From 1429 to 1879 Okinawa wasn’t a prefecture in Japan. In old days‚ actually Okinawa was another country. It was called “Ryukyu Kingdom.” In 1429 first king “Shohashi” unified the north mountain‚ middle mountain and the south mountain of the kingdom and “Ryukyu” was born. In those days‚ Ryukyu’ s trade with Japan‚China and Southern Asia started‚ then Ryukyu culture was born. For example original music instrument is called “Shamisen”. “Awamori” it’s one of the alchol drink and “Bingata” it’s
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and your loved ones. Also imagine all the survivors suffering and dying slowly of radiation poisoning. Thats what the Atomic Bomb was. I don’t think the United States should have bombed Japan but at the sametime I do because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and that brought us into World War 2 and also bomb Japan. At 8:15am on 6 August 1945 a US B-29 aircraft dropped a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima‚ quickly executing around 80‚000 people. After three days‚ a second bomb was dropped
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World War II was a war in the 20th Century that had an everlasting impact. An event that was associated with World War II that had a significant impact on the 20th Century was Pearl Harbor. The Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the United States’ Naval Base at Pearl Harbor‚ which is located in Hawaii. This attack occurred on the morning of December 7‚ 1941. Many were asleep‚ eating breakfast‚ or getting reading for church when the explosions started. Despite the surprise of the bombs
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Spruance the battle of Saipan was a way to get even for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Capturing Saipan would allow the Americans to build runways long enough to launch B29 super fortress bombers. This vantage point would allow the B29s to bomb mainland Japan and return to Saipan safely. The Japanese were well aware of this importance and were prepared to fight to the death. Losing Saipan would also mean that Japanese forces south of Saipan would be cut off from the Japanese mainland itself. The battle
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points were the Battle of Midway‚ D-day‚ and the Allies’ success in Italy. Each of these events had significant impact on the state of America’s involvement in the war. In the Battle of Midway‚ Japan attempted to seize the island of Midway‚ located over one thousand miles northwest of Honolulu. If Japan could secure the island‚ it would have a perfect base from which to launch devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor. In the Battle of Midway‚ the United States fought the Japanese by aircraft in June
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evidence that provides historians with a new perspective. The new perspective that Butow focuses on examines the terms of surrender offered to the Japanese at the Potsdam Conference. Through his investigation of the Potsdam terms‚ the author argues that Japan would have surrendered much faster if the United States had retracted the idea of unconditional surrender. Based on Butow’s arguments future historians would develop the author’s initial findings through their research and viewpoints on the terms of
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As expressed in the President Fillmore’s letter‚ I would describe Japan as "angry and frustrated." They did not want to accept the letter because it was one of their polices‚ and they felt as if President Fillmore had broken their private policy and thy was not willing to abide by it by any means. President Fillmore wanted to make Japan and the United States of America equal and more friendly towards one another but Japan felt as if his decision to do so would only cause problems‚ and that it did
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countryside‚ and these Japanese architectures were no longer popular among Japanese in the early 20th century. Kafū was heartbreaking that fewer and fewer people would appreciate these Japanese style houses which are representing the premodern culture of Japan. Overall we can know more about Tokyo’s urban planning at that time through the detailed depictions by Kafū. As the protagonist kept walking‚ he entered a narrow side street. There were turns in every five or six steps‚ showing the street is winding
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He got Japan‚ a closed and individual country‚ to sign a treaty with America and persevered through the trickery‚ deception‚ and strong protection system that was emplaced. In the somber outskirts of Finding your way through the crowds of January 12‚ 1855‚ in New York City‚ supposedly going to your job‚ through the bustling‚ bee like crowds‚ one would probably overhear the news of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry returning to his homeland. Maybe you would rejoice with the news‚ or be overwhelmingly
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Title: How did Fukushima change the World? Mission statement: Egy esetleges zéró nukleáris energia politika hatása Japán energia piacára I. Introduction Fukushima is a prefecture in the Tohoku region on the island of Honshu in Japan. On Friday 11 March 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake hit the region with an epicentre 130 km away from the east cost of the island. The historic-high magnitude of 9.0 was followed by a major tsunami that inundated about 560 sq km and resulted in human death toll of
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