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  • noun Foreign pressure; pressure applied by one country onto another.

Etymologies

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Borrowed from Japanese 外圧.

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Examples

  • This hybrid process turned out to be congruent with the Japanese cultural tradition captured by the word gaiatsu, or “outside pressure or guidance.”

    BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010

  • This hybrid process turned out to be congruent with the Japanese cultural tradition captured by the word gaiatsu, or “outside pressure or guidance.”

    BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010

  • This hybrid process turned out to be congruent with the Japanese cultural tradition captured by the word gaiatsu, or “outside pressure or guidance.”

    BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010

  • This hybrid process turned out to be congruent with the Japanese cultural tradition captured by the word gaiatsu, or “outside pressure or guidance.”

    BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL ROBERT MNOOKIN 2010

  • Japan's policy on whale hunts could be changed under rising pressure from within triggered in part by outside pressure - a force called gaiatsu in Japanese.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Japan's policy on whale hunts could be changed under rising pressure from within triggered in part by outside pressure - a force called gaiatsu in Japanese.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Meanwhile, an official close to the prime minister questioned the role that the ministry may have played in realizing the meeting, saying, '' It could be a case in which the Foreign Ministry has tried to apply 'gaiatsu' (external pressure) with the help of Clinton to give force to the existing plan. ''

    Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion 2009

  • Foreign pressure (gaiatsu) can have a role in advancing change in Japan, but it needs a domestic constituency for it to actually work.

    Devin Stewart: Obama Did Not "Take Down" Hatoyama 2010

  • Under the rules of this unhealthy gaiatsu (foreign pressure) game, Japanese officials would often secretly ask the Americans to pressure them, then explain to powerful constituents that they had to act because the Americans demanded it.

    One Small Step For Japan... 2008

  • Hashimoto's real problem is that the harshest brand of gaiatsu is now coming from Tokyo's skeptical stock market, which has refused to turn bullish on any news from the government.

    Will Japan Save Itself? 2008

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