The Bombing of Pearl Harbor: A Japanese Mistake
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A 14 page overview of the events leading up to the Japanese bombing of Pearly Harbor and the long term response of the United States. By bombing Pearl Harbor the Japanese invoked not only the military might of the United States but also her political and economic power. That one act would ensure both the overt and the covert hostilities of the United States for the next six decades. Pearl Harbor ensured Japan's defeat militarily, politically, and economically. Although she eventually overcame the economic, and indeed even the political, annoyances hurled by the United States, the United States proved to be the most formidable enemy Japan ever faced. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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The Changing Status of Japanese Women
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This 19 page research paper examines the role of Japanese women in their society and how that role has changed since the conclusion of World War II. Article 14 of the Japanese constitution was a major landmark in helping to improve conditions for women and various other laws & events have helped to increase women's participation rights..yet Japanese society still clings to tradition in several key respects.. Bibliography lists 15 comprehensive sources.
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The Effect Of The 1790 Naturalization Act On The Japanese
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A 3 page paper that discuses the Naturalization Act of 1790 and its effect on the Japanese population. This act decreed that only whites could become naturalized citizens. Takaki's book is used as a basis. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Emperors of China and Japan
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This 9 page paper considers the different roles of the emperors of China and Japan in promoting or inhibiting programs for political and social change. This paper looks at the period between the mid-19th century through the end of World War II and considers the different culture/ideological elements in the societies of China and Japan in order to consider the function of the emperors in both of these countries. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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The Future of the Pax Nipponica
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9 pages in length. The author reviews the fact that it is unlikely that there will be a Pax Nipponica in the near future. This is largely due to the fact that the United States hegemon was purported to be in decline; however this statement is a bit premature as the United States still wields much power. It is not likely a Pax Nipponica could occur at this time. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Influence of Yukichi Fukuzawa
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5 pages in length. Fukuzawa Yukichi was not only the founder of Keio University, but he is considered by many to be one of the first experts on the West in modern Japan and as such, he is frequently looked upon as having played an important role in the modernization of late 19th-century Japan. Fukuzawa Yukichi firmly believed that every man could benefit from education. He felt that only when the Japanese people were able to stand independently would the Japanese nation be able to be free of the influence of Western powers. Based on his autobiography. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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The Japanese Consulate
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This 12 page paper discusses the function, policies and organizational structure of the Japanese Consulate.
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The Japanese Economy;
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This 12 page paper examines the economy of Japan. Included in the paper is consideration of the GDP, its' current levels and future levels, imports and exports, trading partners, trade surpluses and deficits as well as inward and outward investment and barriers to trade. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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The Japanese Healthcare System
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15 pages in length. A discussion of the Japanese healthcare system along with several solutions to make it better. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Japanese Justification for its Participation in World War II
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This 5 page report discusses Japan’s justification for its participation in World War II. Relying primarily on the first person accounts chronicled in “Japan at War,” this report addresses the logic and the justification of the Japanese while demonstrating that the common citizens of Japan were also caught up in the collective sense of nationalism and determination to preserve their world that was promoted by their government. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Katsura Villa
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The Katsura Villa A five page paper which looks at the background to the construction of the Katsura Villa by Prince Toshihito, and at the important features of its design in relation to traditional Japanese culture. The writer describes the connection between Toshihito and Hideyoshi, and the reason for Toshihito’s retirement from public life after the death of Hideyoshi. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Ongoing U.S. Responsibility for Japanese Success
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A 10 page discussion of the historical arena which has shaped the relationship between the United States and Canada. Contends that the direction Japan has taken is largely the result with her alliance, regardless of how rocky that alliance continues to be, with the United States. Although there are still smoldering resentments and even hostilities between the two countries, the United States has a moral and ethical commitment to ensure the ongoing economic and political success of Japan. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Operation of the Japanese Banking System
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This 9 page paper provides an overview of the Japanese banking system, compares it with systems in other countries and assesses problems and solutions for the struggling industry. Japan's banks are compared with those in other nations. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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The Role of Women in Japan Today
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5 pages in length. Currently there is a new Japan, due to the fact that women's gender roles are slowly but surely changing from the societal norms they have had for hundreds of years. It is no doubt these new changing roles of the feminists that will cause Japan to see a totally new societal, economic, and political picture than ever before. Bibliography lists two sources.
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The US Annexation of Hawaii
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An 8 page overview of the economic and political factors surrounding the 1898 US annexation of Hawaii. Because of its location and tremendously productive environment, Hawaii is a strategically important military and economic accouterment. The sugar industry which existed at the time of annexation were obvious factors in the desirability of Hawaii to both the United States and Japan. Equally as important, however, was the strategic location of the islands from a military perspective. Outlines the growing Japanese presence in Hawaii in the years preceding annexation and contends that if the decision had not have been made to annex Hawaii the Japanese would have taken the islands. Notes the duality of impacts of US annexation including the tremendous cultural and physical impacts sustained by the Hawaiian people. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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The Yakuza
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This 10 page paper explores the history of Japan's organized crime group and focuses on how it effects the economy. Its ties with business--particularly the real estate business-- and government, is explored. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Three Days Later: Nagasaki
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(5 pp) Four years after 2,400 people were killed in the bombing of Pearl Harbor; it has been estimated that 240,000 Japanese were killed in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Yet the bombing of Nagasaki did not occur until three days after Hiroshima. This discussion will examine the events of that particular explosion and the aftermath in the country, as well as the revisionist historical thoughts, which are occurring today. Bibliography lists 4 sources including 3 visuals of post-Nagasaki after bombing.
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Tule Lake Relocation Camp: A Search for Justice
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This 10 page thesis paper focuses on Tule Lake but talks about the subject of the Japanese internment in an ideological manner. The paper suggests that the U.S. government acted in such a way due to deep-seated prejudices against Asians, particularly as it existed in the West. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Two Questions of World War II
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This 4 page report discusses two specific questions regarding World War II. 1) Considering WWII’s worst excesses -- as exemplified in “Survival at Auschwitz” (Pimo Levi), “The Rape of Nanking” (Iris Chang), and “Hiroshima” (John Hersey) -- what conclusions can be drawn regarding humanity’s capacity to do evil or preserve dignity? and 2) How do American and Russian “contributions” compare when considered in the defeat of Hitler’s forces? Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945”: A Critique of the Book by Edward Stanley Miller
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A 5 page critique of the contentions presented in this book concerning the relative value of internal verses battlefield planning which occurred between the latter years of the nineteenth century through the years of World War II. Examines the author’s categorization of military strategists into the categories of realists, adventurists, cautionaries, and thrusters. Supports his contention that it was the cautionaries and the realists who won the war, not the adventurists and thrusters. No additional sources listed.
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Western Influence on Asia and Africa
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A 6 page overview of the varying interactions of African and Asian countries to Western influence. Provides specific examples from Sudan, Gold Coast (Ghana), Kenya, Morocco, Japan, China, Ethiopia, and elsewhere. Emphasizes that these reactions varied from almost total cooperation to armed resistance and were dependent on a number of factors including time period, previous interrelationships, degree of Western penetration, and economics. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Women's Role During Japan's Heian Era
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10 pages in length. Women during Japan's Heian era (794-1192) were represented as a combination of an oppressed yet liberated gender, inasmuch as there existed significant patriarchal overtones but at the same time these oppressive tendencies were responsible for unleashing a wealth of literary mastery that may have forever lay dormant. While there was a certain population of women during Japan's Heian era who held high social position due to their business or personal relations, the primary focus rests upon those women who, by way of patriarchal influence, sought to break free from such constraints through the written word. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Women's Roles in the Work of(Japanese author) Hayashi Fumiko
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(4 pp) Hayashi Fumiko's work places Japanese women in the role of hero/heroine in a world that has previously only allocated that status, or "badge of honor" to men of prestige. As a person and an author she claims the right to wear that badge herself.
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Yakuza
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A 25 page in depth paper on the Yakuza (Japanese Organized Crime Syndicates). The writer details the history, organization, activities of the Yakuza in Japan and abroad and also talks about Yakuza's linkage to other organized crime groups. Provided, are in depth discussions of past and recent Yakuza bosses, Yakuza activity in the international drug trade, sexual slavery, financial sabotage, corporate manipulation, loansharking, etc. Report is based on information obtained from Yakuza: Past & Present. Primary source cited in Bibliography.
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“Comparison between Murakami and Akinari”
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A seven page paper which looks at the work of Haruki Murakami and Ueda Akinari, in particular TV People and Bewitched, and considers the way in which the themes of alienation and the influence of the supernatural on the real world are treated by the two writers. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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“Embracing Defeat by John Dower”
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A paper which looks at John Dower’s account of the development of post-war Japan, in terms of the country’s recovery from the war, the years of American colonial occupation, and the ways in which Japanese and American cultural perspectives conflicted as the nation moved towards a new kind of sovereignty.
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“Forces of Order: Policing Modern Japan”: A Critique of the Book by David H. Bayley
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A 5 page critique of the 1997 completely revised edition of this book on the Japanese criminal justice system. This paper discusses Bayley’s contentions that the low crime rate enjoyed by Japan is more related to a reflection of Japanese history and the traditions, morality, and culture which resulted over that history than it is to factors such as the economy or the types of punishment which are imposed. Emphasizes that Japan has clearly imposed societal expectations, expectations which are both shaped and reinforced by societal institutions, as to how its citizens are to interact. No additional sources are listed.
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“History of Japan”
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A seven page paper which looks at a number of aspects of Japanese history, including the way in which Chinese culture significantly influenced that of Japan, the similarities and differences between the political and economic interests of Japan and the UK, and the importance of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the development of present-day Japanese economics and social culture. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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“Japanese culture”
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A five page paper which looks at some elements of Japanese culture which are unfamiliar or alien to westerners, such as the prevalence of the group mentality, the importance of social stratification, and the way in which Japanese people are encouraged to conform to specific concepts of honour and shame in their social and cultural behaviour. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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“Political elites in China, Japan and Korea”
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A ten page paper which compares the composition of the political elites in China, Japan and the republic of Korea and looks at the ways in which political reforms are attempting to address the problems of corruption at the higher echelons of government in the three countries. Bibliography lists 7 sources
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“The traditional role of women in Japan”
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An eight page paper which looks at the traditional role of women in Japanese society, in terms of their position in the social hierarchy, the complementary roles of wife and geisha, and the way in which women’s roles changed during the Meiji period and the present day. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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