This paper is a review of the book Japan’s Comfort Women-Sexual slavery and prostitution during WWII and the US occupation by Yuki Tanaka. This book was published in 2002 by Routledge. The book deals with the thousands of Japanese‚ Korean‚ Chinese and other Asian and European women who were victims of organized sexual violence and prostitution by means of "comfort stations" setup by the Japanese military during World War II. As we first get into the book‚ we find out that the origins of comfort
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When we look back the history of many Asian countries‚ most of them once been controlled by western countries. Either good way or bad way when one country colonize another they influence the country in many ways. beside the negative influence‚ in my opinion i believe that colonization of western countries effect Asian countries in positive ways. Since western countries had more mechanical skills and economically they were more stabilized than many asian countries‚ therefore control of them allowed
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Today the make-up of geisha is one of the most recognizable characteristics about them‚ but historically this has not always been the case. The origins of white face make-up in Japanese culture are largely disputed. Some believe that the Japanese were inspired by "pale faced" European women‚ while others believe that it originated in China and was later adopted by the women in the Japanese court. The use of white make-up in Japanese history can be dated back as early as the Heian Era (794-1185 AD)
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Questionnaire(For Teenagers) Hello I am a form 5 student from HKMA David Li Kwok Po College and I am doing my Independent Enquiry Study(IES) on the “Impacts of Korean Wave Stars on the Personal Development of Teenagers in Hong Kong”. Therefore‚ I would like to ask that you please help me fill out this questionnaire on the topic. All information obtained is for the enquiry’s purpose and will remain confidential. Thank you. Personal Information Sex: [] Female [] Male Age: [] 11-13 []
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The importance of Japanese language is spoken by over one-hundred forty million in Japan alone and is also a natural second language for people in Chinese and Korean speaking countries. Despite Japan’s growth being out shined by neighbor countries like China and India. Japan is still has the second largest economy in world following China. Japanese is part of the Altaic languages (which includes Turkish‚ Tungusic‚ Mongolian‚ and Korean) spoken in the early Transcaspian steppe country over four
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Since the origination of Japan‚ it has been heavily influenced by China. Despite having created their country with major influences from China‚ they eventually started crafting these ideas into their own versions‚ leading to major differences in cultures. These influences can be seen within‚ religion‚ Japanese poetry‚ and government structure. The government structure assimilated by the Japanese was the idea of a “state headed by a divine monarch” (Japanese 1074). For example‚ in early Japan the
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Since the 1900s Japan’s economy and population had been growing rapidly. Japan lacked land for its growing population. It also lacked raw materials. By the 1920s‚ Japan was a major power. It had a strong and powerful army and navy. Japan had a strong flourishing industry and was exporting goods to China and USA. It had a growing empire in the Korean Peninsula. The Great Depression had hit Japan severely. China and USA‚ who were also affected by the Depression‚ put up trade barriers against Japanese
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There are a few reasons why the Japanese chose to take over Manchuria. One reason is that the Japanese had owed a rail line and had claimed that the Chinese had sabotaged the railway; this was called the Mukden incident. The Japanese then sent in their own troops to Manchuria and claimed that they had acted in self defence and were just resolving that issue. Another reason is that the Japanese had suffered from the great depression and was seeking a way to overcome the depression by expanding its
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Japan‚ located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Asian Continent‚ is a nation composed of almost 7‚000 islands‚ many are small. The four main islands are Hokkaido‚ Honshu‚ Shikoku‚ and Kyushu. Japan has the seventh largest population in the world. With approximately 125 million inhabitants‚ the only countries with a higher population are China‚ India‚ the United States‚ Indonesia‚ and Brazil. The population which is about half of the United States‚ lives on only 1/25 as much total land mass
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Kyoto at midnight is an astonishing sight‚ like Paris. The streets are filled with people on their way to and from cultural events. Some are wearing kimono‚ others are in Armani or Yamamoto. Kyoto’s is a very different sensibility from that of fast-paced‚ ultra-modern‚ development-minded" Tokyo. Indeed it was the capital for a thousand years before a cluster of small villages on Tokyo Bay became a city. Kyoto is changing rapidly‚ however. Diane Durston is the author of Old Kyoto and Kyoto: Seven
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