Japanese and Chinese Development: Reflections of World War II and the Cold War
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A 5 page comparison of the relative development of Japan and China. Links the apparent differences to circumstance and choice of post World War II allies. Contends that the U.S. was charged in many ways with restoring the economic stability of Japan since World War II but only began to emphasize trade relations with China in the last decade. Contends that Japan is much more economically stable because Japan concentrated on high-tech production geared toward export while China’s concentration, as a matter of her Cold War alliance to the U.S.S.R., was on the manufacture of war goods. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPjapDev.wps

Japanese Education
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5 pages. Japanese education is based on a rather hybrid set of premises; On one hand, thee are ideas about personal development, individuated by the struggle to succeed as solo units in an examination-based solidarity group in which individual abilities do not stick out. The evolution of this complicated system of learning is discussed herein, and includes the Meiji period to the present. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JGAjpnsc.wps

Japanese History & Senso
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In 4 pages, the writer discusses whether 1945 should be seen as a break in historical continuity or whether pre and post 1945 history should be analyzed in terms of historic continuity [Japan]. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Senso.wps

Japanese History / Fall Of The Tokugawa
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A 5 page researching the reasons for the fall of the Tokugawa Bakufu. The Tokugawa brought two centuries of peace to Japan and then became obsolete. The demands of other nations and the demands within the country led to the 15th Tokugawa Shogun turning the power back to the Emperor. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Tokugawa.wps

Japanese Imperialism and Singapore
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This 11 page report discusses the similarities and differences between the Japanese “imperialism” or occupation of Singapore and British imperialism on the island. In Southeast Asia Japanese rule in Singapore was not so very different than what occurred when French imperialism governed “Indochina,” the Dutch in Indonesia, or the British rule in India, Singapore, Hong Kong, or any of its other “protectorates.” In many ways, the nearly four year occupation of Singapore by Japan shattered the many assumptions that had been made over the past century (and more) regarding British authority and its ability appropriately govern its colonies. Annotated bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWcolony.wps