water‚ causing a tsunami. Tsunamis are barely felt as a ripple on the ocean’s surface‚ but as the waves reach land‚ they increase in size as the water becomes shallower. Japan earthquake and tsunami At 2:46pm Japanese time‚ on March 11th 2011‚ an earthquake with the magnitude of 9.0 took place 100km of the coast of Japan‚ and was the 5th most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
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Australia and Japan Economic growth Australia is a small open economy with a population of over 21 million. It is characterized as an advanced economy by the World Bank with a gross domestic product of US$766.8 billion; whereas Japan has the third largest economy in the world and is the second most technologically powered economy after the US. It has a population of over 127.4 million and has a GDP of US$4.346 trillion. However in 2007 Australia had a slightly higher GDP per capita than Japan with
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This time‚ it was a 9.0-magnitude earthquake just off the coast of Japan‚ followed by a gigantic tsunami and nuclear disaster. Some of the effects in Japan were obvious‚ while others we may not fully understand for decades to come. With the two major earthquakes so close together‚ many people are comparing the two disasters. Here is a breakdown of the similarities and differences between the earthquakes in Haiti and Japan. Japan is one of the richest countries in the world while Haiti is one of
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European Imperialism on Japan Ever since the Industrial Revolution‚ the Europeans were restless in between the intensified economic activity and competition; many industrialists at this time believed that the only way their nations could ensure their economic necessities was the acquisition of overseas territories‚ and this belief later expanded into Imperialism. The second motive for Imperialism/Colonialism would be that once Europeans obtained the knowledge of ’outer beyond’ and
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Christianity in Japan Christianity as a whole idea began at the beginning of time. This entire world was founded on the basis of this concept. Through time it has tremendously expanded and has been passed down from generation to generation. As new lands were discovered and established‚ this notion of Christianity spread rapidly with it. As explorers traveled‚ they took this with them and began to incorporate it into these new cultures. Thus‚ we have the example of the country of Japan. Christianity
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Two very different regions of the world‚ Europe and Japan‚ each independently developed very similar systems of feudalism‚ in which vassals held land from lords in exchange for military service. This system played a huge role in what these countries would grow to become. In both regions‚ the decentralization of the time period led to the development of constitutional governmental structures‚ and the distinct separation of classes impacted the creation of similar societies in which there was greater
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aggragate demand and aggregate supply. This story is about Japans changes in economy. At the beginning of this story‚ Japan was really good place for living. Even small-business owners were able to live luxuriously. They could afford themselves good cars‚ expensive homes abroad‚ vacations all over the world‚ rich weddings and good night-life. But at all of a sudden‚ everything changed. All of these things vanished. It was unexpected because Japan was the first Asian country which was competition to the
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bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had on motivating Japan to surrender. The author advances the trajectory of the traditionalist arguments by affirming to historians the internal turmoil that Japan faced to surrender. Rhodes states that the turmoil between the government‚ military‚ and civilians led to Japan prolonging the war. Rhodes agrees with Butow by saying that the Japanese citizens felt that the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima placed Japan in a position of surrender. Rhodes moves the trajectory
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“Words Will not stay still” T. S. Elliot The English lexicon is changing and always will change. Discuss with reference to contemporary Australian English. Whether it is the creation of the new or the dying out of the old‚ the shortening of one or the blending of two‚ words and their semantics are forever transforming. The English language‚ as with all “living‚” i.e.‚ currently spoken‚ read‚ and/or written‚ languages are constantly changing. But that change only happens as people use the language
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Japan Tsunami and Earthquake Sion Hau 7D 31/07/11 An earthquake occurred in Sendai‚ Japan on the 11th of March in 2011; this earthquake also resulted in a tsunami. The earthquake measured at magnitude 8.9-9.0 on the Richter scale‚ the scale is measured in powers of ten (e.g. magnitude 2.0 is ten times more than magnitude 1.0). Japan sits on the Ring of Fire (an area encircling Pacific Ocean that has high volcanic and earthquake
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