Togo

as not to have another tragedy like this” (Hirohito quoted in Asada 487). In a private meeting with Hirohito on August 8th, 1945, Foreign Minister Togo Shigenori articulated his concerns about continuing to fight. Togo found Hirohito to be in agreeance with his opinion and was urged to express the Emperor’s wish to Prime Minister Suzuki Kantaro. Togo and Suzuki decided to convene a meeting of the Supreme War Council. Some of the military leaders were unavailable, delaying the meeting until the…

Role of Anthropologist in HIV/Aids Article In this issue of “Practicing Anthropology” a multitude of articles discuss the AIDS epidemic taking place throughout different African Countries. These articles focus on various aspects of HIV/AIDS in Africa such as the correlation between gender and HIV, the influence of the lack of health care workers on HIV/AIDS, the different ethical components needed to take into consideration when developing various HIV/AIDS interventions, and different types of…

taken over like the darkness of the night. Numb, not ever thinking of anybody 's needs but my own. Not stopping to think, Man, we have so much in America. Everything right at our finger tips. Come with me as I share my journey into the depths of Togo, West Africa . The journey that forever changed my life. It was a slightly foggy Monday morning and had been raining all night. As my right foot left the wet asphalt , my heart started to pound. With each step up into the plane, it pounded…

Jack Donnelly would grant Fauziya Kissindja political asylum in the United States based on the definition of a refugee. A refugee is “any person who has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of particular social and political group...unable or, owing to such fear is unwilling to return to it” (Fullerton, 2006, p. 138). Donnelly’s reasoning would revolve around Kissindja’s well-founded fear of persecution by a social group, not on the sole basis…

In the winter of 1924 and 1925, there lived a sled dog by the name of Balto. This dog was made famous by the 1995 animated Disney film, entitled Balto. However, most people do not know the true depth of Balto’s story, which rightfully includes a number of other teams that also helped in this grand adventure. In December of 1924, the first case of diphtheria appeared in a two year old Inuit boy, but it was misdiagnosed as tonsillitis because of the lack of family history, or anyone in the area…

You are walking out into the wilderness, and all you feel is the clear blues sky and the bright glazing sun ray devouring your skin. It could be a very uncomfortable or rather yet a step back from the over use of air conditioning. A beautiful summer morning in the woods would be an extreme challenge to the current generation. Being from the current generation I truly understand the beauty of waking up in the woods. We seem to have forgot how beautiful nature is because of the twenty four hour…

trade to Togo. The Nanettes showcased how national culture was equally dependent on global relations with nations like China. Sylvanus shows this significance through these groups’ use of branding, “which creates allegiance to national culture.” (Sylvanus, 91) The wax cloth patterns act as a repository for history in the region. The myriad of patterns and iterations can be used to understand cultural identity, economic power, and social status. These iterations show how the places like Togo…

us to understand this kind of question and several more questions relate to culture. The first question is can we judge the practices of other cultures? In the article by Martha Nussbaum she explains a case about a nineteen-year old woman from Togo who ran away from her home to escape the practice of genital mutilation, which is a tradition of this country. The family leader of this woman called Fauziya Kassindja arranged a marriage for her without her consent, and her future husband…

Education is Hope Your daughters and your sons cannot go to school. Because, they are at risk of being assaulted, kidnapped, or even killed. NJ MED (and all the visitors to this website) want to help. The TIF (To School, In-School, and From School) Proposed International Law Around the world, millions of children are at risk on their way to school, while they’re in school and on their way home from school. In developed nations student’s face risks, such as assault, theft, rape, and a…

Another threat comes from North Korea. Choi (2015), argues that the North Korea nuclear problem is becoming significantly serious. It withdrew from the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003 and since then it has launched nuclear tests three times, officially declaring itself a nuclear state. North Korea employs the policy, byunjin in which the state pursuits nuclear power and economic development (28; 29). North Korea has been an ominous and uncanny neighbor for Japan. Many…