Japan

Unemployment and famine in Southern Europe, and overpopulation in Japan during the late nineteenth century, led millions of people to cross the Atlantic Ocean in search of a better life in Argentina or Brazil. During the closing decades of the nineteenth century, Europeans faced famine due to poverty, leading the first Italians to migrate to Argentina, where food was plentiful. The economic depression of northern Italy led millions of Italians to travel to South America in search for new jobs,…

Mount Fuji is a volcanic mountain situated in Japan, south-west of Tokyo on the largest island, Honshu. It’s longitude is 35.3606° and its latitude is 138.7278°. It is over 3.7 kilometers tall, making it the highest volcano in Japan. The last confirmed eruption of Mount Fuji, was on the 15th of December 1707. It is still an active volcano. In 2014 there was speculation that it would erupt because of the pressure from the 2011 earthquake which reached 9.0 on the Richter scale. Mount Fuji was not…

Religion of Japanese culture In Japan, the two major religions are Shinto and Buddhism. Shinto means “the way of Kami.” Buddha is known as the “awakened one.” Shinto was introduced into the world in the 6th century. Shinto does not have any founder. According to the “Religion Library of Shinto” their are no scripts, no texts, and no official doctrine. People use this religion to develop a specific japanese consciousness. Religion may not play a big role in this country, but as a Shinto…

conglomerate which provides diversified products and services such as electronics, home appliances, information & communications systems, medical equipment and power systems. The company was founded in 1875 to pioneer in high technology not only in Japan but also anywhere in the world (“About Toshiba”). Unfortunately, an independent investigation had revealed one of Japan’s biggest accounting scandals in 2015 just after the 2011 Olympus scandal – another major technology company…

The Introduction and Popularization of Teriyaki Sauce in United States from the 1940s to 1990s “Te ri（照り）” means light, glowing and shining, and “Ya ki（焼き）” means a way of cook and grill in Japanese (Trang 87). Teriyaki is a direct translation of the word “Teriyaki” in Japanese. Teriyaki is used as a traditional Japanese cooking style that involves grilling food with a special sauce called Teriyaki sauce. Teriyaki sauce are familiar to most people in the world, including Americans. Many people…

states that “there are as many Japanese religions as there are Japanese people.” (Page 6) People in Japan pick up different beliefs throughout their life, especially from family because family unity is so important to them as a nation. As for how the religion is a matter of practice as it is beliefs, it is easy to see why that is so because people do not identify with just one religion. “Religion in Japan has been characterized not so much by belonging to specific organizations as by acting out…

Japan can thus be characterized as imperialist but also capitalist, and a colonizer but also a modernizer1. By the mid 1970’s North and South Korea, as well as Taiwan were success stories1. Both nations were advanced economically, through infrastructure…

strategies in battle, the heroes accomplished saving their land and townspeople. People use the books Musashi wrote for strategies for battle in their own battles. Japan has become a strategic and strong country with these heroes. Japan expanded through many countries because of the heroes who possessed leadership and intelligence in battle. Japan will be known for its strategic offense and defense with their great leadership…

Shintoism is one of the largest religions practiced in Japan, it follows right after Buddhism, though some people may choose to mix these two religions together and follow it. It is an ancient Japanese religion that worships a mass number of god’s known as Kami, the Kami’s are not a singular being instead it is the essences of multiple things of nature, animals, places, and even people. The name Shinto comes from the name Kami no Michi, which the translation is “Way of the Kami”. In Shinto, it…

Paul Binnie, a newly popular woodblock print artist, challenges Japanese popular thought surrounding both gender stereotypes and negative connotations of the tattoo through his unique prints. His on-and-off approach highlights the ability of tattooing to individuate and deepen the perception of those who are brave enough to bear them. In a broader sense, Binnie is commenting on how all visual art can be used to disrupt and complicate dangerous limiting stereotypes and augment the identities of…