earning political gains for the “tough on crime” politicians. In a country with a population being 13% African American‚ an increasing rate of prisoners are African American women‚ which makes one half of the population in prison African American. Angela Davis argues in the book Are Prisons Obsolete? that African American incarceration rates can be linked to the “historical efforts to create a profitable punishment industry based on the new supply of ‘free’ black male laborers in the aftermath of
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took Japan less than half a century to rise to power and become a major world player. In the last quarter of the 19th century‚ Japan turned to Western technology in order to avoid the fate of China‚ namelyWestern dominance. By the 1890s‚ Japan had so far modernized and strengthened itself that it was able to join in the scramble for possessions in China. In 1902‚ it signed a treaty with Great Britain which recognized its new status among other things. At the end of the First World War‚ Japan was invited
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Western countries. Japan also became more militaristic in hopes of not being a victim of imperialism. Although Japan experienced some changes‚ Japan continued the ideology of kokutai as a method for imperial advancement. Japan’s cultural and political structure changed from being a weak isolated nation to a modern imperialist country. Before Japan westernized‚ it was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. This was an agricultural economy with a population of 13 billion. Japan did not associate
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failed assassination attempt only added to it. Hostages coming home The Iranian hostage situation happened on November 4‚ 1979; President Carter was still in office at the time. The day that Ronald Reagan was sworn into office on January 21‚ 1981 the American hostages were released. The terrorist or students released the hostages after President Carter was out of office they did not have any problem with releasing the hostages. They did it as a way to protest President
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Thesis statement: how the rise of modern Japan resulted in the Second World War. Among countries outside Europe and the US‚ Japan recorded a high rise to modernity. The high rate of modernization put the Japanese on a tight rope as far as there cultural and social values were concerned. For them it meant losing some of their values to embrace modernity especially those that were not in line with modernity. During the first quarter of the 19th century‚ Japan was ruled by a class of people from the
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water‚ causing a tsunami. Tsunamis are barely felt as a ripple on the ocean’s surface‚ but as the waves reach land‚ they increase in size as the water becomes shallower. Japan earthquake and tsunami At 2:46pm Japanese time‚ on March 11th 2011‚ an earthquake with the magnitude of 9.0 took place 100km of the coast of Japan‚ and was the 5th most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
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Vietnam – Japan Relations The economy of Vietnam Vietnam – a country locates in South East Asia which has the area of 329‚560 sq km. With the history spans over 4000 years‚ Vietnam’s identity has been shaped by long-running conflicts with foreign forces. The Socialist People’s Republic of Vietnam was founded in 1954 and unified in 1976 after the Vietnam War. Since 1986‚ Vietnam has embarked on the course of “Đổi mới” (Renovation Policy) – the comprehensive economic renovation which aims to eliminate
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Australia and Japan Economic growth Australia is a small open economy with a population of over 21 million. It is characterized as an advanced economy by the World Bank with a gross domestic product of US$766.8 billion; whereas Japan has the third largest economy in the world and is the second most technologically powered economy after the US. It has a population of over 127.4 million and has a GDP of US$4.346 trillion. However in 2007 Australia had a slightly higher GDP per capita than Japan with
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Water Problem In Japan Table of Contents Abstract In the introduction part‚ I will give the purpose and thesis statement of the research and give some necessary background knowledge to provide some idea for readers. In the Methodology part‚ I will give the method how I collect the information. In the finding part‚ I give the information I find of the water problem in Japan. And in the discussion part‚ I give the process of the research and finally I justify the solution of the
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Trade Japan is the fifth largest importer and exporter in the world. Like many other Asian countries that have experienced rapid economic growth in the past few decades‚ exports have had a historical significance to the Japanese economy. The belief in the need to promote exports is part of Japan’s self-image as a "processing nation". Japan imports raw materials and pays for them by processing the raw materials‚ thus adding value to them before exporting the output. In recent years‚ Japan has been
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