Empire of Japan

Japanese supremacy in Korea, oversaw the transition of Russian holdings in Manchuria (Liaodong leases, railroads, etc.) to Japan, and the transfer of the Southern half of Sakhalin Island to Japan. But that was only the beginning, for the change in relationship with East Asia was soon to follow in the years in the aftermath of rising Japanese influence…

unified, dominant Empire that would become a model to all other nations. From his earliest goals of standardizing the Dynastic history of the continent to his ability to seamlessly merge new practices with the old elite families, Taizong’s governance and decrees were admired by surrounding territories. His leadership and government planning especially attracted the newly unified Silla Kingdom of Korea as well as Japan during Shōtoku’s Great Reforms. Both Kingdoms in Korea and Japan, despite…

military did not see eye to eye and had finally come to a boiling point. Japan invaded Manchuria to supply itself with resources for its growing military…

During World War II, Japan committed countless crimes against the civilians of the nations they occupied, from the Nanjing Massacre to the issue of comfort women were few of the most major crimes committed by the Imperial Japanese Army. The Nanjing Massacre involved the mass murder of 300,000 people and the rape of around 20,000 women. During this duration of time, the comfort women were also introduced, which involved the forced prostitution of Asian women from the Philippines, Korea and China…

States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan" (). These are the words the 32nd President of the United States begin his Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation on December 8th, 1941. FDR's speech was a call to action, and in his speech, he expressed outstanding distaste towards Japan. The speech was directed to Congress for them to declare war against Japan which would bring the United States into World War II. FDR's speech was an outstanding…

to be honest with you. I really don’t think it gets people anywhere except near a pile of dead bodies.” History backs up Moran; nationalism is a major factor in the causation of war. Most notably is World War II, the Nazi regime and the Japanese Empire each used nationalism to gain power. The Night of a Thousand Suicides written by Teruhiko Asada, who was a prisoner of war himself, illustrates how nationalism blinds and brainwashes people to act irrational. This story is a fictionalized account…

group of Dutch traders that provided some commercial and cultural contact. The publication of Western book in Japan was not allowed, but the books in Japanese discussing Western advances were available. There was really no relation with the West until the middle of the 1850’s. This was when Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Harbour. He opened trade relations with the islands of Japan. The Japanese were worried about accepting any other culture because they felt like they would go against…

among which the March 1 Independent movement in Korea was one of the most fierce and brutal. Although the nature of colonialism in Korea remained the same, the propaganda was indeed changed, if only superficially, by calling for the unity of the Japan metropole and Korea colony as naisei ittai. In the case of Taiwan, the colonial policy also became assimilation-oriented, seen in the abolition of segregated educational system and…

desperation. The author also explains that the Japanese government also looked into foreign media, and found U.S. plans for controlling Japan post-surrender. In May 1944, the ministers of Sweden, Okamoto Suemana, sent an article to Tokyo named Svenska Dagbladet. This article suggested that White America’s was interested in turning the newly defeated Japanese Empire into a stronghold of anti-communism in Asia. Takagi Sokichi, the Japanese Navy 's leading planner portrayed the United States on its…

dropping the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki could be vindicated as it ended the war early, saved future lives, and for retribution of Imperial Japan’s past military contributions. After the United States of America had emanated the Atomic bomb, Japan had surrendered immediately and agreed with the conditions set by the United States. Hirohito, the Japanese emperor, officially announced the surrender to the Allies on August 15th of 1945 at noon. Hirohito says that “it is according to the…