The Japanese also have the longest surviving monarchical system in history (Meyer, 1993). ... Jimmu Tenno was believed to have been in direct blood line to the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu. As history unfolds the early accounts of Japanese history remains quite unclear. ... SHINTOISM: The other sources of information about early Japanese history are two Japanese sources of ancient history; "Kojiki" in 712, and the "Nihon Shoki" in 720, which were compiled by the order of Emperor Jimmu. ... Kami can be anything from water, earth, stone, forests, sun and fire. ...

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Sol drives the chariot that carries the sun across the skies, and she drives so fast across the skies of the northland because she is chased by a giant wolf each day. ... The Kojiki was compiled in the 500s to 700s A.D., at the direction of various emperors intent on standardizing and preserving Japan's mythic history. ... He was eventually exiled to earth for his behavior in the heavens, but he and his sister, the Goddess of the Sun, parented eight deities. ... When the deities had pacified the land, the Goddess of the Sun dispatched Japan's first ruler from the heavens to the eart...

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According to Shintoism the current Emperor is the direct descendent of the Sun Goddess who formed the islands of Japan out of the Ocean in ancient times.Footnote1 According to these myths the Japanese Emperor unlike a King is a living descendent of the Gods and even today he is thought of as the High Priest of Shinto. ... During this time the ideas of the imperialists gained increasing support among Japanese citizens and intellectuals who taught at newly established schools and wrote revisionist history books that claimed that historically the Emperor had been the ruler of Jap...

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"Chrétien ratifies Kyoto- was the headline on most every daily newspaper in Canada on December 16, 2002. A huge victory for Canada and the world as the most significant as well as the most controversial environmental accord ever was ratified. The Kyoto Treat requires industrialized countries barr...

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 The Purposes of Every Day Make Up and What Does It Express Introduction Beauty is an abstract term, whose issues are related to human tastes. With a more complete definition of this term deals the aesthetic, a discipline within philosophy. Like any emotional assessment, establishing beauty is subjective. The skin is a mirror that reflects our health and expresses our lifestyle. Currently, there are numerous possibilities of care, a variety of products and cosmetic treatments becoming more sophisticated which help us have a beautiful and healthy skin. ...

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Arizona and the U.S.S Utah remain on the floor of Pearl Harbor, each a ghostly, decaying tomb reminding all of the thousands that gave their life on that fateful day, also, they are both reminders of seemingly how easily the attack was carried out and of how America, the world's big brother and perhaps the most powerful nation in the history of the world, was caught with 'its guard down.' ... Both attacks were turning points in American history; they had and will have profound effects on life after them. ... It didn't mean anything to us until a large group of planes came n...

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