The Meiji Restoration was period in Japan when massive changes in ancient Japan. ... By doing this the Japanese managed to strengthen the economy, strengthen the government, and make social reforms. ... In 1889 they adapted the German for of government. ... The government set up new schools and universities and hired westerners to teach the new generation modern technology. ... While the government agreed to some increases in education for women, it dealt harshly with other attempts at change. ...

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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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After the Japanese bombs fell on Pearl Harbor, everything and everyone related to Japanese became despicable. ... Fine calls the Japanese "a shifty lot.... Japan quickly surrendered. ... After the bombings, Japanese peace advocates, fearing the imminent destruction of the Emperor, prevailed upon the Emperor to break with tradition and make government policy by calling for peace now. ... The invasion of Japan was necessary to end the war, because the Japanese would "lose face" if they considered surrender. ...

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The Meiji leaders used the symbolism of the Emperor to add legitimacy to their government, by claiming that they were ruling under the "Imperial Will." ... The great military regime of Edo which until recently had been all powerful was floundering not because of military weakness, or because the machinery of government had broken but instead because the Japanese public and the Shoguns supporters felt they had lost the Imperial Will.Footnote6 The end of the Tokugawa regime shows the power of the symbolism and myths surrounding the imperial institution. ... In Japan th...

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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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Shinto is native to Japan. In many ways to be Japanese is to be Shinto. And to be Shinto you must be Japanese (Picken, 4). This religion has been engrained in Japanese society for generations, and is key to Japanese culture and politics. In this paper the following topics will be discussed: gender issues with the deities and priests, the interplay of religious systems within the study, and the political relationship between the Japanese government and Shinto. ...

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Japan wanted to immobilize U.S.'... The United States responded by creating Japanese-American Internment Camps, which uprooted tens of thousands of Japanese-American families. ... Tension between Japan and the United States started in 1931. ... Japanese government saw this move as a threat to Japan's survival because Japan doesn't have many natural resources. ... Some people think that Japanese American Internment Camps came about because the government was motivated by racial prejudice because of the attack, and I think that could be a big reason. ...

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The combat team was formed on February 1, 1943, after the government reversed its decision on the Japanese Americans fighting in the war (Byrne, Joe. ... Since the United States was against Japan's plans, they stopped the shipment of oil to Japan. Japan saw this as an act of war (Portillo, Michael. ... This act by the American government shows that they did not trust the Japanese. ... On the other hand, the addition of the Japanese Americans could have given U.S. the disadvantage and Japan the advantage. ...

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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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However, they were being exiled and despised by Canadian government due to her family is Japanese. It is because Japanese armies attacked Pearl Harbor at that time and the World War II were begun spontaneously. ... Is it because they are Japanese and is it a reason that you can aim all the enmities toward them? ...

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The movie revolves around the decisions made by the key officials in different departments of both Japan and the United States (US) government. ... Japan, on the other hand, was already devising a plan on the U.S. ... Another factor that greatly affected the situation was the late delivery of the message of the Japanese government. ... The results of the Japanese attack could have been different, if only the warning from the Japanese Diplomats to the United States embassy came upon the agreed time. ... The attack of the Japanese could also have been different if only the United States and the ...

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The path to problems between Japan and America started many years before the attack, in the 1930's when Japan tried to conquer all of China. ... The Japanese government saw these acts on behalf of America, an Arsenal of Democracy, as a threat to Japan remaining an independent and surviving nation. Because their country lacks natural resources and had an embargo placed on them, the Japanese government decided to overpower and occupy the areas in Southeast Asia that had lots of resources (Infamy). ... Japanese leaders felt that if the attack met that criterion, Japan would dominate the Pa...

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Both sides, American and Japanese are portrayed. The American forces are lead by Admiral Kimmel and the Japanese by Admiral Yamamoto. ... As the movie begins the Japanese are preparing for the attack. ... Various intercepted messages gave the American government a very small amount of concrete information upon which to act. ... was how it cuts back and forth between Japan and the United States. ...

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In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria, which until then had been part of China. ... "Because the Japanese were very poor in natural resources, its governmental viewed these steps, especially the embargo on oil as a threat to the nation's survival. ... Since the United Sates created an embargo against the Japanese, the Japanese were not worried because they lacked the natural resources provided by the United States. ... The United States was now a target for an attack led by the Japanese. ... The dispute between the natural embargo on Japan by the United States, and the Affairs between Japan a...

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The Bombing of Pearl Harbor was a total surprise to the United States Military Forces, and to the United States government. ... (Prange, 80) When Japan signed an agreement with Germany and Italy, the United States increased its forces in the Pacific to keep Japan in check. ... Roosevelt appealed to the Japanese Emperor to work for peace. ... The Japanese attacked in two separate waves. ... They put all the Japanese Americans into camps because they thought that they might have been involved with giving information to the Japanese. ...

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