Government of Japan

complex disaster that ravaged Japan’s northeastern coastline and triggered a nuclear accident was brought about by a magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake off the northeast coast of Japan, a region known as Tōhoku, that tookplace at 2:46 pm on March 11 2011, lasting nearly six minutes. It is the most powerful quake recorded in Japan and one of the four most powerful in the world since 1900 when record keeping began. It created forces five hundred times stronger than the 2010 magnitude 7 earthquake…

period of warring states period between the Chinese warlords, foreign invasion from Japan and the civil war between the CCP and the KMT. The ethnic relations were not really at the top of the national agenda when all these chaos were taking place. Therefore, the development of ethnic relations did not start until 1949. In Japan, during the beginning of the 1900s, Japan started to expand its imperial empire, and Japan victimized many ethnic groups like the Ainu group. Moreover, many…

of the main influencers in the spread of Buddhism throughout Japan. The legends of his birth and life show that he is himself a Bodhisattva who was sent to the world to assist others in the achievement of enlightenment. Though his contribution to the spread of Buddhism throughout Japan cannot depreciated, Prince Shōtoku influenced Japan in other, major ways. He was known to also be a brilliant politician who changed the Japanese government for the better after a time of political and religious…

the volume of foreign trade by opening up its markets, especially the purchase of machinery from Japan and the West. By participating in such export-led growth, China was able to speed up its economic development through foreign investment, a more open market, access to advanced technologies, and management experience. However, this freedom did not come easily. Deng…

that aren 't yet developed and are very poor. In my essay I will be comparing two countries, one will be a first country and the other a third world country. Japan, a first world country, is actually an island country with the size of 145,936 square miles that is located in East Asia. The country is settled in the Pacific Ocean. Over 75% of Japan 's surface is covered with mountains and there are 25 ranges that have a generous height of at least 9,800 ft. The highest mountain within the Island…

There were three post-classical Japan periods. They were the Asuka period, the Nara period, and the Heian period. The Asuka period of Japan lasted from 538-710 A.D. The Nara period lasted from 710-794 A.D. The Heian period lasted from 794 to 1185 A.D. During the post-classical period, the Yamato clan grew in both size and power. At the time, the Yamato clan was by far the most influential clan in Japan. The twelve cap and rank system was made during this time. This system used silk hats…

landed in Japan in hope of spreading Christianity in 1549. The details of this period was called the ‘Christian Century,’ it was hardly documented for reasons unknown. However, after one hundred years of the ‘Christian Century,’ the Japanese began to seclude themselves from the outside their country for many reason. First, the Japanese were fearful of the influence the Westerners have already done to the culture of Japan. Secondly, Japan was worried that their practice of government order…

The origins of Japan 's shrinking population and its repercussions The population of advanced countries is known to be growing at a lower rate than those of developping countries. But more than a low growth, some countries actually experience a decline of their population. Japan became one of those countries in 2009, and as of 2016, has a negative growth rate of 0.19% according to the CIA. There are several factors that account for this situation, and challenges that Japan will face in the…

Sakoku Policy During the 17th to the 19th century, Japan adopted a policy where their whole country isolated from the outside world. This long period of national isolation was called the Sakoku policy. Why did Japan adopt this Sakoku policy that isolated them from the world? One was to stabilize the country and the other one was the fear of foreign conquest and the fear of Christianity. Sakoku policy was the foreign relation policy where Japan isolated from the rest of the world. No Japanese…

behaviour through Samurai. In modern day Japan we can still see many examples of Samurai behaviour through the bushido code and the eight virtues of a Samurai. The Samurai changed Japan’s history by introducing Feudal Japan. This was a period in time were Samurai were in power. The Samurai’s values of the Bushido code were what made the Samurai powerful and seen great to the rest of Japan. In the mid-19th century Bushido was being coming apart of everyday life in Japan which all of the society…