Earthquake in Japan I- What is an EARTHQUAKE? * An Earthquake is a sudden movement of the earth’s lithosphere caused by a sudden release of energy in the earth’s crust. II- The Location of Japan. * Located in the Pacific Ocean it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan‚ China‚North Korea‚ South Korea and Russia. The Japanese archipelago is located in an area where several continental and oceanic plates meet. III- The Earthquakes in Japan. * The Great Kanto Earthquake‚ the
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Meiji japan The meiji restoration was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to japan in 1868. The restoration and the end of the tokugawa shogun restored imperial rule over japan and brought about huge changes in japans political and social structure. The end of the tokugaua shogunate led to the country being reopened. This ment japan was open to the outside world and was quick to modernise. The new government led by emperor meiji and lower rank samari. The modernisation of japan led to
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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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Changing Fashions Fashions come and go and change rapidly with the years. Fashions come into style‚ then go out because people love change‚ variety and new things. No one wants to wear or use something that’s considered to be old. With the constant changing in the ideas of man‚ changes in style‚ manners‚ and attitude come about. When new fashions are established‚ it spreads very quickly‚ mainly among young teens and adults. The youth are more aware of what is going on in the society today – fashion
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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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The changing identity 2 Identity‚ personality‚ self‚ selfhood‚ individuality are the words that make a difference between people. Changing identity is really important in point to form new people. People can change their personalities at any period of their lives. Always they change individualities when they move to the next step in their lives and they are in a new society. First‚ young people always want to change their identities when they start a college. So‚ when they finished
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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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