A chapter “Iitiko-Dori” in this book says that the Japanese are willing to accept foreign cultures and Japan has developed it’s economy with using technologies and systems that are imported from foreign countries. However‚ the Japanese have also excluded foreigners or foreign cultures. In Edo era‚ Tokugawa government forbade trading with almost all the countries. In one sense‚ that helped Japan improve it’s unique culture‚ such as kabuki‚ ennichi‚ and so on. The Japanese can enjoy it’s specific culture
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European Exploration: In 1543‚ shipwrecked Portuguese sailors washed up on the shores of southern Japan. Merchants soon followed them. Their intentions were to involve themselves in Japan’s trade with China and southeast Asia. They brought clocks‚ eyeglasses‚ tobacco‚ firearms and other unfamiliar items from Europe. Japanese purchased weapons and soon started their own production. Cannons especially had a huge impact on Japan’s warfare and living situations. They started to build fortified castles
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R314632 Japan – China ‚ Their Modernization and the comparison China and Japan both came under pressure from the West in the 19th century. The West wanted to open up foreign trade and relations‚ during this period in time neither Japan or China had the means to stand up against the West. This due to the fact that both the United states of America and Europe went through an industrial revolution‚ hence they had superior technology and weaponry for this time period. Japan and China basically
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Nowadays‚ Japan is a large country for exporting in Asian area. Japanese industries are devoting in various manufacturing such as electronic production‚ motor engineering‚ transportation‚ chemical‚ medical and heavy industry and so on. Industrial areas in Japan are all located in south-west‚ and the center changed from Hanshin industrial zone around WWI (of course now it is still important industrial area in Japan) to Keihin industrial zone after WWII. Those may due to many different factors: Firstly
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empire and desired the strongest fighting force in the world. Japan is not resource dense‚ so it felt the need to spread its scope to the areas of Asia that are dense (Manchuria). Japan left the League of Nations as they escalated land grabs‚ displaying their desire for autonomy. Japan felt that they deserved the areas surrounding them‚ and that they had to defeat those that inhabited those areas. As the Japanese military expanded rapidly so did the nation’s bravado. The Japanese people thought their mainland
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lack of resources‚ etc.‚ if it was isolated from the rest of the world. However‚ this is not always the case‚ as can be seen with Japan. It thrived while being isolated from the rest of the world for over two hundred years before it opened its ports again. It is important to understand the context behind Japan’s isolation starting in the Sengoku period. This time period was also known as the “Age of Warring States‚” in which landowners or daimyos fought each other for power (Dobbs). It was chaotic
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Did Japan modernize or Korea? Scholars have debated this question with vigor throughout this century. I do not believe the answer is so black and white. While looking at the history of the colonization‚ evidence of both should appear. The word colonization alone generally means to move into another people’s land and exploit resources. However‚ positive results can appear during a negative situation. Regardless of what point of view an individual takes‚ there is no doubt that Japan has dramatically
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In this essay I will look into the Sengoku period of Japan known as the warring states period and the three unifiers based in this period (Oda Nobunaga‚ Toyotomi Hideyoshi‚ and Tokugawa Ieyasu). I will look into the part all of these Daimyo played and make a comparison to see who played the leading role in Japans unification. The sengoku period came about after the end of the Onin War and left a power vacuum as to who was the ruler of Japan and started the power struggle between local daimyos who
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the declaration of this war japan had made an agreement with the U.S in which they gave them a friendship medal signifying peace. Turns out that wasn’t the case japan actually backstabbed the U.S and on the morning of December 7th‚ 1941 the japanese attacked Pearl Harbor destroying nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes. About 2‚403 sailors‚ soldiers and civilians were killed and about 1‚000 people were wounded. After that the U.S could no longer trust Japan for many reasons they decided
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During World War II Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and ruined many of our fleets and military. The decision on what to do to deal with Japan was a tough one. America made the right decision on dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. The atomic bomb was necessary in order to assure the war would end as soon as possible. On August 6th the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ on august 9th a second one was dropped on Nagasaki‚ and on August 10th Japan declared its intention to surrender. This is clear
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