Demographics of Japan

The Shuriken was one of the most influential and psychological handheld weapons at its time. Before the Shuriken was invented, there was no other weapon known to mankind that could be as capable, and accomplish as many things, as the shuriken. As many don’t know yet, but the Shuriken has influenced many of the present day actions. This handheld weapon was unique and important at its time. In the past, samurais and ninjas had weapons that could be used in close combat only, such as swords.…

Akira Kurosawa was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan on March 23, 1910 and died September 6, 1998 at the age of 88 of a stroke. Kurosawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who to this day is regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa began his journey in the Japanese film industry in 1936, after a brief pursuit of painting. Kurosawa debut as a directer after many years of working on films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, with his…

Jonathan Soble’s article in the New York Times details the Japanese government first officially acknowledging radiation exposure following a tsunami strike against the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a cause of cancer. It provided worker’s compensation to one of the clean-up workers assigned to the plant. It appears other compensations are on the horizon. A significant portion of the 40,000 clean-up workers assigned to the power plant following the crisis seek compensation for cancer…

Japan, 1963, the city of Sayama, Saitama prefecture; a gruesome murder is committed involving two sisters. Japan, 1988, the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama prefecture; the setting of a beloved children’s film starring two sisters. There have been several instances of speculation regarding the movie, many viewers wondering if there were any correlations between the murder case and the movie. Fan theories spread like wildfire through the internet, calling Totoro a ‘God of Death’ and a ‘grim reaper’.…

Not much is known about Katsushika Hokusai date of birth, but it is speculated that he was born on approximately October 31, 1760. He was born in Edo, Japan, which is now modern day Tokyo. His father was also an artist. He created mirrors for the Shogun that had very detailed borders around the mirrors. Not much is known about his mother, but is much speculation that was in fact a concubine. At age six…

directing towards one direction. Julia Gillard, the former Prime Minister of Australia implied the economic numbers last September while declaring the White Paper commissioning on Australia in the Asian Century, are humbly spectacular. Advancement done by Japan and after that by Asian Tigers i.e. Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong, or by Thailand,…

Unit 7 DB 1 Federalism in Public Safety On the morning of November 2016 Japan was hit by a Tsunami. The current population of Japan is about 126,220,308, and “93.7 % of the population is urban which the median age is about 46.7 years” (“Japan Population World, 2016), and they were not prepared for this type of disaster. The layout of Japan is that it is an island and according to Geography of Japan (n.d.) states that Japan is located in eastern Asia in the Pacific Ocean to the east of China,…

woman in this episode was know by her father and never is given a name, emphasizing this patriarchal society. This can be seen specifically during the Meiji period in Japan, as it was a time that had the concept of “Good wife, wise mother” and the ideology that the mother was the center of the household which implied cooking…

operations, capital improvements such as research, and development, and employment growth. One reason is that there are tremendous tax and currency exchange savings to be had doing it that way, versus sending the money back to Japan and then having to pull funding from Japan to finance U.S. operations (O’Dell, 2013). The profits generated selling automobiles that are designed and built in the United States goes in several different directions. The amount…

basic era and even two American incarnations. The king of the monsters has easily earned his name. Starting in 1954 Godzilla crashed into theaters, terrifying the Japanese public. The giant monster himself a walker out of the ocean and devastates Japan. Monster spewed atomic fire, crushed cars and caused general havoc until destroyed. The first movies started what is known as the Showa Era, named after the Japanese emperor the time. It Stretched from 1945-1989. It would also be the densest pack…