Japan

“Warlords fight each other to see who can control the most territory. Warriors from other lands threaten to invade and destroy your way of life. How can men, women, and children in your region protect themselves?” Both samurai and knights were created to protect their country and people. When riots broke out or thieves came to steal a master’s belongings, the warriors would protect them. Samurai and knights fought in wars and protected their country. Critics may say that the samurai and knights…

Throughout World War II, Japan was most known for having the most barbaric treatments in their prison camps. Unlike other prison camps around the world, Japan had a tendency of torturing their prisoners not only physically but mentally. While countries like Germany and Russia only starved and forced labor on their prisoners, Japan tortured their prisoners mentally to the point of insanity (Japanese Treatment of World War II). Throughout one of the camps in Japan there laid a famous Olympic…

classes which is focus on the development of communication, writing and listening skill. Also, Japanese 1110 is the simplest course, so there is no need to worry about having no contact with Japanese or not knowing Japan at all. In class, teacher will explain the special letter in Japan, which called the “HIRAGANA”, “KATAKANA” and “KANJI”, in this process, students will learn the relationship between the European language system and the Japanese language system. To know a country’s culture, the…

bang. The sound of war rings throughout the battlefield. Samurai and knights make this booming noise, fighting for their daimyos and lords. Thousands of miles apart, similar feudalistic societies arose, developing their own elite warrior classes. In Japan, samurai protected the peasants, their lords, and especially the Emperor. They went to war to defend the people selflessly. Knights were the Medieval warriors of Europe. These soldiers went to war on horseback and defended their kingdom. If…

and Empoy Marquez are the main character, where they are both Filipino citizen living at Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan. The story revolves on how a blind woman fall inlove with a funny man. Summary The story starts with Lea, a Filipino Tourist Guide at Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan. She is a jolly person and a two-year engaged with her Japanese fiancé. Four years ago, Lea met her fiance in a bar in a Japan, where he is the bartender. They chitchat on each others, after while they get out on the bar and…

pre- 1200 China and Japan share some commonalties also while possessing unique differences. The aspects of the lifestyle enjoyed by these two groups of people are forever immortalized in two novels that, while are fiction, give insight into what life was like back then. The two books in question are firstly, Dream of the red chamber and The tale of Genji. These two books will be examined for the purposes of comparing and contrasting aristocratic life in pre-modern China and Japan. Scholars have…

his children to read and write Japanese, and rarely took them to Japanese cultural gathering. When Ida graduated, she was allowed to visit her sickly aunt in Japan as a graduation gift from her parents. While she was there, Pearl Harbor took place. This caused increasing tension between the U.S and Japan, and it caused her to be stranded in Japan. Due to a paperwork problem, she missed the last returning American boat. During the beginning of stranding, the secret police went up to her…

The Japanese government and people of Japan are primary reasons for the extensive silence of the era of comfort women. Comfort women were and continued to be oppressed by the government and the familial hierarchy in Japan, as well as the devaluation of women within society. The Japanese government believed that any act could be justified under the name of their powerful Emperor…

indigenous to Japan. Shintoism believe in purifying of the body as well as harmony with natural and stress rituals as well as ritual etiquette. Shintos worship kamis these kamis are deities that are associated with locations, animals as well as the emperor. Neo Shinto views were influenced by confucianism with the importance of the relationship to the emperor. The shinto text is called kojiki and praises values like purity and brilliance. Shinto beliefs were very prominent in Japan and even when…

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…