JAPAN: A SOCIETY DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF THE WESTERN WORLD? ... Japan is viewed by many as a cohesive society that lacks individualism. ... Although farmland has always been scarce in Japan, before the concepts of modernization and global trade were introduced to Japan, farmlands were not only important to villagers, but to all people living in Japan. ... There is a great deal of respect and loyalty given to the high-ranking government officials, as well as the emblematic emperor. Thus, the political thoughts and ideas set out by the government are often embraced by the majority of the Japa...

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Japan's isolation was rudely shattered in the 1850s, and in the ensuring domestic turmoil, a new government of radical reformers bent on rapid modernization and westernization replaced the Tokugawa shogunate. ... There is a great change in 1867 that was succeed to be a new period "MeiJi"2 To complete the goals of "Rich country, strong army," the Meiji new government understood that the Japanese economy would have to grow and develop rapidly, especially in industry, which could support the military. There new government took the lead in starting and subsidizing heavy industries such as i...

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Japanese-Canadians were specifically stigmatized for their perceived unassailability, economic competitiveness, high birth rate, and a lingering loyalty to Japan (Ward 459). ... They begin by arguing on behalf of the Federal government's actions, however throughout the article they criticize the government for its lack of decisive action. ... Although there is evidence, which indicates one government agency's intelligence service was ineffective, there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that they were all so poorly equipped. ... The RCMP noted that the Vancouver consul and his ...

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The accused Japanese were average American citizens; their only fault was their ancestry, being Japanese. ... They felt that the Japanese living in America were still loyal to Japan. ... The accuser now was the government. ... Pretty much it gave the government the power to round up Japanese Americans and place them in Internment camps. ... The government conducted the process very smoothly. ...

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The new government aimed to make Japan a state focused on equality among its people. ... The Meiji government also forced the return of all former feudal lords" land back to the emperor in order to stabilize the government and divide it into prefectures. ... This, being a high priority for Japan, the government introduced a universal conscription of a new army and navy. ... This being a main cause of the Sino-Japanese War there is also the underlying cause of China sending troops to Korea without notice to the Japanese government. ... The two countries secured a treaty but the Chinese gove...

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When the Japanese surrendered, General Douglas MacArthur lead the US occuption of Japan. ... MacArthur and his political advisers drew up a constitution for a new government. It changed the government to a constitutional monarchy, leaving the divine emperor of Japan with no power. ... The US remained in Japan for six months, because Japan had no military. ... These new governments helped stop new fascist leaders from rising and taking over and returning those countries to war....

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Military strength was imperative for the government control over the nation and protecting themselves from the West. ... The government needed a centrally controlled army, which was loyal to the emperor. ... To finance industry the Japanese needed money, but the government did not want foreign loans that could lead a loss of Japanese independence. ... Some of the Meiji leaders believed that the Western constitutional government was a source of western strength. ... Because the Meiji leaders wish for power to remain in their hands, they copied the authoritarian German system of government. ...

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Acting virtually independently of the civil government, the Japanese navy seized Germany's Micronesian colonies. ... Post WWII International trade and industry was a very powerful influence in Japanese government 1950-1970. ... This whole agency was created while Japan was still recovering from World War II. " With inflation rising and productivity failing to keep up, the government sought a better mechanism for reviving the Japanese economy" (Japan 101). ... When Japan lost World War II, six million Japanese had to return home from the colonies Japan lost. ... Recent basis for trade...

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During the Sui/Tang dynasty, politically there was a great deal of turbulence in the government. ... In Japan, however, Buddhism had a somewhat different experience. ... Buddhism also had an effect on Japanese artwork. Zen Buddhism was very prominently a part of Japanese artwork in those times. ... Being that the warriors dominated the Japanese society, this had a great impact on the attractiveness of Buddhism to the Japanese. ...

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It was the use of the atomic bomb on two Japanese cities. ... The Japanese planned a secret attack on the United States. ... After Germany and Italy were defeated, only Japan stood standing. ... It was a smart move for the United States to bomb Japan. ... The following were tow agreement of the governments :The two Governments mutually undertake to render each other assistance and support of all kinds in the present war against Hitlerite Germany, They further undertake that during this war they will neither negotiate nor conclude an armistice or treaty of peace except by mutual agreement. ...

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This pact ensures that, should one of the three governments go to war against the United States, the other governments will also declare war. Should Japan strike a United States territory, we will have no choice but to declare war on Japan. ... For Japan, the time for war is now. ... Should the Japanese attack American Troops, the American People will rally behind any measures taken against Japan. ... Nonetheless, allow Japan to strike first. ...

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Shortly after that the United States Government began work on the Manhattan Project. ... (Szasz 25) The scientists were so confident that the gun-type atomic bomb would work "no test was conducted, and it was first employed in military action over Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945."...

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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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The question is whether to drop or not to drop atomic bombs on Japan. ... Soon after Japan surrendered, ending the war. ... Was it too harsh and cruel to the Japanese? ... Seventy prominent scientists signed a petition to warn the government of trouble ahead. ... The bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima by the United States were justified by the American government as a reasonable means to bring a quick end to a bloody and long war that had engulfed the world for years. ...

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The question still remains to whether or not the United States government had any previous knowledge of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. ... Sent from Tokyo to a Japanese Embassy in Washington, it was encoded in the top-level Japanese "Purple Code", it stated that the Japanese were going to end relations with the United States. ... "Some of our readers may be shocked by the mere intimation that the government of the United States in general, and its chief executive in particular, could be capable of criminal conspiracy resulting in thousands of lost American lives" , but it was common k...

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The cause of the decline was due to internal decay and government -2- hostility. ... It reached Japan in the late sixth century when the Japanese at the time was under the Shinto religion. ... A system that served as the religion for the majority of the Japanese through out history. ... Tokugawa put Buddhism as an institution under strict government supervision. ... The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan. ...

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The U.S. government issued a total trade embargo. ... It turned out the Japanese had a numerical advantage. ... This was Japan's opportunity. ... Japan had lost little and had proved victorious. ... The Japanese had once again felt like a surpreme power. ...

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Before 1941, the Japanese had been behaving very imperialistically. ... In July of 1941, the Japanese Empire invaded the remainder of French Indochina. ... (Revolutionary) Simply put, the western empires and the Japanese empires crashed in the Pacific and Japan was the first to strike; the United States had an empire that Japan wanted. However, government officials should have foreseen this problem and prepared one of the furthest and most diplomatically important military bases further against the possibility of Japanese aggression. ... Another sign was that the Japanese attack was not th...

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Those countries had non-democratic governments, they were rearming, and they were not being peaceful. ... By now, Japan had attacked Manchuria, China and many islands surrounding Japan. ... The US was right; Japan planned to attack America. ... The Japanese were very cruel to the people in the places the Japanese attacked. ... He means that other forms of government and Nazism could not stand togethe...

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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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There were also many dignitaries within the Chinese government that were looking to gain good political footing in order to ensure staying power. ... When Buddhism was introduced to Japan, the ruler of Paekche presented the Japanese imperial court with a bronze image of Shakyamuni (The Buddha), banners, and several manuscripts of Buddhist scriptures. ... Because of this, he is considered the real founder of Japanese Buddhism, and opened the door for Zen Buddhism to appear later in Japanese history. It was during this later time in Japan's history that sects of Zen, Ch"an's Japanes...

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