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Japanese culture appears to be found everywhere in the West today. Sushi, sudoku, origami, sumo, manga, anime, and pkemon have become familiar idioms, especially among younger people. Norwegian interest in Japan, however, is not a recent phenomenon. In spite of the geographical and cultural distance, Norway and Japan have developed relations in a number of fields since the turn of the 20th century, and even before. When the first Norwegian missionaries arrived in Japan after the Second World War, other Norwegians had long since become acquainted with the country. Japanese aesthetic trends were known in Europe from the second half of the 19th century, and influenced Scandinavian artistic expressions. There was, as well, considerable Norwegian interest in the commercial potential of Japan's expanding whaling and shipping industry. Although the Second World War disrupted the diplomatic relations, contact between the two countries has steadily increased since the 1950s. At the turn of the

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government International relations

• Full title: Towards Friendship
• Subtitle: The Relationship Between Norway & Japan, 1905-2005
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 236
• EAN: 9788274772540
• ISBN: 9788274772540
• ID: 06440818
• Publisher: Oslo Academic Press
• Weight: 676 g
• Dimensions: 245 × 166 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. December 2006

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