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Cabanatuan, a Textbook Operation

mission and saved the American prisoners of war (POWs) being held by the Japanese at the Cabanatuan internment camp in the Philipp...

MacArthur Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Postwar Japan

The years following World War II were a time of great change for Japan....

Cultural Change in Early Twentieth Century Taiwan

Colonialism inevitably had incredible effects on indigenous peoples around the world. These effects are recorded in a variety of...

Obstacles to Correct Pronunciation for Japanese Learners of English

with a fixed pronunciation. For instance, the letter "a" in English can be pronounced many different ways, such as in the words "a...

Japanese and German Economies in the Post Cold War Environment

the west, but this did not compensate for the difficulties, which included increasing unemployment, a lack of internal capital for...

Maxence Fermine's Snow

This essay pertain to a Japanese novel that charts the evolution of a young poet in achieving perfection within this craft. The wr...

Earthquake, Tsunami, Japan 2011

This research paper relates many of the problems encountered by Japanese officials who are addressing reconstruction after the de...

Chang-rae Lee's A Gesture Life, Doc Hata

endeavor to keep the comfort women debate controversial by providing arguments that call into question whether or not the comfort ...

Tale of the Heike, An Overview

This essay pertains to the "Tale of the Heike," which is a warrior tale from medieval Japanese literature. This narrative recounts...

World War II the US and Japan

This paper explores the reasons the US entered World War II as well as the reasons behind the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. T...

Advantages and Disadvantages Associated with Share Price Increases

The writer looks a some of the advantages and the disadvantages that are associated with significant increases in stock market sh...

Human Experimentation, Genocide

This essay pertains to genocide and human experimentation committed by the Nazis, the Japanese and the US. The writer asserts that...

One Method for Quality Improvement

Dr. W. Edwards Deming was a statistician and was asked to help the Japanese government with their post-war census. While there, he...

Canada's International Role and JETRO in a Futures Study

In a paper of twelve pages Canada's role in determining the Japanese External Trading Organization's (JETRO) future is discussed a...

Cultural Aspects of Japan

This paper examines the uniqueness of Japanese culture in 5 pages. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Pearl Harbor and Intelligence

In six pages this paper considers possible failures of U.S. intelligence as they involve the Pearl Harbor bombing by the Japanese ...

Junichi Saga's Memories of Silk and Straw A Self-Portrait of Small Town Japan

as men. It seems, especially after reading the stories in Memories of Silk And Straw, that the class distinction and level of pov...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Causes

In five pages this paper discusses the events that culminated in the U.S. bombing of these Japanese cities. Five sources are list...

Conflict and Pressure

inherent ability to pursue even the most complex of concepts. Not unlike his myriad other works, which include the famous Floweri...

Book Reviews on the Japanese Samurai

In ten pages this paper reviews various texts on the Japanese Samurai class including Harry Cook's Samurai: The Story of a Warrior...

Japanese Architect Studios and a Team Zoo

In ten pages this paper discusses the Nago City Hall and Miyashiron community center in a consideration of a Japanese architectura...

Second World War Atomic Bombs Usage Justifications

number of lives lost as a result of the atomic bombs. This paper will seek to illustrate that there are, therefore,...

Mid 19th Century Japan

boom in both economic and political strength. As the twenty-first century began, Japan had new and stifling issues to deal with: ...

Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Reasons Behind Them

The assumption was that Germans were working as feverishly on atomic power as was the U.S. - and it was only late in 1944 that the...

Zen Buddhism and the Japanese Tea Ceremony's Importance

years, was defined by a set of Vedic scriptures (Basham 8). Following a distinct separation from Hinduism, the Buddhists followed...

Post 9 11 and Civil Rights

accident. Of course, China tells almost the opposite story. One wonders then how much propaganda is being disseminated. During a t...

Comparing Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai with Homer's 'The Iliad'

heroic ideal of the young and noble combatant who appears to be destined to die at an early age on the battlefield. Achilleus is ...

Japanese Linguistics 'Scrambling'

This is an analytical overivew of an article that considers the word order as it pertains to Japanese linguistics, which is an are...

Fukuzawa Yukichi's Influence

This of course would serve to weaken the state, thus giving the Western nations a way to step in and take control of Japan. As h...

Prince Toshihito's Katsura Villa

In 5 pages this paper examines the influence of Japanese culture as well as the relationship between Hideyoshi and Toshihito in th...