History of Japan

Japan is a beautiful and interesting country. It is also very old country. When it comes to comparing it to America, there is not much that both countries have in common. Not only is the culture different, but so is the government, the problems it faces and their ideals. First and foremost, Japan does not have the same type of government as us. In America, we have a federal presidential republic. In a federal republic, there are partially self governing states or regions with a constitution…

As two neighboring countries, both of which containing exceedingly complimentary economics and societies, it seems absurd to many that Japan and China continue to struggle with relations. However, few know of the historical backgrounds, political relations and bilateral economics that have led the countries to have such an intricate relationship. Japan and China have many things to gain from a proper alliance, and under the administration of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the two could…

policy after the Cold War, which became deeply embroiled in historical polemics when public discourse framed the Massacre in a solely political, rather than moral, fabric of analysis. By excluding Beijing from the peace settlement with Japan and by encouraging Japan to remilitarise, the US now appeared to be in close collusion with its own former enemy and posed a direct threat to the new government in China. What transpires within this context, therefore, is that the Massacre came to be…

to agree to unequal treaties. For example, China fought England to stop selling opium illegally, however, China lost against England because of differences in military strength and superior technologies that England possessed. It was necessary for Japan to have military force during that time period and they were able to survive from getting colonized. Another advantage of possessing a military was that it brought people together. In the Meiji period's the country's slogan was "rich country,…

Korea's capitalist revolution can be traced back this era, though it might go unrecognized. Japan tried to maximize the advantages of the contiguity of having a colony nearly touching its borders and invested in an extensive development of the transportation infrastructure. Railroad and road length per mile was higher than in Vietnam and China at the time, and Korea had the second best rail system in Asia after Japan. It had other benefits for the Japanese, of course, since it securedpolitical…

Throughout history of the United States, whenever there was a new “wave” of immigrants they became targets of racial slurs and stereotypes. This is ironic because the United States is supposed to be a melting pot of different races, cultures, and languages. Everyone’s families had to have immigrated to the United States from various other countries around the world. There is no surprise that when the Japanese immigrated to Hawaii, and then to the United States in the latter part of the…

occurred in 1937 between China and Japan, and lasted for eight years until it ended in 1945. This piece of artwork was made in Shanghai, and it was named The Art of Influence: Asian Propaganda. This art piece shows the aspect of the war by the drawing of the tanks, planes, etc. The Sin-Japanese War occurred because of a decade-long Japanese imperialist policy targeting China politically and military in order to obtain their vast materials. China was able to fight Japan with the economical help…

affect some of the government decisions. The anime makes the audience to question what is exactly neo-nationalism and how many people take such stands in reality. There is no way to measure the exact number of nationalists in Japan but the influence of nationalists in Japan is well shown in Matthew’s article, “the country 's Self Defense Forces (SDF) are increasing dramatically their expenditures on missile defense, requesting $1.2 billion for it in 2004, nine times more than the total spent…

Clinics in Japan have long lines of people waiting to get their health check up. Studies show that the Japanese citizen visits their doctor fourteen times a year. Japanese people tend to go to a hospital or clinic if they feel like they have any problems because of how cheap health care is in Japan. Doctors are not allowed to charge more than the set price that the government sets for medical procedures…

negative and superior feeling toward the Japanese. There are various reasons why there are these negative sentiments towards the Japanese (and vice versa) but some can be that it may lie in the struggle for power and influence in Asia between China and Japan. Another reason may be because there are still sentiments from the wars that they have been in and the land that they have fought for. Another reason could be the political struggles within China itself; there is nurture of anti-Japanese…