On Sunday‚ December 7‚ 1941‚ Japan launched a sneak attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor‚ destroying the peace of a beautiful Hawaiian morning and leaving much of the fleet broken and burning. The destruction and death that the Japanese military put upon Pearl Harbor that day was 18 naval vessels (including eight battleships) sunk or heavily damaged‚ 188 planes destroyed‚ over 2‚000 servicemen killed was exacerbated by the fact that American commanders in Hawaii were caught by surprise
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Before opening to the west Japan had a feudal political system‚ an inherited rigid social structure and a thriving economic system. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from 1603 until 1868‚ when it was abolished during the Meiji Restoration. The Meiji Restoration‚ was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868. The Restoration led to enormous changes in Japan’s political and social structure‚ and spanned both the late Edo period and the beginning of the Meiji period. The Japanese Government
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For instance‚ Noroku Yamamoto believed that the United States would only continue to grow and become a powerful force to be reckoned with as time went on. He hoped that by ambushing The U.S. before they became too advanced‚ Japan could gain an early advantage in the Pacific. (SOURCE 1) Yamamoto is quoted saying that “If war comes‚ our only chance is to destroy the fleet at Pearl Harbor.” (PRIMARY SOURCE QUOTE SOURCE 3) These anxious thoughts began to transform into a desperation
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Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? What was Pearl Harbor? Pearl Harbor was a navy base for the U.S. On December 7‚ 1941 Japanese planes and submarines made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. What was the reason behind Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor? There were at least three reasons why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. There were the U.S. expansion‚ the embargo‚ and Japan’s expansion. The U.S. expansion it helped make the navy bigger. In 1940 president Roosevelt moved U.S. Pacific fleet
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Imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor out of fear of the U.S. Navy trying to stop Japan from invading China‚ Japan was low on resources‚ so when Roosevelt put the oil embargo on Japan they felt as if this was the U.S. defending China‚ so in 1941 Japan attacked the Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor to prevent the Navy from physically defending China. The Manhattan Project started in 1942 and ended in 1945. The Manhattan Project started due to Albert Einstein having a desire to show F.D.R. the amount of
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Economy and International Affairs Foreign Languages Department THE ROLE OF THE MICROELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IN THE MODERN ECONOMY OF JAPAN Roman A. Botov group 420 Academic Advisors Prof. Sergei A. Verigo‚ PhD Prof. Elena V. Anashkina‚ PhD MOSCOW 2012 Abstract Microelectronics industry is one of the main drivers of an economy of a developed country. Japan has a solid base in microelectronics industry as it produces important components. However Japan’s industry was affected by natural
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he was an American warship Commodore who in 1854 sailed to Japan and presented letter to the Japanese from the US president asking that Japan open its ports to trade. Impressed by the American show of the strength‚ the shogun agreed to the Treaty of Kanagawa‚ ending his country’s long period of isolation. b) Treaty of Kanagawa – the shogun agreed to open two Japanese ports to American ships. The US soon won other trading rights with Japan. In time Great Britain‚ France and Russia gained similar trading
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Nara has been Japan’s capital for less than a century when the new enthroned Emperor Kammu decided to move it to Nagaoka. Less than a decade after the capital has been moved to Nagaoka‚ the Emperor decided to relocate the capital again. This time Nagaoka was Japan’s capital for less than a decade. The new capital was relocated in Uda village‚ later called Heian. Throughout the history‚ scholars had given different reasons explaining these two relocations. Some reasons seem more plausible than others
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Explore Yahuda’s argument that increasing economic interdependence between China and Japan does not necessarily spell stability in the relationship. Through critical analysis of Yahuda’s article‚ exploring the complex and paradoxical relationship of both China and Japan’s economic and political ties; there is an abundance of evidence suggesting the increasing economic relations between the two countries‚ whilst simultaneously addressing the declination of political ties. Factually‚ Yahuda’s article
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“Macro effects of Massive Earthquake upon Economic in Japan 2011 to 2013” Macro Economics June 27‚ 2013 For: Dr. Sarri‚ Samuel Nevada State Higher Education‚ Summer 2013 I‚ the undersigned‚ IQ‚ hereby‚ certify that this Macro Scientific Research Paper is the result of my own intellectual and scientific endeavors. Date: 6/27/13 Index 1. Title page----Page
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