Shogun takes place during the 1600s in the country of Japan. ... Up to that time, the only Europeans who had anything to do with the Japanese were the Spanish and Portuguese, who organized trading between Japan and China, collecting a large profit in the bargain. ... In Shogun, the author introduces us to Japanese history and Japanese culture. ... At the same time, this book shows how Christianity took hold in Japan, and how some Japanese slowly became Christians and changed it to fit with the Japanese culture. ... During the 1600s, the Japanese government was set up where each regio...

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Offensive modernization in Japan was increased in 1868 as part of the Meiji Restoration. ... The most important step and process of the Meiji government was the process of sending their own ministers overseas to see the awesome power of change. By 1876, the Japanese eradicated the samurai class as well as the luxuries associated with it. ... The creation of a conscription based army led to Japan's new opposing force that led it to be one of the quickest growing superpowers. ... So with Russia's capability to imitate the west it developed ideas in technology and government that le...

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PEOPLE: FDR - President during WWII Truman - President who decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan Churchill - British Prime Minister Eisenhower - Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied troops in D-Day MacArthur - General who returns to Philippians - Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Rommel - General in charge of Afrika Korps Hitler - poorly educated Austrian; joined German workers party, became leader, changed name to Nazi; became Dictator of Germany Mussolini - in Fascist Party; declared himself Dictator of Italy Tojo - Dictator of Japan Stalin - Dictator of USSR F...

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In an attempt to suppress Japan, Roosevelt ordered oil supplies to Japan to be cut off. ... This forces the US government to conduct a recruitment exercise. With such a high demand for servicemen, the US government had to siphon them from the members of the community to make up civil soldiers. ... Japan thought of a strategy to down America. ... Japan incurred the major loss until she had the Japanese army and the Kamikaze as their only defence. ...

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Hollywood had become a viable power of communication "one that certain members of the government had begun to fear. ... The surprise assault by Japanese warplanes destroyed dozens of ships, loaded with crew "all in all, over a thousand servicemen died that day. ... Hawaii served as America's midway point between the mainland and Japan, and although the Japanese attempted to wipe out much of those offenses in the Pearl Harbor attacks, the American naval fleet struck back with a vengeance. And in spite of the great victories against the Japanese in the Pacific, the war was tak...

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It might be because of war or as a result of a bad government, but whatever the reason immigration will never stop as long as one country has a better place. ... In the late 1800's to the early 1900's the first Japanese started to arrive. Most of the Japanese as well as the Chinese came over to America as contract worker either to farms on the West coast or to plantations in Hawaii. ...

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The European Union wasn't just committed to free trade; their members were working towards a greater cooperation in government policies, foreign affairs, justice, and even a European parliament. ... Countries like Japan stayed in isolation for many years and they isolated themselves greatly from the rest of the world. ... Japan decided to do this and in only in a short amount of time, they caught up to the rest of the world and they embraced anti-isolation and internationalism. ...

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Many countries are facing with this problem more than other countries, such as Pakistan, India, China and Japan. ... Government must spend equal money to every states or city. In this way, government can build more schools, more colleges and more high quality hospitals to that cities or states. ... If they have more than 2 children and if government finds out, government have right to send them to the court and fine can be 3 years in jail. ... Governments should discuss and find solution about this problem especially countries who have over population or who might/will have ove...

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Pricing pressures from managed care and government programs, and the loss of leading drugs' patent protection would also give an impact to pharmaceutical sales. ... -Focusing on larger and beneficial markets, North America was the largest pharmaceutical market, and the following were Europe and Japan. ...

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The Department of Immigration was set up in 1945 by the Commonwealth Labor government and Arthur Calwell was the first Minister of Immigration. ... He was in favour of the 'White Australia' policy and to him Asian countires, especially Japan (for what happened in World War II) were the enemies and European countries, especially Britain were the saviours. ...

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Another function is that of intelligence gathering, where ambassadors collect information about the host state, its conditions, developments and policies, and report them directly to the home government. This is important in providing the home government with information and advice for the formulation of policies towards that host country. ... With the end of European world dominance after WWII, the rise of new powers such as the US, China and Japan and the expansion of geographical scope in international relations with the independence of former colonies and the proliferation of internatio...

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This firmness towards Stalin had begun years before in 1945 when the U.S demonstrated its nuclear power upon Japan. ... The integrity in the future of economic and governmental freedom in Europe came into question with anticipated expansion of Soviet ideals. ...

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., Europe, Singapore, and Japan they are developing software so that the mobile can direct motorists to car parks with empty lots and collect domestic service bills. ... The government is mandated to take telephones to the geogs but setting up large and expensive towers and posts over the rugged mountains is a less friendly proposition. ...

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Great Britain took advantage of the Russo-Japanese War and decided to increase its naval army. ... A third crisis, again in Morocco, occurred in 1911 when the German government sent a warship to Agadir in protest against French efforts to secure supremacy in Morocco. ...

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The State System in this arena was affected by Industrial Revolution, representative governments, political changes, growth of international law, emergence of international organization, economic interdependence, revolution in the means of transport and communication. ... Japan also joined in as one of the eight major powers of this arena. ... In First World War the Austro-Hungarian, Turkish, and czarist were eliminated and Japan was confined to Far East. ...

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It involved every major European nation as well as North America and Japan. ... For instance before the war women made up about 3% of people working in government establishments by the end of the war nearly 50 percent of people working for the government were women11. ...

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When he took office in 1862, he called that the government would rule without parliamentary consent, but he had the Prussian bureaucracy go right on collecting taxes, even though the parliament refused the bill. ... It stated that each state had its own government but the king was the leader of the confederation. ... These actions contrasted sharply with economic penetration of non-Western nations, such as Japan and China, which though they were open, they were politically independent. ... Eventually the conflict calmed down and there were mass political organizations and public participation ...

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This can be seen in the case of China against Japan, Algeria against France, and Vietnam against the French and the USA. ... Secondly, it stands for the ideal of self-government which is reflected in practice in a belief of constitutionalism and representation. ...

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Stronger governments have had more choice than weaker governments concerning their response to global pressures for more international and less regulated economic activities. Even the weakest government, however, has had some room for manoeuvre. ... Furthermore, governments need business, and business's tax revenues to provide their citizens with expected services. State citizens also expect to be provided with good job prospects and rising incomes, or governments will lose power. ... Liberals argue that governments should want to promote free trade to make everyone wealthier. ...

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