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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Keiretsu, Kar shi, Japanese Yen, Kabushiki Gaisha, Zaibatsu, Production Leveling, Kanban, Kaizen, Salaryman, S kaiya, Muda, Poka-Yoke, Mottainai, Pecha Kucha, Gemba, Meishi, G d Gaisha, Genchi Genbutsu, Mura, 5s, Sarakin, Office Lady, Y gen Gaisha, Heijunka Box, Muri, Andon, Intermediary Corporation, Shihainin, Statutory Auditor, Gembutsu, Nenko System, Tokumei Kumiai, Nemawashi, Mochibun Kaisha, Sh tengai, Sodanyaku, Machine Orders. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The yen en) (sign: Y; code: JPY) is the currency of Japan. It is the third most-traded currency in the foreign exchange market after United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling. As is common when counting in East Asia, large quantities of yen are often counted in multiples of 10,000 (man, ) in the same way as values in Western countries are often quoted in thousands. Yen is pronounced "en" among Japanese. The word (Shinjitai:, Traditional Chinese/Kyjitai: ) literally means "round object" in Japanese, as yuan does in Chinese. Originally, Chinese had traded silver in mass, and when Spanish and Mexican silver coins arrived, they called them (silver round) for their circular shapes. The coins and the name also appeared in Japan. Afterwards, the Chinese abbreviated with which has the same pronunciation in Mandarin (but not in Japanese), while the Japanese preferred and it remains even now. The spelling and pronunciation "yen" is standard in English. This is because mainly English speakers who visited Japan at the end of the Edo era to the early Meiji era spelled words this way. In the 16th century, Japanese "e ()/we ()" had been pronounced and Portuguese missionaries had spelled them that way. Some tim...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=343

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 38 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series

ISBN-10: 1155745213

ISBN-13: 9781155745213

Dimensions: 7.44 x 9.69 x 0.08 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.19 lbs

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