Japanese Patent Law was recently revised to adopt a double track system where accused infringers can challenge the validity both in court and at the Japan Patent Office for facilitating a simple and quick disposal of patent disputes. The new system resulted in unexpected problems because of ...
During theNara periodtheKojiki(“Records of Ancient Matters”) and theNihon shoki(“Chronicles of Japan”) were compiled from oral traditions, and these chronicles have remained the semisacred scriptures of Shintō. Both Shintō and Buddhism were regarded as important departments of the state, and ...
Father in law is "giri no chichi" "giri no otusan" or "gifu". If you are a beginner, it is fine to use "otousan" as "father" at first. If you want to learn moreJapanese vocabulary for family members, try this "Audio Phrasebook." Popular Gifts for Father's Day in Japan According...
Through theft and deceit (the modus operandi of her father) Muriel escapes to the entertainment industry and finds a ‘wicked’ girlfriend mentor. From a rebellious position of stubborn independence, Muriel plays out her fantasy. She gets her white wedding, before seeing both her father and her...
After losing his mother as a baby, Leach spent his early childhood in Kyoto raised by his father, a Japanese resident.He later returned to England, but came back to Japan in 1909 aged 21. Connecting with writers and artists from the Shirakaba Group, he was especially friendly with Yanagi ...
William James, often considered the father of American psychology of education, began about 1874 to lay the groundwork for his psychophysiological laboratory, which was officially founded at Harvard University in 1891. In 1878 he established the first course in psychology in the United States, and ...
cooking big pot of rice. She learned how to do everything that the servants had to do. She had to serve her mother- and father-in-law as well as her husband. She even had to deal with eight sister-in-laws and her younger brother-in-law. She had handled all of these without ...
When her father drives her and her family to the top of Mauna Kea, she can’t help but be disappointed . . . it’s not the winter wonderland she’s always dreamed of. But as Claire edges closer to the New Year, she wonders if maybe she can delight in the special joys of winter...
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1998 25/1–2 Japanese Zen Schools and the Transition to Meiji A Plurality of Responses in the Nineteenth Century Michel MOHR This article scrutinizes the lives of speci³c ³gures af³liated with the three main Zen traditions; it presents ³rsthand ...
Observe, for example, the impressionistic sequence in which Amin's mother watches his father be seized by the Taliban, an event Anim was not present to witness. Note how the fading of the scenes forms wrinkles on the countenance of Anim's mother, drawing a logical link between the family ...