Japan's production increased more than 2.5 times more than what the US produced from 1895- 1915 (Gordon 96) Japan adopted Western ways of increasing their industry: Production Japan was opened to world trade Military Every male had to serve at least 5 years Abolished samurai Political organization Moved away from…
The Changing Seventies in Canada During the 1970’s many things happening that didn’t happen in the before this decade. The Seventies are also known as the “pivot of change”. During this decade numerous things socially, politically and economically changed in Canada and around the world.…
In the post-war time, the United States were facing a period of flourishing, economic growth, and the consumer prosperity. However, the period of wealthy life came to its end in the 1970s, and many people became poorer than they were a decade before. Under such conditions, it was necessary for the authorities to introduce a new system of American life. With respect to this, Ronald Reagan who gained the victory in the elections of 1980s started a new era in the history of the United States called “Reagan Revolution”. This period became revolutionary for the United States as far as it highly contributed to the modern American country.…
From the 1970s 56 players were inducted into the Hall of Fame for baseball but there are hundreds inductees from all sports that came from the 1970s. The 1970s was a great time for many athletes in their playing days. The 1970s, made it hard for athletes to play due to the press, sports have accommodated many great athletes, and many things that influenced the decade like basketball, football and boxing. In the 1970s, it was harder for people of great athletic ability to play sports due to the press questioning their decisions in their personal lives.…
During the 1970’s many things were going on, the Vietnam war had just ended in a loss, Nixon was being impeached for rigging his election, and in general government trust had been at an all-time low and society was searching for peace and love in a nation that was looked at being hopeless. Many options were available, some of the options were not the best but it all had to do with the hunger for peace. For the first time in history, in the 1970’s people believed that “the next 5 years would be worse than the past 5 years” (Carter). Hope was at an all-time low and everyone wanted peace in the world, they wanted leaders that they could trust to provide what was best for everyone, to prioritize their needs over their own greed.…
Some may feel in order to understand teenage life in the 60s you have to be there to experience there life. I personal think this is true, you could have some type of understanding from history but you will never fully understand the life they lived unless you were there to live it. When people think of the sixties, they automatically think of things like Woodstock, drugs, and unhygienic long-haired teenagers. In 1960s John Kennedy was a young president that symbolized a spirit of hope for the nation especially true for the teenagers. When Kennedy was murder many felt that their hopes died to.…
That means fewer cars on Japan's roads. Japanese automotive research company Fourin Inc. estimates car sales in Japan will fall from nearly 5.4 million last year to 4.5 million in 2020, and to about 3 million a year by 2040. Japan's construction workforce is also shrinking: today it is a third smaller than in 1997 and building firms are already having trouble finding workers to rebuild areas from the 2011 disaster. Much of the problem lies with the pork barrel politics that characterized postwar Japan. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party draws much of its strength from rural constituencies, which means public works projects have long led to huge spending in the countryside…
Japan did this through factories. Originally, Japan’s work force was based in agricultural labour . Even in the rise of factories, agricultural labour was still the base of two-thirds of labour by the end of the nineteenth century . That being said, factory workers grew from “a few thousand in the 1870’s to nearly 300,000 in 1892 .” Although factories were not as large as agricultural work yet, factories pushed to the modernization and industrialization of Japan to be the large country it was by 1912.…
I. Different ends of Japan’s postwar era The death of emperor Hirohito in 1989 is often considered as the end of Japan’s postwar era. Because the emperor is the symbol of the nation during wartime and the immediate postwar period. His death marked the fading of the elder generation. Moreover, other facts in the late 1980s and early 1990s could also be counted as the end of postwar.…
Comparison between the 1960s And 2000 Following the 1960s, fashion in the beginning of 2000 has moved from the minimalist approach, to incorporate several dressing styles. In the beginning of 2000, designers began incorporating more patterns and colors in their clothes, using inspiration from the vintage clothing of the 1960s, 1970s, and eras of 1980s. In comparison to 1960s, fashions in 2000 turned to be more feminine, decent and attractive than those of former year, an indicator of better lining. For instance, women started dressing in denim jackets and miniskirts, halter tops, low-rise jeans, belly shirts and Capri pants.…
Both Japan and Cambodia are countries which belong to Asia, the largest continent on Earth. On the other hand, based on the term “geographical realm”, they are in different realms. One is in East Asia, and the other is in Southeast Asia. They also have the distinction in many aspects such as physical pattern, history, population features, economic and political issues, and socio-cultural issues. The characteristics of Japan and Cambodia will be explored obviously by looking at the similarities and differences in the above aspects.…
A. Population Growth 1. General trend and population changes 1.1. Japan Within Japan there has been a steady increase of the population in both sexes. This increase has been steady until 2015 where it dipped back down to 126’573 thousand people, which is just lower than what it was in 2005 at 126’979 thousand people (United Nations, 2015).…
Although seemingly efficacious, these countermeasures offer temporary fix and thus insufficient. To prove long-term outcome, a plan to revitalize the “graying” economy and population of Miyoshi city must secure a stable influx of working population, which is feasible by promoting enterprises to launch satellite offices, and start-up companies to base in city. An analysis of economic history of Miyoshi city, evaluation of impacts of urban agglomeration to companies, and a scrutiny of the city’s living condition, will support the validity of this claim. The foremost cause of Miyoshi city’s depopulation crisis lies in rapid deterioration of its industry and agriculture, and consequently, a shrinking job market (Yanagiuchi).…
Globalization make economic change from poor to richer. It is show obviously at the end of 20th century that Japanese per capita incomes are about as high as Western incomes and seven times as high as Chinese incomes. What make Japan growth so fast ? Revolution of Japan’s is faster than China which government still rule by impartial and the China revolution still slow. Japan revolution in human and social capital while china still struggle with the both issue.…
Japan is a nation, which consists of four islands and four thousand small islands situated in the Pacific Ocean. The four major islands are Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido. Japan’s population surpasses one hundred and twenty seven million, which makes it one of the largest populations in the world. The capital city, Tokyo constitutes a population of thirty million making it the biggest urban area in the world. Japan has the third largest economy in the world and the third lowest mortality rate in the world and highest life expectancy.…