Education in Japan

diverse, dating back to 10,000BC when the Jomon immigrate originally colonized in Japan; it is universally recognized for its traditional arts in addition to its contemporary pop culture. Asian lineages consist of the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Indonesian descendants. There is significant diversity amongst and surrounding the group’s history, language, and demographic including, education, population, income, religion, and occupation. (Ethnic Variation/Ethnicity -…

South Korea is very diverse because of its location, physical geography, population, economic structures, history, and education. Location plays a role in how diverse South Korea is because it gets its cultural influences from China and older countries and dynasties. Economic structures also play a big role in South Korea’s diversity because of the jobs and education. South Korea is mainly influenced by its history because of its involvements in wars. Location is an important part in shaping…

Why do you wish to participate in a science & engineering research internship in the U.S.? What type of research are you most interested in conducting and are there any potential host labs at Rice University that you would particularly like to work with? (Maximum of 500 words)* One of the reasons why I would like to participate in the program is that I would like to have a research experience in the US, which is the most advanced in technology. The other reason is that I would like to work with…

has roots in the culture of the Edo period, the Japanese way of education, and high ethnic consciousness. First, the custom of Japanese Edo era has considered as a reason Japanese are shy. During the Edo era, there was a hierarchy: Emperor, Shogun, Daimyos, Samurai, Ronin, Peasant, Artisans, and Marchant. Emperor was the figurehead, Shogun to Ronin were warrior class, and 90 percent of the population were peasants (The…

Japanese immigration to Brazil- a story of success marked by failures, persistence, and hard work. • Why Japan? Japan is rarely seen as central to the history of mass migration or imperial expansion, despite having been profoundly involved in both (Mack, 2010). An immigration of Japanese to Brazil started officially when the first ship Kasato Maru landed in the port of Santos in June 1908 (Sasaki, 2006). The beginning of a Japanese era in Brazil was influenced by two significant waves of…

topic that has been disputed for quite some time is which country the ninja originated from. Some say the ninja hails from ancient Japan, but they would only be partially correct. The first fully fledged ninjas were documented and accounted for in Japan, and even ninja culture in the West came to…

After losing the Sino-Japanese War, the political state of Japan became a public interest. Japan was influenced by Westerns and had thus adapted into a state of imperialism. The westerns had their own problems with United States separating from England and declaring themselves a democracy rather than a monarchy. Chinese scholars…

C.E., China and Japan recognized that they needed to westernize in order to fend off Western powers. However, by 1939 C.E., the nature of the Western ideas adopted in Japan shifted. Throughout this period, China peoples remained aggressive in their attempts to reject most Western ideas. However, by 1939 C.E., the Chinese were no longer rejecting ideas in order to preserve their traditional Chinese culture. From 1815 C.E. to 1939 C.E., Western ideas were accepted in China and Japan in an effort…

from outside forces. The West approached with strong intentions and new ideas and unique cultural traditions. The Eastern Asian countries were finding themselves behind in advances in several different realms, such as, the military and in technology. Japan and China were suffering under the pressures to surrender to outside forces and open up trade with foreign merchants. With the increase of imperialism, the western forces/countries were pushing harder for trade. They wanted to increase trade…

the Japanese colonial rule. During World War II, Japan annexed Korea and made its utmost effort to completely annihilate Korea’s national identity. Koreans were given Japanese names, attended Japanese schools, read Japanese books, and spoke Japanese. In the midst of Japan’s cultural sweep was an ordinary citizen, one with neither political power nor influential status, yet is now revered as one of Korea’s greatest poets. He was a poet not of Japan, but of Korea. Not of the government, but of the…