Abstract: Japan and China are both featured by small-scale farming, whereas Japan has experienced rapid industrialization and urbanization earlier than China. Japan’s experience relating to ...

In the year the West knows as 604 A.D., one of Japan’s most revered statesmen, Shotoku Taishi, issued a “constitution,” the first of whose 17 articles states, “Harmony is to be valued.” So it was; so ...

Japan raised the development concept of "sixth-sector industrialization" against the background that farmers had difficulties in finding jobs and increasing income. Since the implementation of ...

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On the western shore of Kinko Bay, just north of the city of Kagoshima, sits an elegant 17th century villa with heart-stopping views across the bay to Sakurajima, an active volcano that regularly ...

I love how the Japanese revere and show appreciation for a humble three-inch (7.6-centimeter) soft-bodied worm that becomes a moth. It is called okaikosama, expressing respect with the honorific “o” ...

With industrialization gathering pace, China has been drawing a great deal of attention as the workshop of the world. As proof, it is often cited that the manufacturing sector accounts for a hefty 35% ...

On the western shore of Kinko Bay, just north of the city of Kagoshima, sits an elegant 17th century villa with heart-stopping views across the bay to Sakurajima, an active volcano that regularly ...