In order for them to cross their annoyance, Japan needed advantages over other countries and so, they break out wars, which brought them to a new start. ... Moreover, as results of victories in the wars, Japan ranked itself as first-class nation and befitted its new status. ... However, although it seems like Japan had made exploitative act toward Korea by ranking them as second-class citizens and Japan having prerogative rights over Korea, economy in Korea at the time was incredible. Japan so call, modernizing Korea by Building railways, installing factories and blossoming new opportunitie...

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The opium trade gave Britain its chance to enter the China trade and this provided the pretext for war between Britain and China in 1839, a war which the British won easily. ... Japan edged towards civil war. ... Japan saw Korea as being important for strategic, political and economic reasons. Control of Korea would prevent an enemy power having easy access for an attack against Japan, unrest in Korea made Western intervention unlikely and Russia's eastward expansion was viewed with concern. A campaign in Korea would also deflect some of the domestic unrest Japan was experiencing an...

• Word Count: 1796
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Singapore and Malaysia contain a rich racial mix, while Korea and Japan are very homogeneous societies. ... Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Korea developed rapidly under positive international circumstances, at least until the late 1980s. ... (Industrial Development) These countries received a considerable amount of explicit and implicit economic assistance from the United States during the cold war era, and this provided money at the initial stage of economic development. ... In contrast to Korea, Japan, Malaysia, and Singapore, those nations that did not develop significantly displayed o...

• Word Count: 828
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Given the example of the ImJin War in 1592 to 1598 where there was a war for order between the nations of Korea and Japan. Due to great military technology like gunpowder weapons and samurai strategies, Japan was obliterating Korea. In fact, Korea lost twenty percent of its population due from the direct and indirect implications of the war.. However, Japan did not destroy nor conquer the entirety of Korea. Seizing the opportunity to tip the balance decisively towards the Koreans intense war,  China strengthened relations, power, and wealth by intervening and supporting the nation of Korea to...

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During World War 11, Australia became very vulnerable with the threat of being attacked by Japan. ... In many Asian countries people are suffering due to corrupt governments, wars, discrimination, famine, disease and poverty. ... There is also great scope for encouraging personal and informal ties through sporting events(My uncle, John Cooper trained the South Korean Equestrian team for the Pan-Pacific Games held last year, where they were placed second to Japan.), cultural exchanges, family ties and educational links. ... Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have developed strong economic ties with ...

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People called this war as the World War II. ... Hong Kong was a colony of the Great Britain, non-belligerency with Japan, thus it was totally divorced from the war. ... Hong Kong people were taken in on their war and forced to live a brutal life. ... Through out the First Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War, Japanese Annexation of Korea, and the World War I, Japan gained their force and imperialized. ... Nothing was remaining in Hong Kong people's hand after the war, it was a massive imposture practiced by Japanese. ...

• Word Count: 1898
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Buddhism was at first opposed by many as an alien religion, but was championed by the Soga uji, which vanquished many of its rival uji in a war over the succession in 587 and then established Buddhism at Yamato court, where it seems to have appealed to many as a powerful magic" (Murphey, 195). ... Buddhism was favored mostly because "it offered, as Shinto did not, doctrines on the afterlife, text-based rituals and theologies, the promise of salvation, and emphasis (in this Mahayana version imported from China and Korea) on good works as the means of acquiring merit and thus increasing one&...

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In the Cold War period there existed an 'invisible wall' in the Sea of Japan. The Cold War ended about 10 years ago. Although a tense atmosphere remains in the Korean Peninsula, people's comings and goings and cultural exchange between Japan and Russia have remarkably increased since then. ... The another aspect relates to the end of the Cold War. ...

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By 1895, after the first Japanese and Chinese (Sino) war, the islands were under the controlling victor, Japan, as stipulated by the Treaty of Shimonoseki ("Overview," 2009). ... The islands were eventually abandoned due to the onset of the second Sino-Japanese war in 1937, and have remained uninhabited since (McDevitt, 2014). ... After World War II, all territory under the Treaty of Shimonoseki was transferred to the Treaty of San Francisco, giving control to American forces. ... The war torn history of Japan and China is a large part of why the two governments refused to surrend...

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The distance separating Korea and Kyushu is only 200 km while the distance separating Hokkaido and Sakhalin is only 40 km. ... These include the Ainu, Mongolians, Hans, Fins, Kumaso and a large immigration of Koreans and Chinese from 300 AD to 700 AD (Riley, 2000). ... As a result of World War II defeat, the Emperor declared his humanity and thus in the Japanese constitution the Emperors position is one of state symbol not divinity. ...

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From the dohyo matsuri (ring consecration ceremony) that takes place on the day before a sumo tournament, to the ganbai uchiwa ("war" fan) wielded by the gyoji (referees), to the tsuna (white rope-like belt) worn by the yokozuna (Grand Champions), to the purification ritual of spraying salt on the ring before each bout - the rich body of symbols in sumo are drawn from and represent pre-modern Japan. ...

• Word Count: 6746
• Approx Pages: 27
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate