Politics of Japan

learn English math words before coming to the U.S, explaining complicated things in a foreign language is not easy. However, I was relieved that minor English mistakes are not problems because my mentor listens to me patiently. Once I come back to Japan, I would like to continue to study more so that I will be able to explain my idea using math words smoothly. On the contrary, I do not have a lot of problems to listen to my mentor and my lab mates. Whenever I am discussing with my mentor, I…

ruled South Korea. During the year of 1910, Japan defeated the Yi dynasty and gained total control of the Korean peninsula in order to expand its empire (Salter 52). As part of an assimilation policy, Japan required Koreans to adopt Japanese style surnames, worship at Shinto shrines and learn the Japanese language. Koreans could also volunteer in the Japanese army to which they later fought for japan in the Pacific War (Kim xxii). For thirty-five years, Japan built up the northern part of the…

Sometimes it would be good to examine a frame by looking at the structure. The subtitles of the wartime chapter in the book are "Japan and Manchou", "Wave of the Crisis", "Liberty and Violence", "Dictatorship of Army Headquarters", "the War against China" and "the Pacific War". The clue behind these subtitles is the history of Japanese militarist. In the chapter of "Japan and Moanchou", the book introduces the militarists and their efforts to fight China. The chapter of "Wave of the Crisis"…

Samurai made their first appearance in Japan. C.E. stands for common era or current era.…

quite a few similarities and differences between China, Pearl Harbour, and Japan in terms of culture, environment, politics. As a soldier, I realize that wars had brought these two countries into serious situations. Wars caused China to be colonized by western foreigners, and Japanese in the Pearl Harbor lived in the internment camps. The experience I went through is vulnerable and I cannot wait to share it with the public. Japan, in general, is the greatest developed country by far in terms of…

An island nation straddled along the Pacific coast of Asia, modern Japan is home to over 126 million people. Of those, 38 million live in Japan’s capital of Tokyo (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). Japanese people share a distinctive culture. According to the U.S. Army Doctrine Reference Publication 5-0 (2012), culture is best described as, “shared beliefs, values, norms, customs, behaviors, and artifacts members of a society use to cope with the world and each other”. Japan’s culture…

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…

Kyoto; Japan Kyoto was the ancient capital of Japan containing 250 000 people, give or take a few. Kyoto was established in 794. Kyoto was divided into four parts, the East, West, South and North ends, Kyoto covers 827.90 acres of Japan's land. Kyoto consists of various of seasons, summer dad could get very hot while winter days were average. Kyoto was the place of culture and art, woodblock paintings by artisans had become very common, Zen gardens and Geishas became popular. Kyoto was known for…

Prince Shōtoku has often been regarded as one of the main influencers in the spread of Buddhism throughout Japan. The legends of his birth and life show that he is himself a Bodhisattva who was sent to the world to assist others in the achievement of enlightenment. Though his contribution to the spread of Buddhism throughout Japan cannot depreciated, Prince Shōtoku influenced Japan in other, major ways. He was known to also be a brilliant politician who changed the Japanese government for the…

of Bilateral Treaties, specifically with ROK and Japan (14). With the countries concerned, our Mutual Defence Treaty with ROK was ratified on November 17, 1954, after the ramifications of the Korean War (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/kor001.asp). Meanwhile our Defence Treaty with Japan was in January 19, 1960 (). Both are mutually beneficial because while we support them with military force, our treaties legitimize US…