A company, which has its headquarters in Japan, has branches in the United States. A Pakistani manager works in a facility in the United States. In this scenario, Japan is the ________ country, and Pakistan is the ________ country.

A) parent; third
B) expatriate; host
C) host; guest
D) third; first
E) parent; host

Japan is the parent country because it is where the company's headquarters are located. Pakistan is the third country because it is neither the home country of the company (Japan) nor the country where the company's branch is located (the United States); it is the home country of the manager working in the U.S. branch.