During the era of the weak emperor Taisho (1912-26)‚ the political power shifted from the oligarchic clique (genro) to the parliament and the democratic parties. In the First World War‚ Japan joined the Allied powers‚ but played only a minor role in fighting German colonial forces in East Asia. At the following Paris Peace Conference of 1919‚ Japan’s proposal of amending a "racial equality clause" to the covenant of the League of Nations was rejected by the United States‚ Britain and Australia
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Origin of World War II in the Asian-Pacific Region Why did Japan ultimately decide to start World War II by invading China in 1937 and then worsen the conflict by attacking the British and Americans in 1941? Were these attacks the effects of a Japanese state with an extreme belief of nationalism‚ or of a particularly coercive social order‚ or of economic and social inequalities‚ or had Japan by the late 1930s entered a stage of late capitalist development that naturally evolved into fascism? Was
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ the feelings of animosity in America against Japan increased. By late 1945‚ the Allied leaders met in Germany with news of a secret new weapon‚ called the atomic bomb‚ created by American scientists‚ that was powerful enough to destroy an entire city. However‚ there were some feelings that the bomb was too powerful‚ and the leaders chose instead to send the Potsdam Declaration to Japan warning them to surrender. The Japanese military did not know about the atomic
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From 1988 onwards‚ Japan made a policy to contribute to international peace. The announcement about it was made by Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita (竹下登)‚ who introduced “International Contribution Initiatives” that included economic cooperation‚ cultural cooperation‚ and cooperation for peace. Japan had claimed a willingness to take responsibility for the past‚ but was still was unable to be more interactive with the UN. In the early 1990s‚ Ichirō Ozawa‚ the LDP Secretary of State‚ criticized the
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Did you know that Japan accepts almost no immigrants into the country compared to some countries? We only accept less than 16% of immigrants accepted in Europe (Office of immigration statistics). This is remarkable because Japan is a developed country and is as wealthy as other countries in Europe and other continents. According to the department of homeland security‚ Japan accepted one of the fewest numbers of immigrants in Asia in 2015. Furthermore‚ research from the same source shows that the
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The Rise of Western Culture and Economy in Japan after World War II According to some scholars‚ a society’s culture determines its economic destiny. Before 1860‚ Japan had been isolated for over two centuries‚ and it was not until the aftermath of World War II when Japan was forced to ration food to extreme measures (Hiesinger 39)‚ the Japanese people’s fear of become a Western sub-colony coupled with “their flexible attitude towards cultural variance (Sparke 10)‚” ushered them into economic and
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potentials. However‚ to develop and implement effective human resource management strategies in their expansion into Asian markets‚ it is imperative for MNCs to understand Asian cultural values. For the purpose of this work‚ we will focus on the case of Japan. Fundamental concepts of cross-cultural management and different aspects Concept 1 - national cultural dimension in the business context Concept 2 - the influence of national culture on the business culture Concept 3 - value orientations
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Answer The "cause" was that Japan wanted to control all of the islands of the Pacific and the U.S. Navy was considered to be an impediment to the Japanese plans. The effect of the attack of Pearl Harbour was that it forced the U.S. into a war with Japan; a war that ended in the unleashing of the worlds first‚ and hopefully last‚ use of a nuclear bomb in an attempt to defeat an enemy. Answer twenty-one ships of the U.S. Pacific fleet were damaged and the death toll reached 2‚403‚ along with 68
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did Japan turn to militarism and drift away from democracy in the 1930s and the 1940s? How did US occupation authorities seek to prevent Japan from relapsing into the past system of military expansion? The root of Japan’s militarism started out from the developments of the Meiji era that was established by imperial restoration after Edo period. The idea of the Meiji Revolution‚ to boost morale and to extricate Japan from the idea of Tokugawa feudalism‚ had been carried over to turn Japan into
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Japanese to surrender‚ shorten the war‚ save lives and money‚ and avoid us from asking the Soviet Union to get involved. The atomic bomb is already built‚ and not using it would waste all the money and time put into developing it. Releasing the bomb on Japan really would be in the best interest of the United States. The first benefit of detonating the bomb would be forcing the Japanese to surrender. The Japanese army is cruel‚ unforgiving‚ and unnecessarily barbaric. They go on rampages‚ raping women and
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