Empire of Japan

In General, the financial system of a country is not only a reflection the demand and supply situation but also of social, cultural and historical factors. In the case of Japan we can notice there is, heavy reliance on debt financing, rather than equity financing, is characterized by heavy bank-borrowing under the so-called “main bank” system, a form of close and continuous bank-firm relationship. If we look at equity financing…

and makes a scene to bring attention to himself like a teenager. He is salty because of a rookie on the New York Yankees team. He is hitting better than Jack and bumped Jack from his spot. Jack is out of a job until he is signed to play baseball in Japan and hopefully…

of national identity and trauma of losing family regarding the division of the country. Kim Yu-jong wrote his stories in the 1930s when Korea was colonized by Japan. During the colonial period, Japan substantially proceeded colonial predatory behavior and destroyed the former social structure of Korea by advocating capitalism. Moreover, Japan forced Korean to speak in Japanese and even forced them to use Japanese names. Kim Yu-jong’s “The white rabbit” reflects emasculated…

dehumanized and shown as inferior to the Anglo-Americans. This can be seen through the cartoon titled ‘monkey men’ (War without Mercy, pg 194) where the Japanese are represented as monkeys also implying that the atrocities in the Philippines inflicted by Japan were similar, if not the same, as the ones in Czechoslovakia inflicted by Germany. This further supports Dowers opinion that the war in the Pacific was equal to the one in…

Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Nationalism in Japan’ is an analysis of the concept of the ‘nation’ and ‘nationalism’. Through this beautiful piece of writing, he has cautioned India and other nations that they must not thoughtlessly adopt the Western notion of Nationalism without first realizing the extent to which it can influence their non-Western culture and the cost that may come with it; “Therefore, you cannot with a light heart accept the modern civilization with all its tendencies, methods and…

the best way to jumpstart a Pacific imperialistic campaign for Japan as the U.S. presumably would have had to focus on Europe and rebuild a portion of their navy. Firstly, as explained previously, Japan did not reinforce Germany in its war with the Soviet Union, even when mandated to do so in the Tripartite agreement, so Japan could have theoretically refused to go to war with the U.S. if the U.S. declared war on Germany. Secondly, Japan should have considered that a greater war would have to be…

Written by Morgan Pitelka, Spectacular Accumulation is a book that centers around material culture in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century Japan, covering the changes and continuities from medieval society to the early modern era through looking into famous objects that essentially shape the period. Illustrated with colorful pictures of objects, including potteries, swords and paintings, instead of utilizing only textual representation, Pitelka emphasizes on the importance of…

During the decades of Japanese colonial rule, Korean self image underwent significant changes. Due to the rapid modernization brought about by the Japanese takeover, Korean culture became significantly more nationalistic. Nationalism refers to the process of desiring a nation’s well-being and autonomy as though it were your personal interest. The Korean self-image of scholars and politicians during the time of colonial rule was one which desired power, autonomy, and held a fierce sense of…

It also analyzes the history some people have distorted for over half a century. The book is divided into two parts. In the first part, the author starts with the spiritual character of Bushido in Japan and analyzes Japan's forced opening to the outside world. From the Meiji Reform to the prosperity of the rich countries, from the external expansion to the sweetness of the international exclusion, From the earthquake disaster to the economic crisis…

in the attack. Nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes were destroyed or crippled. The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt asked congress to declare war on Japan. The U.S. did not think that Japan would attack, because they are 4,000 miles away from Hawaii, furthermore Japan attacked. The American Officials were certain that any Japanese attack would have taken place in the nearby European colonies in the South Pacific: the Dutch East Indies, Singapore or…