For instance‚ Noroku Yamamoto believed that the United States would only continue to grow and become a powerful force to be reckoned with as time went on. He hoped that by ambushing The U.S. before they became too advanced‚ Japan could gain an early advantage in the Pacific. (SOURCE 1) Yamamoto is quoted saying that “If war comes‚ our only chance is to destroy the fleet at Pearl Harbor.” (PRIMARY SOURCE QUOTE SOURCE 3) These anxious thoughts began to transform into a desperation
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Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? What was Pearl Harbor? Pearl Harbor was a navy base for the U.S. On December 7‚ 1941 Japanese planes and submarines made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. What was the reason behind Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor? There were at least three reasons why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. There were the U.S. expansion‚ the embargo‚ and Japan’s expansion. The U.S. expansion it helped make the navy bigger. In 1940 president Roosevelt moved U.S. Pacific fleet
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Imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor out of fear of the U.S. Navy trying to stop Japan from invading China‚ Japan was low on resources‚ so when Roosevelt put the oil embargo on Japan they felt as if this was the U.S. defending China‚ so in 1941 Japan attacked the Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor to prevent the Navy from physically defending China. The Manhattan Project started in 1942 and ended in 1945. The Manhattan Project started due to Albert Einstein having a desire to show F.D.R. the amount of
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he was an American warship Commodore who in 1854 sailed to Japan and presented letter to the Japanese from the US president asking that Japan open its ports to trade. Impressed by the American show of the strength‚ the shogun agreed to the Treaty of Kanagawa‚ ending his country’s long period of isolation. b) Treaty of Kanagawa – the shogun agreed to open two Japanese ports to American ships. The US soon won other trading rights with Japan. In time Great Britain‚ France and Russia gained similar trading
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Nara has been Japan’s capital for less than a century when the new enthroned Emperor Kammu decided to move it to Nagaoka. Less than a decade after the capital has been moved to Nagaoka‚ the Emperor decided to relocate the capital again. This time Nagaoka was Japan’s capital for less than a decade. The new capital was relocated in Uda village‚ later called Heian. Throughout the history‚ scholars had given different reasons explaining these two relocations. Some reasons seem more plausible than others
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Explore Yahuda’s argument that increasing economic interdependence between China and Japan does not necessarily spell stability in the relationship. Through critical analysis of Yahuda’s article‚ exploring the complex and paradoxical relationship of both China and Japan’s economic and political ties; there is an abundance of evidence suggesting the increasing economic relations between the two countries‚ whilst simultaneously addressing the declination of political ties. Factually‚ Yahuda’s article
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annually on a regular basis and discuss issues regarding whaling (IWC 2011). After long-term discussions‚ Japan’s whaling practices have been restricted‚ and Japan is currently only allowed to perform whaling in the name of research in the northwestern Pacific and the Antarctic. (Morikawa 2009:5). Since this commercial whaling moratorium‚ Japan strives for the ‘’resumption of whaling based on research and scientific surveys’’ (ibid.‚ p.3). A couple of significant facts suggest that Japan’s stated argument
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Nuclear Bomb in Japan? I decide to write about the nuclear bomb incident happened at the end of World War II. The United States dropped two nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki at August 6 and August 9‚ 1945. The United States was one of the United Nations‚ while Japan was one of the Axis Powers. They were on the opposite military alliances during the World War II. In order to end the war shortly‚ the United States under the command of President Truman dropped two nuclear bombs in Japan. After the
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The Case Study of “Bookoff‚ Amazon Japan‚ and the Japanese Retail Bookselling Industry” Una Hu 1 Why is the profitability of large Japanese retail booksellers relatively poor and their scale relatively small? According to the case‚ ‘stagnation in sales along with the steady increase of costs over time has reduced the profitability of both large chains and small stores’ (Peng 2009‚ p. 391). There are several reasons that results in the relatively poor profitability of large Japanese retail booksellers
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Livelihood Improvement Program - Japan By Gaurav Kochar The way Japan has gone about developing its rural areas is quite commendable. Even though the resources were limited‚ other hardships that came in the way‚ the zeal and enthusiasm shown by the Japanese to excel and do better in whatever they do is something which should be taught not just to the people in developing countries but also in developed country. One of such program‚ which aimed at developing rural Japan‚ was Livelihood improvement program
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