This is small ppt which I made in order to introduce Japanese current situation and a bit of our culture (regarding marriage) for my Indian collegues in April-May, 2014. I hope you will enjoy it. If there's any inquiry, please feel free to ask me for better ppt.

1. UNIQUE JAPAN...
Miyama

2. Samurai?
Hiroshima?
What kind of images
you have about JapanJapan..?
Technology?
Geisya?
Fukushima?

3. CONTENTS
1. Rising Sun &
its current scenario
2. What about nuclear power..?
3. Japani shaadi
(Japanese marriage)
Epilogue...I LOVE...

4. 1. Rising Sun..(after WWII)
(The photo in Tokyo after WWII)
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5. 1. Rising Sun & Its Current Scenario
(after WWII)
●
15th
August, 1945: Japan surrendered
●
1945-1952 (occupied by US):
several reforms (including land reform which
helped small farmers to be independent)
●
-1970s: period for highly development
①Investment and improvement in technology
②Enough quality & quantity of labourers
③High consumption on TV, washing machine &
fridge (1960s)

6. 1. (cont) Rising Sun & Current Scenario
●
(cont)-1970s
*negative effect of development
①pollution which caused several diseases(e.g. asthma)
②workaholic
●
1985-1991: the period of 'Bubble' flourishment (Too
much investment on land and stock market--The prieces
extraordinarily went up--One day everything collapsed and the
prices dropped)
●
1991-now: in long stagnation
*2004 Neo-liberalism was introduced in labour law
(which allowed companies to hire more temporary workers)
*2011 Earthquake & Tsunami (Northeast religion)

7. (The picture of tsunami, 2011)
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8. 1. (Cont) Current Scenario
●
World's no.1 aging society
24.1% of Japanese population is above age 65 yrs (2012)
●
Increasing income gap b/w the rich and the poor (due
to neo-liberalism policies)
●
Unchanging politics
long-lasting rule by conservative party,
less interest among young people
●
Changing the idea of 'Family' (Too much individualism)
increasing no of nuclear family & one-person household
●
'Otaku culture' (among young people)
comics, animations & video games

9. 2. Nuclear power..
(Photo: Fukushima nuclear plants)
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10. 2. What about nuclear power..?
The number of working nuclear plants in Japan dramatically reduced
after the earthquake and tsunami (Only 2 plants working out of 50 in 2012).
As of now in May 2014, no nuclear plant is working in Japan.

11. 2. (Cont) Points over Nuclear power
●
Fear among majority people
●
Gap b/w government & people
●
Reality at present
[Can we survive without nuclear power now?]
-Safety is the priority to use nuclear power
-Necessity of nuclear power for the time being
(Because thermal power is costly and it also
contributes to global warming)
-Shift to Renewable resource energy
(However, it takes time to be used as alternative)

12. 3.Shaadi...(Japanese
marriage)

13. 3. Japani Shaadi -How we marry-
●
My grandparents generation
(around age 80-90s) : arranged
●
My parents generation (around 50-
60s): half-arranged, half-love
●
My generation (around 30s): love
However, these days it's difficult to
find partners among young people...

14. 3. (cont) Japani Shaadi -diversity-
●
Marriage function -basically not religious
①promising marriage to 'PEOPLE' those who
attend
②promising to Shinto Gods
●
Divorce -happens occasionally
year 2011: 23lakh of couple
(1.87person/ 1,000persons)
●
Unmarried mother -difficult, but possible
year 2010: 1.3lakh (of unmarried mother)

15. Epilogue... I LOVE..

16. I LOVE INDIA, BECAUSE...
●
People are heart-warming & kind.
●
It's relaxing!!
(especially, not strict about punctuality..)
●
I love warm weather.
●
I love chai, dosa, mangoes, coconut
water etc...
●
I met lovely friends including you.. :)

17. I DON'T LIKE INDIA, BECAUSE..
●
People throw anything from train
windows..
●
Many mosquitoes..
●
There is extreme inequalityextreme inequality among
people...
(That's why we should work on
TOGETHER!!)

18. BUT, still... I LOVE INDIAI LOVE INDIA
THANKS FORTHANKS FOR
2 YEARS :)2 YEARS :)
TISS batch 2012-14

19. References
● http://homepage1.canvas.ne.jp/minamihideyo/note-sengonihonkeizairon.htm
● http://www.es-inc.jp/insight/2013/ist_id003698.html
● http://www.stat.go.jp/training/2kenkyu/pdf/zuhyou/single4.pdf
● http://www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/jinkou/geppo/nengai11/kekka05.html
● http://www8.cao.go.jp/kourei/whitepaper/w-2013/zenbun/pdf/1s1s.pdf
● http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20130708-00010004-wordleaf-soci