During the middle of the nineteenth century‚ Japan began frequently coming into contact western nations. Because of the backwardness of its feudal state system and military power in the initial age‚ Japan signed some unequal treaties with westerners. The Meiji Restoration and the industrial revolution were the ideologies that Japan learned from western nations. Meiji Restoration and the industrial revolution not only changed Japan’s infrastructure‚ it was also a culture revolution that created a new
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Before the Meiji restoration under the feudal Tokugawa Shogunate‚ taxation was mainly a tool for warfare and military power. The system was highly regressive and pressed lightly on the rich and profit-earners. It was calculated to preserve a very unequal distribution on incomes and to stimulate the accumulation of private capital. This tendency somehow continued and was magnified before W.W.II when direct taxation was introduced for a more equal and balanced system. However‚ the Meiji restoration
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The Atomic Bomb Abigail Dockstader Senior Division Research Paper The Atomic Bomb The Atomic Bomb is one of the deadliest weapons ever to be created. It has changed the history of the world. The atomic bomb would be the first weapon to bring together the world and shatter it altogether. In 1945‚ the only weapon that could destroy the world was built. This is the story of the history‚ creation‚ and innovation of the Atomic Bomb. In 1905
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would you do!Well President Truman was in this position and he did not choose wrong. President truman was justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- During the Winter of 1941 something very sad and depressing happened.The day was december seventhth and this was no ordinary day‚ it was the battle of pearl harbor and the United states of America was caught with their pants down.
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Germany and Japan Germany and Japan were part of the second wave of modernizing nations. They did not start industrializing until the second half of the nineteenth century. It was nearly a century after the French revolution and the beginning of British industrialization. They did have an advantage in being the second wave‚ for one they could learn from the technologies and techniques that were used in Europe before them and implement these systems into their own industries. Germany and Japan did not
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For the past decade‚ deflation has persisted in Japan. Deflation is the sustained decrease in the average of all prices of goods and services in the economy (Economics Today 2006). Among all the countries since WWII‚ Japan has been suffering from deflation for the longest time. There have been many attempts in stopping deflation. Then why has Japan been under deflation for such a long time? Reason for deflation One reason for the deflation in Japan is the increased goods being imported from China
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ethics of using an atomic bomb from day one of the Manhattan Project. Not only did the atomic bomb result in approximately 200‚000 deaths instantly‚ but the real reasons for the detonation do not always appear to be strictly military. Some historians have found that other reasons behind the use of the bomb sprout from racism‚ and it has been predicted that politicians did not necessarily care about those outside of the Caucasian race. Furthermore‚ the dropping of the atomic bomb can seem unnecessary when
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Crimes against humanity‚ as never witnessed before‚ and hopefully to never be seen again‚ occurred during the course of World War II. The security of our nation and of other allied nations was severely threatened‚ not only by the Germans‚ but by the Japanese. The Japanese were a strong people willing to fight till it was no longer possible. It may even be said that they were suicidal‚ with their kamikaze pilots and no real hope of defeating the allied nations. America has always‚ and most likely will always
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America’s decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan was only done to assert our position over the Soviet Union‚ and Japan’s surrender was only an extra accomplishment of the attack. During the years 1939 to 1947‚ numerous conferences were held to discuss diplomatic matters‚ and the strive towards getting Japan to accept an unconditional surrender. The Japanese had already been weakened‚ and the military predicted that they would eventually be forced to surrender in a short amount of time. Even the
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – Was it justified? The bombing of Hiroshima occurred on August 6‚ 1945 and three days later followed by the bombing of Nagasaki. The bombing killed hundreds of thousands of civilians‚ including woman and children as said by Admiral William E. Leahy (Document 2). While the dropping of the bomb had devastating effects on not only the people and the environment‚ it effectively ended the war. The amount of people that died due to the bombs may not even compare to the magnitude
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