In the period between 1450 and 1750, Japan underwent many changes in its political and social structure. After a period of chaos, a powerful family rose up and took control of the nation, establishing a new Shogunate and bringing a period of peace and stability to Japan.…
This website was extremely helpful. It explained, in depth, the political system and how the government functioned.…
- About 4000 islands make up the Japanese archipelago, island group. Southern Japan enjoys a mild climate with plenty of rainfall.…
continent. The subducting plates pulled Japan eastward, opening the Sea of Japan around 15 million…
Labor has been a vital role in the mean of production for the industrial world. In the modern economy, labor is seen as the major role of the productivity process of a firm. Hence, firms need to adjust their operation in relation to the labor power and employment structure in their respective countries. Japan and the United States are two of the powerhouses in the global market in the automobile industry. Firms in both countries share similar goals on maximizing its productivity and efficiency. Nonetheless, there are many differences in the labor power between Japan and the United States such as the structure of labor union and employment procedure. We will discover the labor power and employment system in both countries.…
The face of the dominate power in Asia would change and Japan would take advantage of alliances and the War in Europe. Japan used its alliance with Britain as justification to declare war on Germany and gain a foothold in China.1 Japan acting in support of the ally forces in Europe, they attacked ports and industrial centers leased by China to Germany.2 By taking the ports and industrial centers, Japan limited access of resources for Germany’s war production machine.3 Japan’s government moved its controlling entities from its elders to military leaders and in turn changed its national interest to imperialism, similar to that of Britain success. Japan used the war to expand its suzerainty over China and all of Asia.4 One example of the Japan’s…
Agreeing with Butow, Rhodes investigates the importance that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had on motivating Japan to surrender. The author advances the trajectory of the traditionalist arguments by affirming to historians the internal turmoil that Japan faced to surrender. Rhodes states that the turmoil between the government, military, and civilians led to Japan prolonging the war. Rhodes agrees with Butow by saying that the Japanese citizens felt that the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima placed Japan in a position of surrender. Rhodes moves the trajectory of Japan’s surrender to the traditionalist view of history with the citing of primary sources, which include several Japanese citizens, artisans, and governmental officials.…
One would think that a country would inevitably fall from peasant riots, wars for power, 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).…
Japan’s culture is rich in history that dates back as far as 100,000 years ago by historians, however official studies dating back to 8,000 years ago. Roughly the size of California, located in the Pacific Ocean, Japan consists of four major islands; Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku as well as thousands of much smaller islands. The general landscape of Japan’s four main islands are mountainous that are sometimes snow covered, the largest being MT. Fuji located on the island of Honshu. In all, two thirds of Japan’s overall landscapes are mountains with forest slopes, short flowing rivers, irregular lakes, and small rich plains that experience the four major seasons. Japan averages temperatures of 79 degrees throughout the year with the coldest…
Japanese Isolation Japanese culture from the mid-17th century continuing until the late 19th century experienced immense isolation as a nation induced by the ruling Shogun. This odd choice of action originated from the Portuguese introducing western Christianity to the general population of Japan. Once introduced Christian ideology spread rapidly throughout the country, sparking fear into the ruling Shogun concerned with their firm grip over the population. This anxiety led the ruling Shogun to enact the Sakoku foreign relations policy, these policies sealed Japan off from the rest of the world effectively freezing themselves in time for two centuries. Japan experienced ramifications resulting from the Sakoku policies in near every aspect,…
At the time of Japan's annexation of Korea in 1910, only several thousand Koreans lived in the main Japanese islands. This population largely consisted of students, merchants, and workers who entered Japan during the first four decades or so after the Meiji Restoration in 1868.…
There was once a time in Japan called the Edo period (1603-1868, ending when Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigned) - this was a period where Japan was ruled under the Tokugawa Shogunates, a feudal military government. Japan had a stable population, and a popular enjoyment of art and culture. However, they had an uncompromising policy prohibiting any foreign contact, ultimately making it completely isolated from the western world. There was also a strict social order, where everyone knew their status. Emperors and high nobilities had invulnerable prestige, but were weak in power. The shoguns –military dictators– and daimyōs–serfs of the shoguns-, on the other hand, were very powerful due to their relation to the Tokugawa clan. This was the beginning…
The five trade routes of Japan was the Tōkaidō,Nakasendō,Kōshū Kaidō,Ōshū Kaidō and Nikkō Kaidō .The exchange courses from North America to Asia took the boats into the region of Japan. The most critical course was the Tōkaidō, which connected Edo and Kyoto. Tokugawa Ieyasu commenced the development of these five courses so as to build his control over the nation in 1601, however it was Tokugawa Ietsuna, the fourth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate and Ieyasu's extraordinary grandson, who pronounced them as consequential courses. Post stations were set up along the course for voyagers to repose and purchase supplies.The courses flourished because of the strategy of sankin-kōti, which required the daimyo, or local rulers, to go in substitute…
At the beginning of the 19th century, both China and Japan were societies governed by Confucian tradition. In Japan, Meiji-era modernization made it a great power over the course of a generation, but in China efforts at modernizing reform over the same period produced political fragmentation and rendered it vulnerable to foreign encroachment. Why?…
Mark Twain once described the Hawaiian Islands as “The loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean”. Hawaii is the most unique of the states of America. To further understand the geography of Hawaii, one must understand how Hawaii was formed, how Hawaii was populated, and understand what Hawaii came to be today.…