than any other nation in the world‚ Japan is shaped by its geography to a tremendous extent. Technically classified as an archipelago‚ Japan is a curved chain of four islands (Hokkaido‚ Honshu‚ Shikoku‚ and Kyushu‚ plus over a thousand smaller islands). However‚ it is first and foremost an island nation‚ a fact which isolated Japan from the rest of the world. The second largest influence in Japanese geography is the size of the nation. The total area of Japan proper is a little under 143 thousand
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Investigating Earthquakes – Japan Gurjit & Ashwin Preliminary questions: a. Why do earthquakes happen in this location? b. Does this location fall on any fault lines? c. What are they doing to prepare themselves? d. How often earthquakes happen in this location? e. The last earthquake? f. The strongest earthquake? g. What are the hazards of earthquakes in this area? h. How are the structures built in this area Investigation: i. Japan is located in an area where several continental
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goddess Amatersau‚ however‚ established the emperor as the ultimate source of political authority and surrounded the imperial throne with thicket of taboos that protected it from usurpation. Tokugawa and his politicians created some policies to keep japan from rebelling and try to control over the society. They divided the feudal lords into three categories: Fudai‚ Shimpan and Tozama daimyos. The fudai daimyo‚ descended from members of the original tokugawa vassal band or men who had been made daimyo
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Japan dominates For 6 months after Pearl Harbour‚ Japan reigned supreme in the Pacific and in South Asia. Japanese troops rolled back the British‚ Australians and Americans. The loss of Singapore in February 1942 meant that Britain’s key naval base in the Far East was in Japanese hands. Battle of Midway – June 1942 Japanese victories come to an end…the Americans began island hopping. The strategy was to avoid strongly defended enemy islands and isolate them from support. The re-conquest of the
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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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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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[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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