Japan is an island country situated in East Asia which is located in the Pacific Ocean. Tokyo is the capital of Japan. The four largest islands of Japan are as follows: Honshu‚ Hokkaido‚ Kyushu‚ and Shikoku which makes 97% of the land area of Japan. JOMON PERIOD Jomon Period is the pre-historic period in Japan from 14‚500 BCE to 100BCE. The name Jomon is derived from the “cord marking” that were found in the pottery during the Jomon period. The people during this period were semi- sedentary and lived
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Effects of Globalization on Japan and China GLT1: IssuesBehavioral Science Michael Poffenbarger November 18th 2013 In this paper I will be looking at China and Japan two very different examples of native non-western cultures that have been impacted by western culture very differently. Globalization can be described as the increasing interplay of cultures brought closer together. The impact of globalization on indigenous cultures can be seen negatively and positively with varying
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Because no nation has come half so far so fast‚ Japan is envied by capitalists elsewhere and looked upon as an example to emulate. Thirty years ago‚ its war-shattered economy was little more than one-third the size of Britain’s. Today the Japanese G.N.P. exceeds the combined total of Britain and France‚ and the gap is certain to widen in the years ahead. The Japanese variant of capitalism cannot be readily or precisely copied‚ except perhaps by a few Asian countries‚ because it is rooted in a homogeneous
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transcribing of religious writing was a spiritual thing. The characters are written in a same style which is balanced. Every strokes are clearly displayed. interpretation: This is an evidence that buddhism was spread in Japan during Nara period. This may also imply the kanji’s development in Japan. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1981.75 B) Biography Fujiwara no Michinaga 966 – January 3‚ 1028 During the heian period‚ he was the highlight of the Fujiwara clan’ ‚ a family which controlled
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Buddhism was first introduced in Japan by Korea during the mid-sixth century (Earhart 293). Before‚ Japan was already practicing its own religion called Shinto and the introduction of Buddhism had induced a serious religious conflict within Japan. One form of Buddhism that enthralled Japan was the Mahayana Buddhism‚ which demonstrated an easy way to achieve salvation for all people (Earhart 293). The new religion and its doctrine attracted both the Japanese people‚ especially the commoners‚ the court
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Western countries. Japan also became more militaristic in hopes of not being a victim of imperialism. Although Japan experienced some changes‚ Japan continued the ideology of kokutai as a method for imperial advancement. Japan’s cultural and political structure changed from being a weak isolated nation to a modern imperialist country. Before Japan westernized‚ it was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. This was an agricultural economy with a population of 13 billion. Japan did not associate
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During 1750-1900 Russia and Japan both getting a late start to industrialization face similar as well as complete differences due to the process. Compared to Russia‚ Japan was able to seperate themselves from Asian persuasian ans survive as a strong independent nation‚ and still lock down raw materials from Korea. Russia had been able to control a warm-water port and actually expand into Asia and Europe. Both nations had developed so that they were able to avoid dominaion by the west. One similarity
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Japan earthquake and tsunami - 2011 Japan is an island nation located in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean‚ it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan‚ China‚ North Korea‚ South Korea and Russia. Japan is an archipelago of 6‚852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu‚ Hokkaido‚ Kyushu and Shikoku‚ together comprising about ninety-seven percent of Japan’s land area. Japan is a major economic power and has the 3rd largest nominal GDP Its GDP per capita is $34‚739 or the 25th highest in the
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Comparison Essay 3: China and Japan The Asian countries of China and Japan have very different histories of their beginnings and how they became the countries they are today. For hundreds of years‚ there was very little contact or influence the countries share with one another‚ for both shared the desire to keep all foreign influences away. While this has certainly created many historical differences in art between these countries‚ as influence from one another was allowed ideas and techniques were
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DanxuewenZhu Economic relationship between China and Japan General situation China is the world’s largest developing country (China.org.com‚ 2011) and Japan is the major economic entity .They play an important role in both region and world economy. Japan is one of China’s important neighbors. In 2006 former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited China. This visit is called “ice-breaking journey” (Xinhua‚ 2007). After that journey‚ Sino-Japanese political relations has been warmed‚ and bilateral
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