Education in Japan

Chinese history education today is “centered on the conflicts between the Chinese nation and those foreign nations that invaded China in the past, especially Japan, so that it could inspire the people to redeem past humiliations and restore national glory”. Additionally, such narratives of Chinese victimhood that “[target] Japan as the national enemy” contributes to the creation of a vivid national collective memory that is rooted in “emotions of self-pity” and “grievances towards Japan” In…

(Panda). In examining the long, distinguished history, social, and economic status of Japan, one discovers the ongoing struggle for Japan to raise its birthrate in order to save its economy. Although Japan emerged long ago, some still celebrate the day, in legend, when it became a nation. Most likely, the first settlers of Japan migrated from Siberia (Whyte 10). Just as America celebrates the Fourth of July, Japan recognizes February 11th as 建国記念日, literally…

The Meiji Dynasty existed during what was known as the Meiji Period, which lasted from about 1868 to 1912. Japan was once an isolated country that lived under the feudal system. In Japan’s feudal system, the Emperor was on top although he held little power. The Shogun, powerful military leaders, held the most power above the Daimyo, which were powerful landowners that the Samurai (soldiers) vowed to protect and serve. Still below, were the Peasants that farmed and made up most of the population…

Since its society was created in 10,000 BC, Japan has been an unrelenting force of modernization. The country formed around 400 AD by building a centralized state under one imperial dynasty and borrowing law codes and other institutions from China. After setbacks due to the rise of the samurai class, which broke the country into competing factions, the arrival of Europeans prompted Xenophobia across the nation. In the early 17th century, the Japanese actively protested and discriminated against…

People never seem to acknowledge that Asian Empires through the 16th-19th century were very different. Although they did have their commonalities, we can see how Japan, China, and Korea were very different both politically and socially. Asian Empires were more different than similar because of things such as their social mobility and structure of administration. These Asian Empires had many things in different politically but they also had their things in common. For China their methods of…

The Meiji Restoration transformed and introduced Japan to an industrialised western culture which influenced Japan’s social structure and values. The Meji restoration brought tremendous social change as millions of people were suddenly able to choose their occupation and move without restriction. By providing a new financially secure environment, the government increased it’s investment in new industries and technologies. As Japan citizens began to live in cities that introduced them to abroad…

of movement or reform (In China, it was the Self Strengthening Movement and In Japan, it was the Meiji Restorations) to strengthen their military by adopting Western military and industrial technologies 2) in the beginning, both China and Japan resisted to the Western influences through isolation. 3) both China and Japan's reform movement were triggered by unequal treaties with the Europeans (Treaty of Kanagawa in Japan and Treaty of Nanjing in China) that caused the two nations to be open up by…

The Berkeley Coat Company is a Japan developing company that focuses on developing suitable solutions to the Japanese people. The areas of the development allows consumers to purchase coats of their choosing. As far as our business plan goes, we plan on licensing/franchising the company This report was commissioned to examine why the sales volume of the Berkeley Coat Company has decreased over the past three years, since reaching its peak and recommending ways of increasing demands for coats.…

and Japan: Industrialization Outside the West 19th Century Russia and Japan Russian Government - Cost of Industrialization Russia and Japan - Late to Western Culture Economic and Political - Similiar Characteristics Proposed a European disarmament conference, cost of weapons rapidly rising. Growing foreign presence and an effort to imitate aspects of Western Education. Two important nations that defied the common pattern of growing Western domination during the 19th century: Russia and Japan. …

The turnover from the Tokugawa period to the Meiji is historically seen as a Japan entering a new age of modernization and industrialization to reach western levels of civilization. Tokugawa as a traditional, old fashioned age while Meiji metaphorically as opening itself up to new ideas and western ways of thinking. The Meiji era was a time where Japan opened itself up to western influence. This romanticized way of viewing Meiji as a triumphant time of growing industry and capitalism is, however…