Some background information to remember about Japan Among the advanced nations, Japan is one of the largest markets in the world and the most important market for business expansion on a global level.
Japan is a unique country.
Although there are many reasons, the biggest reason for its uniqueness comes from Japan's environmental and historical background. Until 1868, Japan had been a closed country and had no international trade at all to protect their own culture and government from the infuence of overseas nations. As a result, Japan developed a very unique culture and a very uniform society which is quite different to any other nation in the world. Japan's industrialization progressed very successfully thanks to the very uniform national character. Since Japan has almost no natural resources, the governmenet decided to concentrate on using human resources ony.