Tokyo

of discussion, I decided to ask my grandmother about her childhood, the differences in school between Japan and America, as well as the expectations placed on women after they graduated from academics. My grandmother was born on August 23, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan. Growing up as the only daughter out of five children, she was rather a tomboy and often ran and played with the boys rather with the girls. She reminisced the times when the boys would catch bugs, play baseball, or have a shoe throwing…

Japan of 1945 In 1945 a tragic event occurred, a bombing had taken place in Japan of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The event started on August 6th, 1945 during world war two. Another A-bomb was dropped on Nagasaki killing an estimation of 40,000 people, three days later. It was very hard living with these conditions, never knowing if in the middle of the night if there was going to be another bombing coming in and destroy everything that had made the other two bombs or just take everything they had…

support for previously unpopular or unknown causes” (Gan 1). This would prove problematic to the U.S. government when it came to censorship. Stories could be live or edited which could be done rapidly with the film being sent to and transmitted from Tokyo. In the first years of the war, the media portrayed a positive image of the conflict, with a clear U.S. victory in sight. On May 16, 2012, Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo Jr, was acknowledged by former U.S. President Barack Obama by giving…

Roppongi is the district Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous as home to the rich Roppongi Hills area and an active night club scene. Many foreign embassies are located in Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike. It is in the central part of Tokyo, south of Akasaka and north of Azabu. The area features numerous bars, nightclubs, strip clubs, restaurants, hostess clubs, cabarets, and other forms of entertainment. Among the expatriate community, the area tends to be…

Monster Cinema: The Myth and History of the Spectacle In recent years, the monster genre has been dominated by zombies, vampires, werewolves, and supernatural creatures. Although these monsters terrify audiences, they don’t have the same impact as their larger, far more destructive counterparts. The kaiju, or giant monster, have been a neglected and misunderstood genre for a long time. It wasn’t until recently that these monsters started to make their way back on the silver screen. This paper…

attacked by Japan, turning a simple conquering war into a full scale war. Along with the unlimited supplies of the United States, such as agriculture and Industrial resources, the United States’ power of unending air raids damages Japan’s main city of Tokyo. The creation of more economical damage to Japan makes them vulnerable to other bigger countries for example like Russia with its vast population and unlimited access to goods. Japan would have not been able to continue with the war being…

creating nationhood. (Welch 45,46) In war zones, military officials would censor what its soldiers listened to, keeping them right-minded. Likewise, it has also been used to demoralize the enemy. (Casey) For example, during WWII a broadcaster known as Tokyo Rose (Andrews)was a propagandist who would broadcast to the US soldiers with the intent to demoralize them by convincing the men their girls were cheating on them back…

have to ensure the protective strategies to develop in order to avoid massive loss of life in the world. Emerging megacities that lie in zones of high seismic risk have been put on high alert by most of the experts. Such cities include Mexico and Tokyo with records showing that an estimated 3 million humans would lose lives if an earthquake happened in these…

Takashi Murakami, born on February 1, 1962 is a well-known contemporary Japanese artist based in Tokyo. Murakami’s style of art is based on popular culture using a Nihonga-style of modern Japanese painting. He uses colorful graphics and manga style cartoon to show a darker subject material. He uses “hopelessness”, as his main subject with all of his art work. He shows this through the use of sculptures, paintings, drawings, and animations. The “Hustle ‘n’ Punch by Kaikai And Kiki”, was made in…

was between Japan and the American and their Allies. When the war in Europe ended the Americans knew that the Japanese weren't going to surrender and had to do something so dramatic that would force them to. They had already dropped fire bombs on Tokyo and even though thousands of people died they still not surrender. The Japanese tried to hold onto every Pacific Island and would literally fight to the death. The allies realised that it would take many more years to defeat the Japanese and that…