did Japan turn to militarism and drift away from democracy in the 1930s and the 1940s? How did US occupation authorities seek to prevent Japan from relapsing into the past system of military expansion? The root of Japan’s militarism started out from the developments of the Meiji era that was established by imperial restoration after Edo period. The idea of the Meiji Revolution‚ to boost morale and to extricate Japan from the idea of Tokugawa feudalism‚ had been carried over to turn Japan into
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a long period full of isolation. During the 19th century‚ Japan and Korea were exposed to the threat of foreign powers‚ rapid modernization‚ economic progress‚ and an expansion of their social structure. The economic success attained by these two countries is impressive and well known. They both share common ideological traits‚ but also have different‚ unique pathways that brought themselves to modernization. Korea was different than Japan because of their highly centralized government. The Korean
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‘The Land of the Rising Sun’; that is what the Japanese call the land in which they reside. It earned the name from the fact that if you were to gaze from China‚ a nation in which Japan derives an extremely large amount of its culture from‚ the sun appears to arise from the area where Japan lies. It is believed that the first Japanese inhabitants crossed over from China via an ancient land bridge that has since been lost to the sea due to continental drift‚ or they were simply Chinese fisherman who
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Immigration Policy in Japan in the 21st Century Course Title: International Migration Course Code: BE 22 421 Name: Onyejelem Prince Daniel O. STUDENT ID: 201118001 Major: Sociology School of Social and International Studies‚ G30 program Introduction The rapid increase in the number of immigrants to Japan during the Heisei era has raised anxieties among Japanese about the future of their country‚ national identity‚ and how to manage the influx. There is a muted public discourse about this
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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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IMES DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES Asset Price Bubble in Japan in the 1980s: Lessons for Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Shigenori Shiratsuka Discussion Paper No. 2003-E-15 INSTITUTE FOR MONETARY AND ECONOMIC STUDIES BANK OF JAPAN C.P.O BOX 203 TOKYO 100-8630 JAPAN You can download this and other papers at the IMES Web site: http://www.imes.boj.or.jp Do not reprint or reproduce without permission. NOTE: IMES Discussion Paper Series is circulated in order to stimulate discussion
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Japan: The Miracle Years What is the so-called “Japanese Miracle” - How did the Japanese achieve it? GNP increased about 5 times in a span of about 20 years. The country saw a 10.1% compound rate of growth in 17 years. How: * Industrial Policy: government weighs in on what industries are winners vs. losers‚ then supports the winners. * Govt agencies worked together to help shape the future growth and create stability: Ministry of International Trade‚ Ministry of Finance and Economic
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STATE-CONTROL OF BROADCASTING IN JAPAN AND KOREA When broadcasting began in the post war era in Japan and Korea the two countries were vastly different in national resources and characteristics. Japan was one of the most established democratic nations in the region and became one of the world’s economic powerhouses. On the other hand Korea was recovering from war and civil unrest under a militaristic authoritarian government. Even though these large differences existed‚ both Japan and Korea similarly deterred
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Christianity In Japan [Name of the writer] [Name of the institution] Christianity in Japan Japan has been a home for Shinto and Buddhist religions for centuries. The Christian missionaries during the 16th‚ 19th and 20th centuries worked hard to evangelize the Japanese nation but could not get desired success. There efforts in past failed partly due to sanctions imposed by the local rulers. The Jesuits missionaries traveled with Spanish and Portuguese traders to many areas of America and Asia-Pacific
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particular lifestyle and beliefs. In Japan Before Perry: A Short History‚ Totman presents to the reader the emergence of bushi as the ruling class during the Kamakura period. With the decline of the Taira family‚ Minamoto Yoritomo succeed to establish the bushi regime. Although bushi embraced samurai principles of honoring a master and remaining loyal under any given -even deadly- circumstance‚ a greater motive might have motivated men to become bushi. Japan was facing difficult times in which there
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