Suicide in Japan

was felt by all Taiwanese people, as the aftermath of the tropical storm included fallen trees, debris, and destruction. These typhoons are formed in the monsoon trough; meaning there is minimum sea level pressure. Typhoons usually strike in Taiwan, Japan, and Guam because they are located in the “convergence zone”, where wind patterns from the northern and southern hemisphere collide. In Laura Hillenbrand’s novel, Unbroken, chapter 17, the main character, Louie and his friend Phil were drifting…

Toward the end of the century, artists in Florence and elsewhere began to move toward naturalism, signaling some of the changes that led into the Baroque style of the seventeenth century. Michelangelo never relaxed his republican principles, although briefly, toward the end of the life, he entertained the possibility of returning to Florence to work at the duke’s court. Michelangelo’s panoramic vision of the subject meant that the two windows on the altar wall had to be closed and Perugino’s…

little people informed or prepared. First of all, Meyer addresses a magnitude-9.0 earthquake on the current coast of Oregon and Washington. On January 26, 1700, the Pachena Bay citizens died from a flood and a tsunami crashed into the east coast of Japan 10 hours later as results from the earthquake. A similar earthquake possibly happening is a widespread theory that many are trying predict. In addition, the article discusses the research and statistics found…

Sin of Omission Throughout the course of American history, racial discrimination and acts of xenophobia are often reoccurring trends. Whether the acts of bigotry and prejudice were at a microscopic or macroscopic level, it heavily affected the psychological mentality and perceptions amongst those who were victimized. This is shown in a “Wilshire Bus”, a short story written by Hisaye Yamamoto to initiate a conversation and standpoint of often overlooked anti-Asian semantics. Through the hostile…

Felicia M. Salgado Mr. Belmont College Composition 2 13th February 2017 Compare and Contrast Elementary Children Independence in America vs Elementary Children Independence in Japan Most children in America depend on the adults to do almost everything for them, but Japan is very different because children are nearly always seen doing things by themselves. Although there are many children in America that are very independent, the majority are not, especially children in elementary school. They…

Japanese War was one of great importance for the world as a whole. It is said to have been fought from 1937 till 1945 but many argue that this strife was much longer than those dates would imply. Not only did this war largely impact relations between Japan and China, but it made public many of the atrocities that the Japanese committed against the Chinese. While these atrocities had been ongoing for decades, if not centuries, the rest of the world only found out around this time period. While…

Taiwan was where my father was born, where it was still a third world country when he was born in 1959, to after he left in 1973 to escape from the Taiwanese military draft. When the Japanese took over Taiwan during World War II, it began to help modernize them Taiwan, but it stopped after the Japanese signed the surrender treaty (Hays). The people who lived in Taiwan still lived in wooden houses, traveled by rickshaw or animals, and still had rice farmers (though there are still today). A few…

An earthquake of 9.3 magnitudes on the Richter scale erupted in December 26, 2004 on the floor of the Indian Ocean (Shuman, 2015). An Impressive tsunami followed the seism some hours later, and was responsible of massive deaths and missing, property destructions, and environmental issues which extended to fourteen countries in Asia and Africa. The disaster showed the inexistence of emergency programs in most of the affected countries, and thus, these countries were dependent on the international…

I believe that Yojimbo is one of the most ideal examples of a film that successfully overcame the different cultural borders because of how the plot embodies universal themes that were very much relatable and applicable to audiences regardless of which cultural society they belonged to. These reoccurring themes may somewhat be a depiction of or a response to what a certain society was currently experiencing during that time. The theme of ‘old versus the new’ was an underlying theme that was…

Generally, from 1990 to 2010, Japan and Australia experienced an increase in total population (Table 1). However, in 2010, the total population of Japan decrease while Australia steadily increases. Demographic transitions contribute to the varying size of population. In turn, this transitions may impact society as a whole. Hence, this essay aims to describe and compare population size of Japan and Australia, in terms of the relationship between the three main demographic processes and its…