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·       What is trending in your country? And why?
Modern lifestyle and cities with building, because Japan is one of the famous modern cities in the world and they are always in high-level.

How is globalization impacting the media in the country?
Japan adapted some cultural values from North America which they took some English words and they are using it now in their own language and using also in media.

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·       Who owns the accounts?
Account : @_tuck4
Name : Takashi Yasui
Type : Photographer

·       How do they represent their city/country?
Lifestyle and they are famous in architecture and they also represent in kimono.

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What impact does
the type of ownership have on the perspective of the media? Is there one or
many perspectives? 

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What impact does
the type of ownership have on the perspective of the media? Is there one or
many perspectives? 

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A thriving popular culture and little barriers to media access have allowed Japan to remain a primary player in the world’s media sphere. With widespread access to domestic and international print, digital, and broadcast materials and modern cities that surround citizens with varying forms of mass media, Japan’s media consumption is hardly limited.

Example: Subscribers to The Japan News are now eligible to receive 52 weeks of FREE digital access to our partner, The Washington Post.*

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What are the
factors that affect this? 

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What are the
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Cultural

Freedom of speech and the press is guaranteed by the constitution of Japan as a fundamental human right. Japan’s high literacy rate and
its people’s thirst for new and stimulating information has sustained the mass media’s appeal.

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How free is the flow of information?

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How free is the flow of information?

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As one of the countries with the most press freedom in the world, Japanese citizens have access to a wealth of media material. In addition to having few barriers to media access, Japan’s technological advancement allows for a large variety of options within their media environment.

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Who owns or
controls the media? 

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Who owns or
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The activities were circumscribed by the government until the end of World War II and were subject to censorship during the postwar Allied occupation, they now operate in an atmosphere of considerable freedom. The postwar climate of democracy and economic growth facilitated a rapid expansion of the mass media.

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 What is the political theory behind the media?

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 What is the political theory behind the media?

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The social responsibility theory

Which agrees with freedom of the press with the right to criticize governments and national institutions.

Responsibility to preserve democracy by informing the public.

Must respond to society's needs and interests.

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Transboundary Air Pollution from China: Possibilities for Cooperation with Japan｜JFS Japan for Sustainability. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2016, from http://www.japanfs.org/en/news/archives/news_id034262.html

Norio Ota, Impact of globalization on Japanese language and culture, (n.d),  http://buna.arts.yorku.ca/japanese/ejlt/globalization.pdf

Ward, B. (n.d.). Internet in Japan: List of Service Providers in Tokyo. Retrieved September 28, 2016, from http://www.realestate-tokyo.com/news/internet-in-japan-finding-a-service-provider-in-tokyo/

1997, C. B. (n.d.). Media Briefings. Retrieved September 28, 2016, from http://www.res.org.uk/details/mediabrief/4417131/Japans-Giant-Transnational-Corporations-Have-Caused-The-Countrys-Domestic-Econom.html

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In general, the location of the country and causes of the earthquakes always effect on media development because every time when there is an earth quick, the media production destroys or the company get loses.

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Japan is located along the Pacific “ring of fire”, on the edges of several continental and oceanic tectonic plates. This is an area of high seismic and volcanic activity from New Zealand, up through Japan, across to Alaska, and down the west coasts of North and South America.

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Effects of the Japan Earthquakes on Electronic Manufacturers:

Renesas Electronics
Sony Corporation
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
Toyota Industries
Omron
Tokyo Electron Limited
Panasonic Corp

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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2002)

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Toyota
Honda
Mitsubishi
Nissan Motors
Mitsui & Co
Sumitomo Corporation
Sony Corporation
Marubeni Corporation
ITOCHU Corporation
Japan Tobacco Inc

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Since the early 1980s, Japan's transnational corporations have become dominant players in the global economy. Corporate Japan's foreign direct investment (FDI) is now second only to that of corporate America. And Japanese transnationals have a higher rate of physical investment in new, overseas greenfield sites than any of their international competitors.

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So when something is happening in the country that is located next to you, you will automatically be afraid of the causes that will reach to your country and effects on the heath or food like what happened in China and how did Japan react in 2012

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In the winter of 2012-2013, a serious air pollution event in China also became a major concern for people in Japan, because they worried about reports that hazardous particulate matter measuring smaller than 2.5 microns (called PM2.5) was drifting across the sea in the winds from China that could damage their health. Japan for Sustainability, have also received many inquiries from abroad regarding how Japan is contributing to solving China's pollution problems.

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Number of McDonald's Outlets in Japan is 3,598 in second place after America and this is how the USA culture globilized Japan.

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For Japan and many other nations, globalization is equated with North Americanization. When one looks at the rampant use of English loan words in Japanese, for example, it is almost impossible to live in Japan without knowing English. This process of internationalization has proceeded at the expense of a loss of Japanese culture and identity among young people. Japan’s modernization process can be viewed as a globalization process as well. Japan’s adoption of European imperialism resulted in total devastation of both the country and many traditional values. Following World War II, Japan adopted some North American values. There have been quite a few alarmists who warned Japanese that Japanese culture has been jeopardized very seriously by the Western culture; but the globalization force seems unmatched by internal protest.

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Globalization has had various impacts on Japanese companies, household finances, and the economy, as the cross-border movement of products and production factors becomes more active. As Japan has long been a trading nation and now faces a declining population, it is indispensable for the country to continue to extend cooperation with Europe and the United States, other Asian countries, etc., and actively introduce favorable factors,

mechanisms, etc. that can work as an engine for new development. This requires the formation of a new economic structure to create a virtuous circle of the nation’s economy while positively using the dynamism of the globalizing world economy.

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These are the best two companies that provide high speed internet line connection in Japan.

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The company connecting your home to the web will generally provide one of two main types of broadband Internet access: ADSL and Hikari-Fiber (also known as fiber optic in many other parts of the world) though a limited number of providers still offer cable connection as well.  While there are technological differences between the two types of service, they both provide high-speed access to the Internet at similar cost.  The main distinction is that Hikari-Fiber has a much higher theoretical speed and provides a higher tier of service, often referred to as a “gigabyte service” or something similar.  Please confirm with your building’s management and the line connection company when ordering service as to what types are available at your address.

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Number of Television Stations: 7108

Number of Radio Stations: 305

Number of Individuals with Computers: 40,000,000

Number of Individuals with Internet Access: 47,080,000

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As the chart shows,

Watch television
2012: 91%
2013: 89%
2014: 88%
2015: 85%

Use the internet via a fixed broadband connection
2012: 89%
2013: 58%
2014: 56%
2015: 56%

Listen to the radio
2012: 37%
2013: 39%
2014: 40%
2015: 36%

Overall it means, year by year people watch less TV and listen less to radio stations because social media nowadays got the control of everything.

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Smartphone penetration as a percentage of the total population = 25%

Smartphone users searching for local information via their phone = 89%

Smartphone users researching products via their phone = 81%

Smartphone users who have made a purchase via their phone = 44%

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Social media penetration as a percentage of the total population = 58%

Average time social media users spend on social media each day = 0H 45M

Percentage of mobile users using social media apps on their phone = 11%

Percentage of mobile users using location-based services = 5%

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Average time that internet users spend using the internet each day through a desktop or laptop = 3H 27M

Mobile internet penetration as a percentage of total population = 48%

Average time that mobile users spend using mobile internet each day = 1H 01M

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138,362,823 - 109%

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200,000,000 - 17%

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100,684,474 - 79%

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The economy of Japan is the third-largest in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest by purchasing power parity. and is the world's second largest developed economy.According to the International Monetary Fund, the country's per capita GDP (PPP) was at $37,519, the 28th highest in 2014, down from the 22nd position in 2012.[16] Japan is a member of the G7. The Japanese economy is forecasted by the Quarterly Tankan survey of business sentiment conducted by the Bank of Japan.Nikkei 225 presents the monthly report of top Blue chip (stock market) equities on Japan Exchange Group.Due to a volatile currency exchange rate, Japan's GDP as measured in dollars fluctuates widely. Accounting for these fluctuations through use of the Atlas method, Japan is estimated to have a GDP per capita of around $38,490.
Japan is the world's third largest automobile manufacturing country,has the largest electronics goods industry, and is often ranked among the world's most innovative countries leading several measures of global patent filings.

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GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Japan is JPY 528,583.00 Billion. Real GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units; the base year is country-specific.

In the previous year, 2014, GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Japan was JPY 526,095.70 Billion GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Japan in 2015 was or will be 0.47% more than it was or will be in 2014.

In the following or forecasted year, 2016, GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Japan was or will be JPY 531,150.83 Billion, which is 0.49% more than the 2015 figure.

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Pronunciation:
In comparison with other languages, Japanese knows relatively few sounds, and pronunciation poses little problems to most learners. The biggest difficulty are accents, which do exist, but to a much lower extent than in the Chinese language. In addition, there are relatively many homonyms, i.e. words that are pronounced the same way, but have different meanings.

Levels of speech:
Different words and expressions are used when talking to an unknown person or a superior, as opposed to when talking to a child, family member or a close friend. For instance, there are more than five different words for the English word "I", which are used depending on the context. For formal situations, a honorific language level (keigo) is still in common use.

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Basic Japanese grammar is relatively simple. Complicating factors such as gender articles and distinctions between plural and singular are missing almost completely. Conjugation rules for verbs and adjectives are simple and almost free of exceptions. Nouns are not declinated at all, but appear always in the same form.

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Much about the roots of the Japanese language is unclear. Some link it to the Altaic language family, which includes Turkish, Mongolian and other languages, but it also shows similarities to Austronesian languages like Polynesian.

Writing:
The Japanese writing system consists of three different character sets: Kanji (several thousands of Chinese characters) and Hiragana and Katakana (two syllabaries of 46 characters each; together called Kana). Japanese texts can be written in two ways: In Western style, i.e. in horizontal rows from the top to the bottom of the page, or in traditional Japanese style, i.e. in vertical columns from the right to the left side of the page. Both writing styles exist side by side today.

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0-14 years: 13.2% (male 8,681,728/female 8,132,809)
15-24 years: 9.7% (male 6,429,429/female 5,890,991)
25-54 years: 38.1% (male 23,953,643/female 24,449,655)
55-64 years: 13.2% (male 8,413,872/female 8,400,953)
65 years and over: 25.8% (male 14,218,655/female 18,531,653)

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The population of Japan is about 125,000,000, including approximately two million foreign residents. More than half of the non Japanese population is of Korean descent.

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Due to the large North South extension of the country, the climate varies strongly in different regions. The climate in most of the major cities, including Tokyo, is temperate to subtropic and consists of four seasons. The winter is mild and the summer is hot and humid. There is a rainy season in early summer, and typhoons hit parts of the country every year during late summer. The climate of the northern island of Hokkaido and the Sea of Japan coast is colder, and snow falls in large amounts. In Okinawa, on the other hand, the mean temperature of January is a warm 17 degrees Celsius.

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Japan's area is comparable to that of Germany or California. Japan's northernmost islands are located on a similar geographical latitude as Milan or Portland, while her southernmost islands are on a similar latitude as the Bahamas. More than 50% of the country is mountainous and covered by forests. Japan is politically structured into 8 regions and 47 prefectures.

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Japan consists of several thousands of islands, of which Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku are the four largest. Japan's closest neighbors are Korea, Russia and China. The Sea of Japan separates the Asian continent from the Japanese archipelago.

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The Japanese Flag is a white banner whose center contains a red circle; this circle represents the sun. The Japanese flag is called Hinomaru, which means "circle of the sun." In English it is sometimes called the "rising sun."