Jennifer Mr. Ehrlich U.S Military Pd:7 June 7‚2013 There may be many reasons as to why the United States dropped a bomb in Japan. The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese to initiate United States entrance into the war‚ just four years before‚ was still fresh on the minds of many Americans. A feeling of justification and a desire to end the war strengthened the resolve of the United States to quickly and decisively conclude it. President Harry Truman had many alternatives at his disposal
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In 1940‚ Japan joined the Axis powers Germany and Italy. This increased conflict with the United States & Great Britain‚ which resulted with a supply cut of oil. Shortage of oil caused Japan to invade other countries‚ such as Indonesia for resources. Japan invaded and captured many countries but the Allied forces slowly pushed Japan back. Not long after‚ US forces air raided Japan‚ which then dropped the two atomic bombs. After the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ Japan surrendered
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Culture Shock What is culture shock? Culture shock is primarily a set of emotional reactions to the loss of perceptual reinforcements from one ’s own culture‚ to new cultural stimuli which have little or no meaning. (Adler‚ 1975) In layman ’s terms‚ culture shock is the anxiety resulting from losing one ’s sense of when to do what and how. (Pederson‚ 1988) There are many different ways to experience culture shock. It can be experienced across the world or as near as one ’s backyard. Many Americans
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. The Haniwa of Ancient Japan . Mark Morin Foxsparrow 10/12/2013 The burial statuettes of the Kofun culture of ancient Japan known as Haniwa‚ which is Japanese for “clay cylinders‚”(Noma 1960‚ 3) are especially significant for learning about the ancient secular life and spiritual belief systems of the time period from 200600CE. To quote Seiroku Noma‚ author of the introduction section of Haniwa as shown in four American museums published by The Asia Society in 1960‚ “Several thousand
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Shinto Shinto is the principal religion of Japan‚ with roots that date back to prehistoric times with origins in Buddhism‚ Confucianism and Daoism. The term Shinto refers to the “way of the gods” and was first given to Japan’s native religion a few decades after Buddhism arrived to the country. Shinto remains an essential‚ defining‚ part of Japanese life‚ culture and belief. The religion underwent a major revival in the second half of the 19th century
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The Tokugawa Era of Japan Japan before the Tokugawa Era was a nation of warring states. The Tokugawa shoguns changed social class structures‚ agriculture‚ and manufacturing in the country by consolidating trends which had been in the making for some time (East Asia‚ p. 279) and brought Japan into a unified and productive state which lasted from about 1603 until 1800. Urbanization‚ economic growth‚ and social changes were natural and predictable outcomes of the shogunate philosophy.
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religions originated in their country and had been around for many centuries. A great example of this is Shinto in Japan‚ which has been around for an extremely long time. Shinto formed the country of Japan‚ explaining how the country formed and how it came to be today. Shinto is an exceedingly significant thing to pay attention to when learning about any other events or concepts in Japan. Seeing as Shinto is the largest religion‚ there are multiple varieties of Shinto: Sect Shinto‚ Shrine Shinto‚
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Japan Strength Abundant entertainment Tokyo provides a range of attractions for visitors looking for authentic Japanese culture‚ numerous shops‚ restaurants‚ museums‚ art galleries‚ and sightseeing‚ including modern buildings and historic architecture. Centre for business Tokyo is a global business hub‚ including international conventions. Tokyo’s stock exchange is one of the world’s big three stock exchange Weakness Expensive Though Japan has experienced deflation in recent years
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their peers and on their first year in elementary school‚ to value punctuality. Classroom management emphasizes student responsibility through emphasis on daily chores such as cleaning of desks and scrubbing of classroom floors. The teaching culture in Japan differs greatly from that of schools in the West. Teachers are particularly concerned about developing the holistic child and focus on matters such as personal hygiene‚ nutrition‚ sleep which are not ordinarily thought of as part of the teacher
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the study of Japan and Japanese when she was an undergraduate at Princeton University as noted in the Acknowledge portion of the book‚ Gift-Giving in Japan: Cash‚ Connections. Cosmologies. After that she had her graduated training in the University of Chicago funded by the National Science Foundation and the University itself‚ including one year of support from the Committee on Japanese Studies. Before the writing of this book‚ Katherine Rupp took twenty months of field work In Japan which is funded
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