Empire of Japan

It is about two years in the war and all of the countries are on high alert due to the power craving countries of Italy, Germany, and Japan. The leaders of these countries, Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo made an alliance together to work side by side on their quest for expanding. This alliance was called the Axis Alliance. This was dangerous for the rest of the world because all three of these countries had intentions for world domination. The U.S. has had a high tolerance towards the war and has…

Can you remember a time when you had to go through a difficult time? What were some things that help you get through this tough time. Throughout February 19, 1942 to June 30, 1946 many Japanese Americans were taken for their homes and could bring few things. They were taken and put into camps because they thought many of them were “dangerous”. This all happened because of Pearl Harbor. The american government assumed that they were spies because of their ethnicity. They had to under tough…

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…

Japans main classification of change in the 1930s was political, and in order to understand the sudden causation of these changes, one must first recognise the aspects that drove these changes at an earlier period. The Meiji restoration was a major contributor as it allowed the military to obtain political influence. The Great Depression arguably drove the Kwangtung Army to intervene and invade Manchuria, independent of the government. Nationalist sentiments intensified and a new group - the…

On August 15th, 1945 Japan surrendered from World War II after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, respectively. Since World War II, Japan has enacted a law, which prevents the use of offensive military capabilities. However, over the past few decades in Asia, there have been many conflicts between states, which one cannot ignore. On May 3rd 2017, Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe announced that he desires to change the substance of Japan's…

microbiologist and the director of Unit 731. His years of service ranged from 1921 to 1945. As soon as his service reached its end, Ishii decided to use his former education as a way to be able to create advantages for Japan in war. Ishii wanted to create biological weapons that Japan would be able to use against any opposing power. As part of his research, he conducted human experimentations in China that were beyond…

At 0755, December 7th 1941 the empire of Japan Attacked a naval base on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. As a result, thousands of men and women lost their lives. This act of savagery sent tremors throughout the United States. Citizens, including me have been in a state of panic ever since the brutal attacks on Pearl Harbor commenced. People from all across America paid tribute to the fallen soldiers, victims of a devious attack. Flowers were laid at sites such as the statue of liberty in honor of…

entrance into WWII. Ultimately, desperate measures were taken and imperial aggression revived samurai military traditions ("World War II (1939–1945)"). The value of death before dishonor and contempt for defeat motivated soldiers to ruthlessly defend Japan (Deal). During October of 1944 towards the closing stages of WWII, the Japanese launched suicide missions as a desperate measure, and a large majority of young men voluntarily joined in this piece of the fight…

the Yasukuni Shrine enshrined 14 executed World War II class-A criminals among the war dead, which generated dispute from neighboring Asian countries who view these visits as representing the glorification of Jingoistic nationalism and militarism in Japan. The essence of the issue lies in the historical heritage from the Japanese invasion and occupation which influenced the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean collective memories of the war. Yasukuni is not merely a memorial site where Japan’s 2.5…

The topic of Week nine is the foodways of Japanese-Americans, and how they differ from Japanese traditions. To learn more about this, we were assigned four readings. The first one, “Japan: Japanese Food”, by Ayako Yoshimura explains the diffusion of Japanese foodways into America. She starts by describing how Japanese people entered the United States, which occurred when the Edo seclusion policy was nullified, allowing people to migrate in order to find work. A large percentage flocked to…