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Social conflict during World War II led to the evacuation of about 120, 000 people because of the recent disturbing events that caused rumors of espionage, and because of their Japanese ancestry. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was what led the...
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Japan is composed of several islands. The four biggest islands are Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Hokkaido. The closest countries to Japan are Russia, China, and Korea. The majority of Japan is at sea level, so it allows it to heavy a steady and rather warmer...
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Japan to most, conjures up images of Mont Fuji, but what if I told you that the coffers of your memory would be replete with more images only after a visit to Japan’s hidden gems—hidden, because Mount Fuji’s looming picture has in a way, overshadowed...
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Overview of Japan Japan is found on the North East Asia. It is an island in the Pacific Ocean bordering China, North and South Korea, and Russia to the East. Japan is a collection of islands with the largest being Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido;...
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The preparations being made by the Commonwealth Government for the independence of the country were interrupted when the country was drawn into World War II. The Japanese treacherously invaded the country. For the next three and one-half years, they imposed their sovereignty over the Philippines....
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Anime is the Japanese term for animation. Outside Japan, anime refers specifically to animation style from Japan, that’s often represented using flashy art styles, colorful characters and bizzare themes. In order to differentiate it from other animations, anime is strictly viewed as a Japanese animation...
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In The Sound of Waves, Yukio Mishima conveys the loss of traditional values in Japan due to Westernization in after the Second World War. Through powerful symbols and juxtaposition, Mishima effectively expresses his anger towards the devastating effects of the war, such as a corrupted...
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Globalization of the popular culture entails the examination of the ongoing evolution from a new and challenging perspective, through taking a keen observation of the movements of the popular culture into and out of Japan. From a multidisciplinary approach, scholars have noted that the changing...
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As one of the few surviving autobiographical writings from early Japan, in Musui’s Story, Katsu Kokichi narrates his life as a late Tokugawa-period samurai. Amid the Tokugawa period, also known as the Edo period, grand wars and conflicts slowly dwindled in number and size. The...
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s invasion was one of the first big events for Modern East Asia, the invasion had huge impacts on Japan as well as Korea, but also on China. Political impacts from Hideyoshi’s invasion were a significant impact during the period, when looking at the...
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Footage shot with high-speed cameras has revealed how hummingbirds’ tiny wings bend and flex to keep them in the air. Masateru Maeda, a PhD student at Chiba University in Japan, captured the footage as part of a study that eventually aims to build hummingbird-inspired artificial...
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Hagakure Hagakure, also known as the samurai bible, is a book that represents the attitude that goes beyond the modern pragmatism or the love for materialism to the overall spiritual development of individuals. Despite the interpretations that people have had on this book, Hagakure applies...
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Japan’s first capital city, Nara, was directly modeled after the Tang capital city, Chang’an. Out of the total Japanese population of about 5-6 million residents, Nara constituted for some 20,000 of them. Within that time period (710-784 C.E.), land was nationalized in the name of...
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Different companies are doing business of used Japanese Imports for sale and earning a handsome amount of revenue. In the UK trend of Japanese imports is at its peak. Everyone is looking for used Japanese imports to get maximum profit by buying and selling them....
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The quality of Human Resources in country is influenced by the strong quality of education. Education is exteremelly crucial for a great wealth. As a developed country, Japan is a country that has the proper education system in Asia. Based on 2017 Global Education Report,...
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What is Kamikaze? Kamikaze is a Japanese word that directly translates to ‘Divine Wind’. In 1281, when Mongol fleets were attacking Japan, a mysterious typhoon appeared out of nowhere and completely eradicated the Mongol fleets. [Encyclopedia Britannica, 2016] The Japanese saw this typhoon as a...
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After the hack that affected the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, Coincheck on January 26, Coincheck announced it was going to have to pay back more than $500m to the 260, 000 customers that were affected. The attack has been termed, “The Biggest Digital Currency Theft In...
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We examine three characteristics of Seven Samurai, the magnum opus of Akira Kurosawa, one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Kurosawa’s works are foundational to a wide variety of film techniques and tropes. While Kurosawa himself considered Ran to be his best film, Seven...
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Knife is a very essential part of cooking whether it is used in a chef’s kitchen or in your home. When you are shopping for a new knife, it’s likely that you will come across two main types of knives: German and Japanese. There are...
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Japan is well known with a few anime characters. Presently, the nation is presenting another character in particular Posi Hame Kun. The character is an entertaining character alongside baseball furnish. The distinction is that the character is created on the web, the blockchain, and digital...
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During the Second World War, Japanese Army takes charge of Malaya. The Japanese occupation caused uncertainty and chaos for the local residents. During the Japanese occupation in Malaya for 3 ½ years, all the local people were controlled by Japanese and they had suffer a...
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Introduction Japan is one of developed countries in East Asia and be habituated by 128 million of people. Those people are very uphold toward many aspects related with their identity as Japanese people such as culture, politeness, discipline, dedicated, hardworking, and etc. However, Japan also...
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Sumo bouts are conducted in a ring with a hard dirt surface. On top of a square platform, there is a circular ring 4.55 meters (about 15 feet) in diameter. The bouts take place inside the ring. After their shikona (official wrestling names) are called,...
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Hawaii as an opportunity to then dominate the Pacific. After the Sino-Japanese war the League of Nations condemned Japans invasion of Manchuria, distancing them from the rest of the league and distancing them from the main European powers. With an expanding population on an isolated...
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That is a true story that came about in Japan in 1988. A 17-year vintage female named Furuta Junko was kidnapped after which tortured with the aid of four boys with a very inconceivable manner and in the end demise after forty-four days. these horrifying...
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There are some business etiquette that must be followed when doing business with the Japanese people, especially related to politeness and good manners which is more formal than South Korea. For example, exchanging the business card is an essential ritual after someone being introduced and...
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Japan is the latest global financial hub to start making inroads into Islamic finance, a move that could help strengthen regional economic ties and give its lenders an edge in winning business in markets whose growth prospects far outpace their home turf. Tokyo has long...
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In Japan’s early culture, including language and art, Confucianism and Buddhism was derived by China and, over the years, has become Japanese. During a period of civil wars in the fifteenth and sixteenth a feudal system, there were many medieval Europe developed in these wars....
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Feudalism was established in Europe by the 800s CE but appeared later in the 1100s in japan. European feudalism ended by the growth of a stronger political states in the 16th century, but Japanese feudalism held on until the meji restoration of 1868. Feudal Japanese...
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The Diet, Japan's parliament, enacted on Friday legislation requiring the government to take measures to prevent deaths from overwork. The legislation, which was submitted by a cross-party lawmaker group, was approved at the day's plenary meeting of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber. It...