Tokyo

World War II ended with one of the most controversial decisions in recent history: the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At the end of the war, the only Axis power left fighting was Japan. President Harry S. Truman made the decision to drop the bomb which resulted in the end of the war. In order for the casualties of the American forces to not skyrocket even more than they had already, the raid, and eventually the atomic bombs, became a military necessity. To begin, the American powers…

The Truest Wisdom Are The Facts Filed Below Your Conscious If possible, she liked to think she was getting better at treating her friends well. She did not agree with everything they did and that was okay. Her best friend was someone she barely agreed with. It was either one or the other of them that did not think the other one was in their right mind, but it did not stop them from caring about each other. Then there were the others. No, she did not understand them at all (most of the time), but…

When people want to obtain something, they may abandon something else. This was the ending of the film After the Wedding. The film depicted a man’s choice regarding whether he continued to stay in India or accepted an enormous fortune in Denmark. Jacob Petersen was the main character of the film and he spared no effort in assisting the poor children in India, but everything changed one day. He would go to Denmark and acquire an investment from Jorgen, who was a billionaire. However, the…

This film projects the life of babies by varying cultures. The babies are the protagonists. The film is meant to demonstrate the many differences, yet similarities amongst different cultures and how babies experience things. At the beginning and throughout the film I gathered notes. I began by separating the different cultures, but as the film went on it became difficult to distinguish the different characters and cultures. Please excuse, if I categorize a specific character incorrectly. There…

merchandise. His bright-colored, anime inspired style makes these pieces instantly recognizable. As a result, these works are not only well received in the public venues but also commercially successful at auction and retail markets. Murakami was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1962. He had an early interest…

At night, when I look outside the window from my room at the Sanuki Club Hotel, I am amazed at how beautiful this city is. I can see city lights, the radiant orange glow of Tokyo Tower just a few buildings away and yet there is a silence to it all. There is an incredible considerateness here. Loud noises are kept to a minimum, construction sites have decibel monitors, and are completely sealed off from the roads. In walkways and escalators, people keep to one side of the street and form a…

On October 30, 2015 I went to see the play Hana's Suitcase performed at Young People's Theater. The play is about a girl named Hana Brady who was murdered in Auchwitz and how her suitcase was found at the Tokyo Holocaust Education Center. The story alternates between the past and present. Some scenes telling the story of Hana's life and journey, while other scenes show a teacher's journey to educate Japanese children about the horrors of the Holocaust. In addition, the audience is exposed to the…

meaning of garments, making them seen not only as pieces to embrace the body, but to form the body, where clothes come before body… Rei Kawakubo established her label in 1969 and formally established her Comme des Garçons company in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo in 1973. She entered the world of international Parisian fashion in 1980 when she opened her boutique in Paris and showed her first collection, alongside Yohji Yamamoto, in…

Fukushima Dai’ichi Nuclear Power was one of 54 nuclear power plants operating throughout Japan in March of 2011. The plant contained 6 separate reactors designed by General Electric and maintained by the Tokyo Electric Power Company. Fukushima Dai’ichi lies about 140 miles northeast of Tokyo, Japan directly on the Pacific Ocean. At 1446 hrs (local JST) on Friday March 11, 2011, a Magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck 43 miles east of Sendai, Japan, (or about 65 miles northeast of Fukushima…

Therefore, if the carrier was to be discovered by the Japanese, the bombers would take off and head to Tokyo, if they were in range. This was probably the most dangerous plan because the aircrafts would shortly run out of fuel after they dropped their bombs and might not be able to make it to safety. However, if they were not in range of Tokyo they were to go back to Midway or Pearl Harbor. If neither option was feasible the B-25s were to be pushed overboard into the sea;…