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cultural and social history, a hotspot for tourists and Los Angeles natives alike, a landmark of Japanese American society right in the center of downtown Los Angeles. With its roots tracing as far back as the 1880’s, even to this day it continues to bring in and entertain tourists daily, with its small town charm and many interesting and exciting attractions. Little Tokyo serves as a hub for Japanese culture and tradition, new and old. The town has seen many years worth of change, for the…

the internment of Japanese American citizens.There are many reasons in which it was not justified, such as that Japanese Americans assimilated to American culture which proves that they wanted to be apart of America. They even wanted to bring their families with them, that shows that they want to show their new life to their families. Most of all, the internment of Japanese American citizens was not justified because there was little evidence that they were a threat. Japanese Americans…

The horrors of Internment camps had become a reality to many Japanese-Canadians in World War Two, along with the racism and ill treatment the Issei [first generation Japanese-Canadians] and Nisei [second-generation Japanese-Canadians] had faced. The idea of this discrimination ending with the end of the war was farfetched. In fact, many are still trying to build and expand their identity today. Life indeed became different to Japanese-Canadians as how they had known it before World War Two, and…

counter-narrative is a narrative of the marginalized, and the oppressed. The novel When the Emperor was Divine is a counter, historical fiction book written by Julie Otsuka that critiques the hegemonic narrative of WW2. The author writes about a Japanese-American family living in the US during World War 2, that are forced into an incarceration camp in Utah. The main characters of the book all changed their coping mechanisms throughout the book. The mother had the coping mechanism of a turtle…

after 3 years of indecision and ignorance the US army can finally enter the fray and stop these Japanese extremists. However…

Safety Zone. One of these individuals was the head of the Nazi party in Nanking, named John Rabe. A man who had lived in the city for 30 years, working for the Siemens China Company, and had become deeply fond of the city. During the invasion by the Japanese, Rabe had been titled the head of the Safety Zone. Throughout the time of the Rape, Rabe was met with many challenges in running the Zone. This paper will address these issues and how Rabe dealt with them. The first issue that Rabe…

of Japanese history is Japan said that the sex slaves known as comfort women were prostitutes and did the things of their own free will.(Wingfield-Hayes). Those forced labour workers even came out and said they were slaves, but Japan accused them of lying. China and Korea have not been happy with all these changes. Japan has many excuses for leaving these parts of history out of Japanese…

Japanese Kawaii: A Bibliographic Essay The focus of this bibliographic essay is the Japanese idea of kawaii. The term kawaii is generally translated as “cute” in English, but it’s actual meaning in Japan is far wider and more complex. In addition to exploring the extent of the kawaii phenomenon, my research revealed multiple questions or ideas for me to potentially address in my paper. These include the topic of kawaii on Japanese youth, specifically the effect on the identity and self-image of…

Textbook A is the “New History Textbook” published by Fusosha, a Japanese publishing company, in 2005. This can be inferred based on the excerpt of Textbook A, which notably avoids the use of words with strong imagery - such as ‘massacre’ - in describing the event. The only comment on how “the Japanese military killed and wounded many Chinese soldiers and civilians” was made in passing as part of the footnotes, and its mention was accompanied with a note that stressed how “historical facts” are…

METHODS The primary method of research that is utilized in this paper is a historical analysis. The topic at hand is reparations improving the lives of African Americans, which needs much historical background. In this paper, German-Israeli and Japanese reparations set the precedent for the current topic of African American reparations. African Americans have yet to receive any reparations for slavery so the only way to estimate the impact of reparations can be seen. Since reparations have yet…