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The Japanese Samurai Code.


The Japanese Samurai samurai (sä'mrī`), knights of feudal Japan, retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th-century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was  Code- Classic Strategies for Success

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 Lafayette De Mente

Japan transformed itself from a warrior-ruled agrarian society An agrarian society is one that is based on agriculture as its prime means for support and sustenance. The society acknowledges other means of livelihood and work habits but stresses on agriculture and farming, and was the main form of socio-economic organization for most of  to a modern industrial nation between 1870 and 1890, and recovered from World War II by becoming the world's second-largest economy in under 30 years largely because of cultural traits its people inherited from their samurai ancestors, Japanologist Boye Lafayette De Mente argues in his newest volume. He indentifies the character traits in the samurai code of ethics Code of Ethics can refer to:
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 that made the country's transformations possible and explains how they can be applied by anyone to enhance their own personal skills and performace. De Mente has penned close to 40 books on Japan, Korea and China. Cover illustration courtesy of Raincoast Books.

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