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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According to the Reconstruction Agency‚ the number of the Great East Japan Earthquake related death was about 3523 in 2016‚ and the number of people who died from the nuclear accident was about 1368 in 2016(Tokyo Shimbun). This means that 40% of the Earthquake’s death come from the nuclear accident. Also‚ according to the Hoki net‚ the death rate of cardiovascular system diseases of Fukushima became 1.45 times of the national average after the nuclear accident
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For our group task my partner Aaron and I went to go visit Little Tokyo in Los Angeles California to interact with the Japanese culture in that certain area. As we entered the Little Tokyo district we immediately noticed the Japanese culture atmosphere that was in the air. We were surrounded by Sushi restraints‚ Asian ethnicity‚ and lots of signs that had Japanese writing on it. We went to go visit the Japanese Museum which was located a couple of miles from where parked but it was worth the walk
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ citizens of Hiroshima were greeted with a brilliant flash of light‚ instantly vaporizing seventy-thousand Japanese citizens. This was the atomic bomb Little Boy. Only three days later‚ the atomic bomb Fat Man fell on Nagasaki‚ resulting in eighty-thousand deaths. In addition‚ hundreds of thousands would later perish at the hands of radiations sickness‚ which was not yet understood at the time. It was then and still is a point of contention between scholars‚ but‚ ultimately
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currently residing in the National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo‚ Japan (Ueno). Visited on 11/2/09 from 10:15-11:30 Bassano’s The Last Judgment Painted by Leandro Bassano‚ a 16th century Venetian artist‚ The Last Judgment is a stunning work of scared art that takes one’s breath away upon first sight. Finished in 1596‚ the oil painting stands 73 x 51 cm tall and currently resides in the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo‚ Japan. Visiting this piece on a Monday‚ I had the pleasure of
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The Role of The Emperor in Meiji Japan Japan is a society whose culture is steeped in the traditions and symbols of the past: Mt. Fuji‚ the tea ceremony‚ and the sacred objects of nature revered in Shintoism. Two of the most important traditions and symbols in Japan; the Emperor and Confucianism have endured through Shogunates‚ restorations of imperial rule‚ and up to present day. The leaders of the Meiji Restoration used these traditions to gain control over Japan and further their goals
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visitors. Located by the river Marne some 20 miles east of Paris‚ it was designed to be the biggest and most lavish theme park that Walt Disney (Disney) had built to date-bigger than Disneyland in Anaheim‚ California; Disneyworld in Orlando‚ Florida; and Tokyo Disneyland in Japan. In 1989‚ EuroDisney was expected to be a surefire moneymaker for its parent Disney‚ led by Chairman Michael Eisner and President Frank Wells. Since then‚ sadly‚ Wells was killed in an air accident in spring of 1994‚ and EuroDisney
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In the best-selling novel entitled Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden‚ Golden examines the secret world of the geisha. Contrary of what is often believed‚ geisha are far from being prostitutes; they are more accurately High-class Japanese entertainers. Arthur Golden shows the reader a completely different look on life in looking into the lives of geisha in mid-twentieth century Gion and sends a very strong message distinguishing the geisha and the prostitutes. Arthur Golden‚ throughout Memoirs
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Global Strategy Introduction Over several decades‚ there are several forces and rapid change in worldwide businesses which have been driven companies around the world attempting to survive in this uncontrollable changing. Such factors are tariff reduction‚ non-tariff barrier‚ free trade agreement‚ maturity in domestic market‚ threat from worldwide competitors and the rise of newly industrializing counties (NICs) such as Thailand‚ Hong Kong‚ Taiwan and so on where able to back up for sophisticated
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Using firebomb raids‚ the US could wear down on the Japanese through lack of food and repeatedly annihilating Japanese towns. The United States launched a similar attack on Tokyo in March of 1945. The attacked resulted in one hundred thousand fatalities. The best strategy would have been to firebomb the rice harvest of 1946 in May; however‚ this would cause the war to drag on for over half year longer. This would lead to more
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