend time with my family and watch movies with them, I like to eat ice cream, play bowling and enjoy every moment of my life. I want to learn English very well because I would like to study a specialization in animal psicolgía in London.

Finally, at the moment I am looking for work and passing my C.V. through all sides, because I like to work and learn new things.

Seven Heavenly Values

Faith (Shinnen)



Hope (Kibou)

Charity (Jizen)

Fortitude (Kennin)

Justice (Seigi)

Temperance (Sessei)

Prudence (Shinchou)

(Taken from about)

Japanese Society (some Values, Traditions, Folklore and Rules of Behavior)

1. Values of On, Giri, Ninjo.

Although many Japanese nowadays disclaim the significance of these three traditional values by calling them "feudalistic" their own behavior patterns still betray social relations which can be described in terms of these concepts.

a. On: is a concept for indebtedness. Repayment of on is never complete. Harumi Befu in Japan states that the"genesis of the on relationship is found in the parent-child relationship, where parents give life to the child, provide nurturance, and socialize him. The child is then forever indebted to the parents. Insofar as parents expect the child to repay the debt in socially accepted forms, the child must behave accordingly if he is not to hurt the parents' feelings and consequently alienate himself from them. This pattern of relationships is then transferred later in life to other persons than parents. And to the extent that a similar psychological bond and mutual dependence develop between the two individuals, one feels compelled to repay the debt."

b. Giri: may be translated as "social obligation". It implies an ethical imperative to behave as expected by the society.

c. Ninjo: (psychological) refers to a person's natural feelings and inclinations, which may or may not be in accord with giri. If conflict arises "there are three alternatives: one, to suppress one's private feelings and honor moral principles; two, to close one's eyes from moral obligations and follow the dictates of one's feeling; and three, to annihilate oneself through committing suicide, being able neither to ignore the society's moral obligations nor suppress one's moral desires."

2. Reciprocity.

"At the core of Japanese behavior patterns is the notion of reciprocity - the idea that people are not good or bad in any absolute sense but good or bad in light of their relationships with others. For Japanese, the supreme source of guilt is the sense that they have hurt someone else by failing to behave as that person expected."

The importance of reciprocity in Japanese culture is also quoted by anthropologist Joy Hendry: "It is not unusual for people in Japan to keep a record of the value of goods which have been received, so that the apporopriate amount may be spent when the time comes to make a return."

Another example: Yasushi Inoue's old senile mother kept a ledger of funeral gifts. "When she heard that so-and-so was ill she automatically assumed that the person would die, and she went for the funeral gift ledger to check the amount of cash she would have to give, which corresponded to the amount her family had received from that family in the past on a similar occasion."

3. Loyalty / Obedience

Are other dominant Japanese values. In modern Japanese society one is loyal to one's immediate group, the "company", the family, etc., just as previously the emperor, the shogun, or other lords commanded total obedience. For example, in a classical Bunraku (Puppet theatre) performance, Mitsuhide, the main character, after repeated subjection to his lord's cruelty, seeks revenge and kills him. His mother, Satsuki, is very angry with her son for his rebellion. She condemns him so fiercely, that he contemplates suicide.

4. Racism

Japan is one of the world's most homogeneous modern nations. Marriage to foreigners or minority groups is discouraged. The Ainu, Koreans, or children of mixed blood, are "treated as social inferiors by many ordinary Japanese"

5. Gender Issues

Women in Japan, historically, hold a subordinant position. One can gain a sense of the extent of male privileges already existing in the 13th century by reading Monogatari's The Captain of Naruto. In this story Captain Naruto's beautiful wife catches the attention of the emperor, who summons her to appear at the court. Greatly upset, she reveals the emporor's advances to her husband. "If you fail to go, out of pride, it is sure to look very bad, and who can say what will become of me?" Weepingly, she submits to the emperor, resulting in the promotion of the captain. Monogarari concludes: "Emperor Gosaga's gracious feelings and the captains's generous sacrifice in the present story deserve to be remembered as examples of truly noble conduct". The most revealing aspect of this tale is that the wife's immolation isn't even considered.

During the feudal Tokugawa period discrimination against women was institutionalized. "The male vassal was a jusristic person with rights and privileges, while the female vassal had only duties and obligations. Women could not conduct ancestral rites nor were they permitted to play a public role in society. The headship, therefore, almost invariably suceeded to a male, usually the eldest son. If there were only daughters, a son was frequently adopted and married to the oldest daughter. The family head was the ultimate authority in all family decisions."

6. Communication style

Takeo Kuwahara revealed that the Japanese were not faced with the necessity of developing a Western type logic or rhetoric. In an extremely endogamous society, understanding did not depend on talking, instead communication was possible through the shared Japanese understanding, without words.

Speaking too much is associated in Japan with immaturity or a kind of empty-headedness. It is also associated with women: three kanji characters for "woman" actually means "noise".
Silences, on the other hand, have many meanings in a Japanese setting. It can be a medium that the parties share, a means of unifying, in contrast to words which separate. "Silence in conversations is often compared to the with space in brush paintings or calligraphy scrolls. A picture is not richer, more accurate, or more complete if such spaces are filled in. To do so would be to confuse and detract from what is presented."

(Taken from Crab Rugerts education)

My Professional Profile

Student Psychology IX semester, with psychological ownership of knowledge, ability to transfer knowledge and generate learning in a variety of contexts of the social and organizational, through evaluation, diagnosis and intervention programs and projects to improve the quality of life of people management processes and optimize human, with emphasis on the field of Organizational Psychology, thereby providing an adequate service through evaluation, testing and psychological tests, interviewing and selection of staff under the principles of accountability, quality and efficiency acquired during my career in order to take on challenges and responsibilities, both in managing organizational, social and / or educational, and thus achieve an optimum work in the guidance of people from a full, ethical and moral. A person with powers to act responsibly with a sense of ethics and justice; capacity of interdisciplinary work, critical analysis and solidarity; easily lead to the search for comprehensive solutions and adapt to changes in the institution.

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FROM JAPAN

日本国

Nippon-koku

Flag	Imperial Seal

Anthem: Kimi ga Yo (君が代, Kimi ga Yo)

Capital

(and largest city)
Tokyo


35°41′N, 139°46′E


Official languages
Japanese (de facto)


Demonym
Japanese



Government
Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy


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Emperor
Akihito



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Prime Minister
Yasuo Fukuda


Formation


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National Foundation Day

February 11, 660 BC³


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Meiji Constitution
November 29, 1890



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Current constitution
May 3, 1947


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Treaty of

San Francisco



April 28, 1952


Area


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Total
377,873 km² (62nd)


145,883 sq mi


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Water (%)
0.8



Population


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2007 estimate
127,433,494 (10th)


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2004 census
127,333,002


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Density
337/km² (30th)

872.8/sq mi



GDP (PPP)
2006 estimate


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Total
$4.220 trillion² (3rd)



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Per capita
$33,100² (12th)


GDP (nominal)

2006 estimate


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Total
$4.911 trillion² (2nd)



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Per capita
$38,341 (14th)


HDI (2007)
▲ 0.953 (high) (8th)



Currency
International Symbol ¥ Pronounced (Yen)

Japanese Symbol 円 Pronounced (En)


(JPY)


Time zone
JST (UTC+9)


Internet TLD

.jp


Calling code
+81

(Taken from Wikipedia free Encyclopedia)