K. E. Geology 100 4/15/13 Japan earthquake On March 11‚ 2011‚ Japan was hit by a magnitude 9.0 quake at about 2:50 pm. This would turn out to be the largest earthquake in the past thousands years to ever be recorded. What caused this massive destruction one might ask? This devastating quake was caused because Japan is located between two major tectonic plates. When a large number of plate movements occur‚ the Pacific Plate makes its way below a subduction zone. When plate movements
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Instructor’s Name US History May 28‚ y Bombing Japan The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII was a great controversial event for America. American citizens should learn about this event because it lead to other major events in our nation’s history like the Cold War‚ and most likely the next war that our great nation has to face. The day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor‚ President Roosevelt declared war on Japan. US troops were deployed in the west coast. They
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TSUNAMI IN JAPAN Japan was hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 11‚ 2011‚ that triggered a deadly 23-foot tsunami in the country’s north. The giant waves deluged cities and rural areas alike‚ sweeping away cars‚ homes‚ buildings‚ a train‚ and boats‚ leaving a path of death and devastation in its wake. Video footage showed cars racing away from surging waves. The earthquake—the largest in Japan’s history—struck about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued warnings
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Current Events Assignment Earthquake in Japan On March 11‚ a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan‚ causing widespread and serious damage to infrastructure and to human life. A massive earthquake-triggered tsunami followed‚ washing away large parts of several coastal cities The recent tragedy in Japan will affect the global food supply and might just be the event that triggers the reverse of our dependence on Asia for cheap foods. Americans might complain about
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In Japan nobody dares to talk about the causes of suicide or how to fight them‚ but manuals teaching you how to kill yourself sell over a million copies. What if 10‚000 lives could be saved in Japan? Not by miracles but by ideas‚ by honesty. Would anybody dare to listen? If death is darkness this is about life‚ this is about trying to take back life from the jaws of death; this is about choosing hope over despair‚ even when you’re desperately hanging on by your fingernails. 300‚000 Japanese people
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States didn’t even leave a warning for Japan to get ready or give them a chance to surrender from the world’s harshest war weapon (Primary source packet #2). In another document‚ Mr. Byrnes’ didn’t agree with the atomic bomb incident because Japan was already defeated and wouldn’t have made it another 6 months (document based questions #2). If the United States would’ve just waited a little longer or use a less harsh method that they knew more about‚ I bet Japan would’ve gave up and let us win. I also
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subsidiary to global business management. In the context of these changes introduced by Durk Jager‚ P&G’s new CEO‚ Paolo de Cesare is transferred to Japan‚ where he takes over the recently turned-around beauty care business. Within the familiar Max Factor portfolio he inherits is SK-II‚ a fast-growing‚ highly profitable skin care product developed in Japan. Priced at over $100 a bottle‚ this is not a typical P&G product‚ but its successful introduction in Taiwan and Hong Kong has de Cesare thinking
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[pic] Japan Geography Japan is about the same size as California. Japan is made up of many islands. The four largest islands in Japan are Honshu‚ Hokkaido‚ Kyushu‚ and Shikoku. Japan forms an arc in the Pacific Ocean. Japans total area is about 378‚000 square kilometers. About 75% of Japans land is mountains. Japans highest mountain is Mount Fuji at 3776 meters. Japan has several volcanic regions and 80 volcanoes are considered active. Mount Fuji hasn’t erupted since 1707 and is considered capable
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The economy of Japan is the third largest in the world by nominal GDP‚[11][12] the fourth largest by purchasing power parity [13] and is the world’s second largest developed economy.[14] According to the International Monetary Fund‚ the country’s per capita GDP (PPP) was at $36‚899 or the 22nd highest in 2013.[15] Japan is a member of Group of Eight. The Japanese economy is forecasted by the Quarterly Tankan survey of business sentiment conducted by the Bank of Japan.[16] Japan is the world’s
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Gross Domestic Product of Japan According to the business cycle graph of Japan shown above‚ Japan’s economy faced a recession in three years consecutively‚ from years 2007 to 2009. It only starts to recover from the recession at year 2009 and gradually picking up its pace in growth in both the years 2010 and 2011. As seen in the graph‚ Japan’s economy made a plunge from year 2007 to year 2008‚ where GDP fell from ¥525‚469‚000 to ¥505‚794‚000 at a rate of 3.74%. This recession is the result of
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