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one of the humanoid robots created by Japanese roboticist Tomotaka Takahashi was listed in Time’s Coolest Inventions in 2004?
of the three precious statues of the goddess Kannon enshrined in the Sugimoto-dera temple in Kamakura, Japan, likely none were made by the artists they are traditionally attributed to?
one of the victims in a recent rare shooting in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, was the gunman's mother-in-law?
the "Devil's Cigar" is a mushroom found only in Texas and Japan?
the 1863 Battle of Shimonoseki (pictured) was the first naval confrontation between the U.S. Navy and a Japanese fleet?
nearly 350,000 metric tons of Pacific ocean perch (pictured) were caught in the Gulf of Alaska by Soviet and Japanese trawling fleets in 1965?
more than six thousand Japanese people settled in North Korea voluntarily in the 1960s, accompanying ethnic Korean spouses returning under a repatriation campaign supported by the Japanese and North Korean governments?
in the Japanese theatrical art known as Taishū engeki (pictured), it is not uncommon for fans to spend tens or hundreds of thousands of yen on gifts for the performers?
in the fiscal years 2001 to 2003, the oil tanker MV Montauk made over 125 voyages in and about South Korea and Japan?
in the Sakuradamon incident in 1860 (pictured), Japan's pro-foreign Chief Minister Ii Naosuke was assassinated by xenophobic samurai?
major portions of Japanese writer Shōko Ieda's 1991 book Yellow Cab, about the eponymous sexual stereotype of Japanese women, were later denounced as "fraudulent" by her research assistant?
many Japanese POWs continued to toil in Siberian labor camps ten years after the end of World War II?
the 1½ km long Odori Park which bisects the Japanese city of Sapporo was originally intended as the city's main street?
the 43,000 Sakhalin Koreans were abandoned by Japan after World War II and kept stateless by the Soviet Union for 30 years?
the idiopathic inflammatory lung disease diffuse panbronchiolitis has the highest incidence among Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Thai cases, indicating a genetic predisposition among East Asians?
the hydroid Hydractinia bayeri was named by Emperor Hirohito of Japan in honor of a fellow marine biologist, Frederick Bayer?
the inshore marine fish Malabar jack (pictured) derives its name from Malabar in South India, but can be found in coastal areas as far apart as South Africa, Japan and Vanuatu?
the Japanese animated television series Last Exile uses terms from chess in its episode titles?
the Japanese destroyer Matsu had a very short career: just more than three months from her completion in 1944, to her sinking as she returned from her first escort mission?
the Buddhist monk Tetsugen spent twenty years in an attempt to publish the Chinese scriptures of Buddhism in Japan, because he kept giving away the money he collected for the purpose?
the pored mushroom Gyrodon lividus (pictured) has been found associated with alder trees in such diverse places as California, Latvia, and Japan?
the 1402 Korean Kangnido map fully depicts the Old World, from Europe and Africa to Japan, long before European explorations?
the 430-foot-tall (131 m) Kyoto Tower (pictured) is the tallest man-made structure in the city of Kyoto, Japan?
the 1868 encounter between Kasuga and Kaiyō was the first naval battle between two modern fleets in Japan?
the antibody class IgE was discovered by the Japanese scientist Kimishige Ishizaka?
the auto racing division of Sigma Automotive (later known as SARD) became the first Japanese team to compete in the 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans?
in the 1896 Yamagata-Lobanov Agreement negotiations, Japanese Prime Minister Yamagata Aritomo proposed dividing Korea at the 38th parallel, should Japanese and Russian troops occupy the peninsula?
in the 1869 Battle of Hakodate in Japan, French soldiers fought side-by-side with rebel samurai against the newly formed Imperial government, in an episode reminiscent of the movie The Last Samurai?
despite pioneer Japanese journalist Kuga Katsunan's advocacy of Japanese nationalism, government censors shut his newspaper down 30 times between 1889 and 1896?
before a shogunate tribunal in 1787, the temples Myōhō–ji, Ankokuron-ji and Chōshō-ji in Kamakura all claimed to be the site where Nichiren, founder of Nichiren Buddhism in Japan, had his hermitage in a hut in the 13th century?
despite wild differences in subject matter, 1970s Japanese science fiction television series Akumaizer 3 features frequent allusions to Alexander Dumas' famous novel The Three Musketeers?
during World War II, the Arkansas politician Jefferson W. Speck was a POW transported on the Japanese Hell ship, the Oryoku Maru?
during his Eastern journey Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovitch of Russia visited Egypt, India, China and Japan travelling a distance of more than 51,000 km (31,500 mi)?
because of the specific social structure of Japanese society there are many more homeless men (pictured) than homeless women in Japan?
at a cost of US$7.9 billion, Meghna Bridge in Bangladesh is the single largest project with Japanese assistance in the world?
a suikinkutsu is a type of Japanese garden ornament and a music device?
The Big Blowdown, a crime novel by American author George Pelecanos, was the recipient of the International Crime Novel of the Year award in France, Germany and Japan?
after being stripped of his aristocratic title after World War II, Prince Takeda Tsuneyoshi of Japan retired to raise racehorses on his estate?
almost a quarter of the brown lanternsharks found in Suruga Bay, Japan, have both male and female organs?
as part of Fukubukuro, a New Year's custom in Japan, merchants offer bags of merchandise for prices much lower than the normal value of the items inside?
during the history of San Diego State University some students joined the armed forces during World War II and assisted in the Doolittle Raid over Japan?
during the era of Ryukyu Kingdom the noodle soup Okinawa soba could only be eaten by royalty until Okinawa's annexation by Japan in the late 19th century?
in 2005, during D1 Grand Prix's end of season US vs Japan event at Irwindale Speedway, U.S. drifting driver, Vaughn Gittin, Jr. became the first to break the all-Japanese stranglehold?
in 1976, an 8.0 M_w earthquake in Moro Gulf in the Celebes Sea in the Philippines killed at least 5,000 people and triggered tsunamis that reached as far as Japan?
in Japan during the Muromachi era, the shogun's representative would go to Wakamiya Ōji Avenue in Kamakura once a year to walk around a certain Shinto gate seven times?
in his 1933 essay In Praise of Shadows, Junichirō Tanizaki includes monastery toilets in his reflections on Japanese aesthetics?
in late 1921 a series of arrests of its activists led to the break-up of the Japanese Enlightened People's Communist Party?
in 1854 the southern coast of Honshū, Japan, was hit by tsunamis caused by two great megathrust earthquakes on December 24 and 25?
in 1686, at the Tōshiya archery contest in Kyoto, Japan, Wasa Daihachiro successfully fired a record 13,053 arrows in 24 hours, averaging nine arrows a minute and hitting the target 8,133 times?
each title of the thirteen episodes of the 2007 Japanese animated television series Blue Drop: Tenshitachi no Gikyoku is the name of a flower seen in that episode?
eleven of the Twelve Heavenly Generals at Shin-Yakushi-ji temple (hon-dō pictured) in Nara, Japan, are made of clay and date to the 8th century while the wooden statue of Haira was made in 1931?
former professional boxer Giichi Nishihara was the writer-director of such Japanese cult pink films of the 1960s and 1970s as Abnormal Reaction: Ecstasy and Grotesque Perverted Slaughter?
from 1945 until 1978, cars in Okinawa Prefecture drove on the right side of the road until a switch to left-hand drive as part of the 730 Conversion Plan, to match the rest of Japan?
the Japanese make-up artist Shu Uemura gained critical acclaim for transforming actress Shirley MacLaine into a Japanese woman?
the Japanese manga character Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo can command his own body hair to perform various martial arts?
the Japanese documentary filmmaker Fumio Kamei had films banned by both Japan's militarist wartime government and the democratizing Allied Occupation?
the Nameless Book is the oldest existing Japanese work of literary criticism?
the U.S. 10th Mountain Division Special Troops Battalion was to take part in the invasion of Japan, but instead returned to the U.S. two days after Japan's surrender?
the administrative capital of Samarai (pictured) in Papua New Guinea was demolished in World War II to avoid its falling into Japanese hands?
the city of Sapporo has the only beer museum in Japan?
the Yūshūkan, a Japanese military and war museum owned and operated by Yasukuni Shrine, has been at the center of an international controversy?
the Umikaze class destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy were the first large destroyers designed for open ocean service to be built in Japan?
the Susukino district was established as a red-light district in Sapporo, Japan in 1871 to keep labourers in Hokkaidō?
the Sun Ning Railway Company, South China's first significant railway, was dismantled in December 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War to deny its use by the Japanese military?
the Tatara Bridge in Japan has the longest span of any cable-stayed bridge in the world?
the Toi gold mine in Japan houses the world's largest pure gold bar, weighing 250 kilograms (550 lb)?
the Type numbering system in Japan specified that the Mitsubishi A6M of 1940 would be designated "Type 0 Carrier Fighter", giving rise to the popular name "Zero"?
the final episode of Kamen Rider Stronger, a Japanese tokusatsu television series, features appearances from the main characters of every previous series in the franchise?
the name Japanese War Tuba was a name applied to the acoustic locators used by Japan during World War II?
the world's first all-electronic television receiver was demonstrated on Christmas Day, 1926 by the Japanese researcher Kenjiro Takayanagi?
the titles of the thirteen episodes of the Japanese animated television series Gunslinger Girl were given in Italian as well as Japanese?
two American bands named themselves after the same 1960 Japanese Sun Tribe film The Warped Ones?
with a rapidly declining birth rate, Japan's elderly, with the world's highest proportion at 20% of the population, is expected to double to 40% of residents by 2055?
with over 3,000 participants, the 1884 Chichibu Incident was one of the largest peasant revolts of Japan's Meiji period?
the story of Sada Abe, a woman who cut off her dead lover's genitals and carried them around with her for days, is one of Japan's most notorious scandals?
the stationmaster of the Kinokawa train station in Kinokawa, Japan is a cat named Tama (pictured)?
the person or group responsible for the blackmail letters of the Glico Morinaga case in Japan is known as the Monster with 21 Faces?
the name of Shichirigahama (pictured), a beach in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, means "Seven Ri (approximately 27 km/17 mi) Beach" in Japanese, but it is only about one-tenth of that in length?
the protagonist of the Japanese PlayStation 2 RPG Venus & Braves is a 345-year-old with the appearance of a teen
the repertoire of the Japanese musical style danmono consists of eight pieces, all very similar in style?
the site of SSAWS, once the world's largest indoor ski slope, now hosts Japan's first IKEA superstore?
the Shinbashi Enbujō in Ginza, Japan, today a major kabuki theatre, was originally built to serve as a venue for geisha dances?
the Sapporo Factory in Japan, a building complex with a shopping mall, offices, a multiplex movie theatre and a Meissen porcelain museum, was originally constructed as a brewery?
the Japanese novel Kanikōsen is one of the best-selling books of 2008, despite being published in 1929?
the Japanese diplomat Tatsuo Kawai (pictured) was sacked as an official spokesman at the Foreign Ministry after leading a strike there in 1940?
the Zen rock garden in the grounds of Zuisen-ji temple, near Kamakura, Japan, is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty?
the Joseon Korean official Choe Bu wrote a travel diary about his shipwrecked stay in Ming China that eventually became widely printed in Korea and Japan during the 16th century?
the Korean poetic form of sijo resembles the Japanese poetic form of haiku?
the Japanese band Daisy × Daisy provided the song "Brave your truth" as the opening theme song of the episodes of the Chrome Shelled Regios anime?
the Japanese Sōshi-kaimei policy forced Koreans previously banned from using Japanese surnames to do so?
the Japanese role-playing game Night Wizard! was adapted into an animated television series consisting of thirteen episodes?
the Japanese manga series Soul Eater by Atsushi Okubo has been developed into an animated television series that plans to adopt the source material over fifty-one episodes?
the Japanese visual novel True Tears was adapted into an animated television series that is planned to consist of thirteen episodes?
the Japanese visual novel Yotsunoha allows the player to navigate in a top-down perspective similar to a console role-playing game?
the Japanese Farmer-Labour Party was banned just a few hours after its foundation in 1925?
the Nikkatsu Roman Porno film Love Hunter (1972) was confiscated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, and became the last film to be tried for obscenity in Japan to this day?
the Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul disaster, which occurred in 1890 off Kushimoto, led to strengthening foreign relations between Turkey and Japan?
the Naniwa class cruisers were the first protected cruisers designed in Japan?
the six episodes of the Japanese original video animation series FLCL were produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which included Gainax, Production I.G, and Starchild Records?
the Nissan President, Nissan's top-of-the-range luxury limousine made for over forty years, remains largely unknown outside of Japan?
the Old Ford Motor Factory, Ford's first assembly plant in Southeast Asia and built in 1941, was the site of the historic surrender of the British to the Japanese in World War II, later described by Winston Churchill as the "largest capitulation in British history"?
the Peachliner (pictured) people mover in Komaki, Japan was planned originally to carry 43,000 passengers daily, but only carried an average of 2670 per day during 15 years of operation?
the history of sushi shows that although sushi is famous for its use in the Japanese cuisine, it actually originated in China in the 3rd or 4th century BC, more than 900 years before its first known appearance in Japan?
the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in Japan produced world record-breaking marathon runs in both 1963 and 1978?
the Liberator that crashed in 1943 in New Zealand during World War II was transferring Japanese men, women and children from the consular corps to exchange for Allied POWs?
the 1946 earthquake in Nankaidō, Japan caused a 6-meter (20-ft) tsunami that destroyed 2,100 homes?
the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang was built in 1982 to commemorate the "victory" of Korea over Japan in the WWII?
the Battle of Bun'ei in 1274 was Mongol emperor Kublai Khan's first attempt to invade Japan?
Tanna japonensis, the Japanese cicada, makes a melancholy sound (example right) after sunset, when the temperature has dropped, or when it becomes cloudy?
tōgyū (pictured) is a bullfighting sport practiced in Okinawa, Japan, in which two bulls wrestle in a ring in a manner compared to sumo?
Perth-born Northern Territory Chief Minister Marshall Perron jokingly blamed Japan for denying him his birthright as a Territorian, as his family fled Darwin shortly before it was bombed?
oil company Idemitsu Kosan is exploring the potential for geothermal power in Japan?
Prussian military bandmaster Franz von Eckert is credited with composing the harmony to the national anthems of both Japan and the Empire of Korea?
Scottish language prodigy James Murdoch, after participating in a failed communist commune in Paraguay, was hired by the Australian Ministry of Defence as an expert on Japanese issues?
American academic Jackson Bailey was decorated with the Order of the Sacred Treasure, the highest possible honor given by Japan to a foreigner?
Lieutenant Commander Willis Lent and his submarine the USS Triton fired the first United States Navy torpedo to be used against the Japanese during World War II?
Liberal Democratic Party member Akihiko Kumashiro, a four-termer in Japan's House of Representatives, dropped out of a race for re-election when his party fielded another candidate against him?
Japanese writer Naoki Sanjugo (literally "Naoki 35") changed his pen-name four times, once per year, to match his age?
Japanese scientists have found anticancer activity in some Brazilian traditional remedies?
Japanese author Kodō Nomura, who patterned his fictional detective Zenigata Heiji after Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, wrote 383 detective stories set in Edo period Japan?
Japanologist Hugh Borton took up his field after being posted to Japan by a Quaker service organization?
Kentucky State Representative Sam B. Thomas coached fellow army soldiers in Olympic basketball trials in Japan after World War II?
YouTube artist Beckii Cruel from the Isle of Man has become popular in Japan?
Abe Tadaaki was one of the highest-ranking Japanese officials to remain in office after his colleagues followed Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu into death in 1651?
delay certificates issued by railway companies in Japan and Germany to passengers for tardy trains are considered valid reasons by superiors for reporting late to school or work?
David Snell, who was the first person to allege that Japan had tested its own atomic bomb prior to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, later became a writer for Life Magazine?
Featherston prisoner of war camp was the site of a riot that lead to the death of 47 Japanese prisoners of war during World War II?
Fumio Kyuma (pictured) resigned as Japanese Minister for Defense over statements that the atomic bombing of Nagasaki "could not be helped" while also representing Nagasaki in the Diet of Japan?
Haruji Matsue was the first person to manufacture the sugar cube in Japan?
Chindonya are elaborately-costumed Japanese street musicians who advertise for shops and other establishments?
Central Asia plus Japan is an ongoing dialogue between Japan and the Central Asian republics to promote regional cooperation?
Akira Iwasaki was the only film critic arrested by the ideological police in wartime Japan?
akabeko (pictured), red cow toys from the Aizu region of Japan, are believed to ward off disease?
Antonio Fontanesi (work pictured) was one of three foreign artists chosen by the Meiji government to oversee Japan's first public art school?
Battleship Row bore the brunt of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor?
Boneless Fish is a Japanese frozen food made from fish, which is deboned by hand and then glued to its original shape using a food-grade enzyme?
Japanese producer Genjiro Arato exhibited his 1980 film Zigeunerweisen across Japan in a specially-built inflatable mobile dome after exhibitors refused to screen it, and the film went on to win 4 Japanese Academy Awards?
Japanese film tycoon Haruki Kadokawa built a full-size replica of Columbus' flagship Santa Maria which sailed from Barcelona to Japan?
Japan and India signed a peace treaty and established diplomatic relations in April 1952, one of the first such treaties by Japan after World War II?
General Douglas MacArthur's staff threatened United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Lawrence with court martial if he confiscated nearly 2,000 cases of food from Japanese-run firms in the Philippines, and that the stores were destroyed during the Battle of Bataan in early 1942?
Japan and Poland are the world's largest krill fishing nations since Russia abandoned its operations in 1993?
Japan's entomological warfare program in China during World War II used plague-infected fleas and cholera-coated flies to kill nearly 500,000 people?
Japan's incoming First Lady Miyuki Hatoyama claims to have been abducted by aliens in a triangular-shaped UFO and to have known Tom Cruise when he was Japanese in a prior incarnation?
feminist author Yuriko Miyamoto wrote over 900 letters to her imprisoned husband, defying Japan's draconian Peace Preservation Laws?
Duke University anthropologist Anne Allison worked as a hostess girl for four months while researching Nightwork, her study of white-collar entertainment clubs in Japan?
99 percent of Japanese municipalities collect and recycle steel cans despite not being required by law, giving the country one of the world's highest recycling rates for these cans? (Japanese recycling bins pictured)
22-year-old Ling Ling was the oldest panda in Japan at the time of his death in April 2008?
Academy Award-winning film Thirty Seconds over Tokyo was adapted from a book by the pilot of "The Ruptured Duck," one of 16 USAAF bombers in the Doolittle Raid on Japan during World War II?
BoA's Best of Soul made her the first non-Japanese Asian singer to have two million-selling albums in Japan?
Buddhist monk Ekai Kawaguchi was the first Japanese citizen to travel to Nepal?
Japanese film director and actress Tomoko Matsunashi was described as one of the Japanese directors who "have brought some needed originality and talent to contemporary Japanese cinema"?
Japanese jūdōka Shokichi Natsui became the first World Judo Champion in 1956?
Japanese Governor Murayama Tōan led a failed invasion of Taiwan in 1616?
Japanese Imari porcelain was made specifically for export to Europe?
Japanese artist Atsuko Tanaka wore a costume made of lit lightbulbs—her 1956 work Electric Dress—to exhibitions?
Japanese author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki attributed his phobia of earthquakes to the collapse of his family house in the 1894 Meiji Tokyo earthquake?
Japanese author Mushanokōji Saneatsu emulated Leo Tolstoy in establishing a commune based on humanism and utopian socialism?
Japanese trade union leader Ritsuta Noda was a pioneer in the underground birth control movement in Osaka?
Japanese theoretical physicist Kazuhiko Nishijima is well-known for developing the concept of strangeness in particle physics?
Japanese matinée idol Akira Kobayashi wore a gash across his face and large, Brezhnevian eyebrows for his role in the Seijun Suzuki yakuza film Kanto Wanderer?
Japanese alpinist Ken Noguchi became the youngest person to scale the Seven Summits when he ascended Mt. Everest in 1999 at the age of 25?
Japanese singer and actress Junko Sakurada was part of a trio on Star Tanjō! with musicians Momoe Yamaguchi and Masako Mori?
Japanese tenor Taro Ichihara made his Metropolitan Opera debut in the role of the Italian tenor in Der Rosenkavalier?
Hawayo Takata, a Nisei fluent in the language and culture of both Japan and the United States, introduced Reiki to the Western World?
Hitachi Zosen Corporation built the first oil tanker in Japan in 1908 per an order by Standard Oil Company?
Takashima Shūhan (pictured) was the first major proponent of Western firearms at the end of Japan's Seclusion period in the 19th century?
Simone Niggli-Luder from Switzerland won all four women's competitions at the orienteering world championships 2005 in Aichi, Japan, repeating her performance of 2003?
Teruji Kogake set a world record in the triple jump at the Japanese Olympic Trials but only managed eighth in the finals at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics?
Togo Tanaka publicly called Japan's government "stupid" the day after Pearl Harbor for starting an unwinnable war but was one of 10,000 Japanese Americans forcibly relocated to the Manzanar camp?
Tori Busshi, a Japanese artist, most likely learned to sculpt while working as a saddle maker?
Shō Tai (pictured) was the last king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom who abdicated when the Ryukyu Islands were annexed by Japan in 1879?
120 earthquakes and tremors in total were felt in Edo, Japan during the Ansei Great Earthquakes of 1854–55?
Samuel A. Goldblith was able to publish a paper for the journal Science after World War II on malnutrition suffered at POW camps in the Philippines and Japan observed during the war from his own experience as a prisoner in those camps?
Sakae Menda (pictured) was the first person in the history of Japan to be exonerated while on death row?
Sano Fusako was kidnapped in Niigata, Japan in 1990 at age 10 and was not freed until nine years and two months later?
sashimono were small banners worn on the backs of Japanese medieval troops for identification during battles?
Satoru Kobayashi, one of Japan's most prolific directors, wrote and directed the first pink film in 1962?
Tung Hua Lin led a team that designed and built China's first twin-engine aircraft in a cave to avoid detection by the Japanese during World War II?
Typhoon Conson of the 2004 Pacific typhoon season was the first of the record ten typhoons to impact Japan that season?
Battlefield Baseball, a Japanese film, features elements of the sports, martial arts and horror genres, as well as including three musical numbers?
Kimono de Ginza are a group of kimono and Japanese clothing enthusiasts in Tokyo that meet monthly in full-dress in front of a department store and then later in an izakaya?
Monosolenium tenerum is a species of weed that is threatened with habitat loss in Japan?
One is a Japanese adult renai game (or visual novel), developed by Tactics?
Summer Wars was the first Japanese animated film to be included for competition at the Locarno International Film Festival?
Yuzuru Hiraga was a Japanese naval architect, noted for work on innovative warships such as the cruiser Yubari and Yamato for the Imperial Japanese Navy?
Yoshioka-Kaitei Station, located 149.5 metres below sea level within the Seikan Tunnel, is the deepest underground station in Japan?
Vincenzo Ragusa was an Italian sculptor hired by the Meiji government of Japan from 1876 to 1882 to introduce Western art techniques in order to revive Japan's own ancient sculptural arts?
Xianxingzhe, China's first bipedal humanoid robot was satirized in Japan for having a joint that resembles a "crotch cannon"?
Yamada Nagamasa was a Japanese adventurer who played a key military role in 17th century Thailand?
Yishan Yining, a Zen master who pioneered Gozan Bungaku literature in 14th-century Japan, was originally a Buddhist monk on a diplomatic mission from China?
Saga Castle is one of the few medieval castles in Japan to be surrounded by a wall, instead of being built on one?
SBD Dauntless dive bombers sank four Japanese aircraft carriers and a cruiser during the Battle of Midway?
Linimo in Aichi, Japan claims to be the world's first commercial automated "Urban Maglev" train, but it has to be shut down when it is too windy?
Léonce Verny was a French Naval engineer who directed the construction of the Yokosuka arsenal in Japan from 1865 to 1876, thus helping jump-start Japan's modernization?
Luis Sotelo was a Spanish friar who died as a martyr in Japan in 1624?
Matsuura Takanobu was an early host and patron to the Jesuits, whom he hoped would influence an increase in trade between European traders and Japan?
Mifune Chizuko, a Japanese clairvoyant, was reported to have read messages written inside hidden envelopes?
Kashima Antlers is the name of a professional football club in the Japanese J. League?
Kōmyō-ji, a Jōdo temple in Japan dedicated to the training of Buddhist priests and scholarly research, has a pet cemetery on its premises?
James Glynn, captain of the USS Preble, was the first American to negotiate successfully with Sakoku ("closed country") Japan, in 1848?
Jōmon Sugi, located on the island of Yakushima, is the oldest specimen of Cryptomeria japonica and the largest conifer in Japan?
Kaiyō Maru, a Japanese steam warship, was the flagship of Admiral Enomoto Takeaki of the rebel Republic of Ezo in the Boshin War?
Kotetsu, a Japanese ironclad battleship, was originally intended to be Stonewall of the Confederate States Navy but was not delivered until after the end of the American Civil War?
Johnny Kitagawa has held a virtual monopoly on the creation of boy bands in Japan for more than 40 years?
Minori Kimura made her professional manga artist debut at the age of 14 in the 1964 Spring Special issue of Ribon, a magazine published in Japan by Shueisha?
Mitsuyo Seo, the director of Japan's first feature length anime, Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors, a World War II propaganda film, was earlier arrested and tortured as a leftist?
Pixiv is a Japanese online community for artists, which as of February 2009 consists of over 600,000 members, and 3 million submissions?
Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) signed an agreement in 1963 with Japanese company NEC which gave the latter partial ownership of PTV's network?
Prince Arisugawa Taruhito's engagement to Princess Kazu-no-Miya Chikako of Japan was cancelled by the Tokugawa bakufu so that the princess could marry Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi, for political reasons?
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa of Japan was head of the Northern Alliance whilst serving as a Buddhist priest?
rice brokers in Osaka in the Edo period were the forerunner of banking in Japan?
Otokichi (1818–1867) was a Japanese castaway, who circled the globe as he tried unsuccessfully to return to Japan?
Major Oscar F. Perdomo downed five Japanese aircraft in a single day and thereby became the United States' last "Ace in a day" of World War II?
mizuna is a cold-resistant mustard green grown extensively during winter in Japan?
Mount Omine is a sacred mountain in Nara, Japan, famous for its controversial ban on women and for its three tests of courage?
New England used to be part of the Roman Empire, and China is still part of Japan?
Operation Ten-Go was the last major Japanese naval operation in World War II?
196 activists of the Japanese Hyōgikai trade union movement were jailed in 1926 for organizing strikes?

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Japan

日本国
Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku


Flag	Imperial Seal

Anthem: Kimigayo (君が代^?)

Government Seal:
Seal of the Office of the Prime Minister and the Government of Japan

Paulownia (五七桐 Go-Shichi no Kiri^?)

Capital
(and largest city) Tokyo (de facto)
35°41′N 139°46′E / 35.683°N 139.767°E / 35.683; 139.767

Official language(s) None^[1]

Recognised regional languages Aynu itak, Eastern Japanese, Western Japanese, Ryukyuan, and several other Japanese dialects

National language

National Scripts Japanese

Kanji
Hiragana
Katakana

Ethnic groups 98.5% Japanese, 0.5% Korean, 0.4% Chinese, 0.6% other^[2]

Demonym

Japanese

Government Parliamentary democracy with constitutional monarchy

- Emperor Akihito

- Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (DPJ)

Legislature

National Diet

- Upper House House of Councillors

- Lower House House of Representatives

Formation

- National Foundation Day February 11, 660 BC^[3]

- Meiji Constitution November 29, 1890

- Current constitution May 3, 1947

- Treaty of
San Francisco April 28, 1952

Area

- Total 377,944 km² ^[4](61st)
145,925 sq mi

- Water (%) 0.8

Population

- 2010 estimate 127,430,000^[5] (10th)

- 2004 census 127,333,002

- Density 337.2/km² (36th)
873.3/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2008 estimate

- Total $4.356 trillion^[6] (3rd)

- Per capita $34,115^[6] (24th)

GDP (nominal) 2008 estimate

- Total $4.910 trillion^[6] (2nd)

- Per capita $38,457^[6] (23rd)

Gini 38.1 (2002)^[7]

HDI (2007) ▲ 0.960^[8] (very high) (10th)

Currency International Symbol ¥ Pronounced (Yen)
Japanese Symbol 円 Pronounced (En) (JPY)

Time zone JST (UTC+9)

- Summer (DST) not observed (UTC)

Date formats yyyy-mm-dd
yyyy年m月d日
Era yy年m月d日 (CE−1988)

Drives on the left

Internet TLD

.jp

Calling code

.Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon^?, officially 日本国

Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku) is an island country in East Asia.^ The JR East Pass is a special Japan train travel discount ticket for tourists to the country...

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^ On the same day, Japan held an "Asia-Pacific Water Summit" in Japan, collecting representatives from 35 countries.

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.Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south.^ Japan lost control over North Korea.

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^ Japan doesn't recognize North Korea.

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^ North Korea is neither a foreign nation nor part of Japan, according to Japanese laws.

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The characters which make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".

Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands.^[9] The four largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for 97% of Japan's land area. .Most of the islands are mountainous, many volcanic; for example, Japan’s highest peak, Mount Fuji, is a volcano.^ Volcanoes Fuji is the most remarkable volcanic peak.

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^ Plains.Japan, though very mountainous, has many extensive plains.

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^ Among the mountains ,of Japan there are three volcanic ranges, namely, that of the Kuriles, that of Fuji, and that of Kirishima.

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.Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with about 128 million people.^ You also wrote this: I would like to inform people in the world about my situation.

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^ People in Kagoshima pay about 100 million dollars in total as fees.

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^ The way you write above, you purport that only you know what is good music, and that all of the societies around the world (not just in Japan) are wrong about Ozawa's talents.

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.The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.^ But please be aware that Tokyo prefecture (See Note 3) includes some Southern islands such as Izu Islands (See Note 5).

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^ Great Kanto earthquake September 1, 1923 At that time, Tokyo was already one of the major cities in the world.

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^ Roads leading from Tokyo to the prefectural offices, and those forming the lines of conoexion between cities and military stations.

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Archaeological research indicates that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. .The first written mention of Japan begins with brief appearances in Chinese history texts from the first century A.D. Influence from the outside world followed by long periods of isolation has characterized Japan's history.^ CIA World Fact Book Japan The BBC Country profile Japan provides an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of Japan.

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^ There are three wet seasons in Japan: the first, from the middle of April to the beginning of May; the second, from the middle of June to the beginning of July; and the third, from early in September to early in October.

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^ Goldiegirl Jun 20, 2007, 05:05 Suicide has a long history in Japan...it's not a conspiracy, it's cultural.

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.Since adopting its constitution in 1947, Japan has maintained a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament, the Diet.^ The current Constitution of Japan was established in 1947.

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.A major power,^[10] Japan has the world's second-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third largest in purchasing power parity.^ There are three wet seasons in Japan: the first, from the middle of April to the beginning of May; the second, from the middle of June to the beginning of July; and the third, from early in September to early in October.

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^ J-Pop: From Peak to Weak I recently heard rumors from Japanese music executives that Japan has become the world’s largest market for recorded music.

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^ JAPAN , an empire of eastern Asia , and one of the great powers of the world.

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It is also the world's fourth largest exporter and fifth largest importer. .It is also the only Asian country in the G8 and is currently serving as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.^ In 1961, U Thant, then Burma's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former Secretary to the Prime Minister, was elected Secretary-General of the United Nations; he was the first non-Westerner to head any international organization and would serve as UN Secretary-General for ten years.

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^ (Note 14)--^ Bangladesh's Ahmed supports Japan's bid for the permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.

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^ But censorship is seen not only in Asian countries but also among Western countries.

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.Although Japan has officially renounced its right to declare war, it maintains a modern and extensive military force which is employed in self-defense and peacekeeping roles.^ But although the capital of Japan formerly played only an insignificant part in Japanese ceramics, modern Tokyo has an important school of artist-artisans.

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It is a developed country with very high living standards (10th highest HDI). .Japan has the highest life expectancy of any country in the world (according to both the UN and WHO estimates) and the third lowest infant mortality rate.^ CIA World Fact Book Japan The BBC Country profile Japan provides an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of Japan.

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^ Japan has been admired as the safest country with the best policemen in the world.

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^ Smokers in their 70s have higher rates of life expectancy than non-smokers in their 70s have.

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^[11]^[12]

Etymology

Main article: Names of Japan

Further information: Wiktionary etymology for the word "Japan"

The English word Japan is an exonym. .The Japanese names for Japan are Nippon (にっぽん^?) (

listen (help·info)) and Nihon (にほん^?) (

listen (help·info)).^ This Japanese name was used at unity immediately after the attacks in all news and reports in Japan.

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^ For the first a few months, Japan used unified typhoon names as well as Japanese original typhoon names.

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^ (Note 1)-- Japanese names that are used in the unified name table--- Japan ignores the unified system while other Asian countries use the unified name table that includes even Japanese names.

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.They are both written in Japanese using the kanji 日本.^ Sometimes Chinese cobalt was used, sometimes Japanese, and sometimes a mixture of both.

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.The Japanese name Nippon is used for most official purposes, including on Japanese money, postage stamps, and for many international sporting events.^ This name was particularly used for the Japanese in Japan.

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^ The real purpose was to collect money that is not included in the national budget and can be used freely by the government until the people retire.

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^ History Money laundering is a new word for most Japanese, but its idea itself is a familiar one.

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.Nihon is a more casual term and the most frequently used in contemporary speech.^ But in the short term, they can already say that they are likely to become more frequent, even if not necessarily more severe.

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.Japanese people refer to themselves as Nihonjin (日本人^?) and they call their language Nihongo (日本語^?).^ Lan guage.Since the year 1820, when Klaproth concluded that the Japanese language had sprung from the Ural-Altaic stock, philologists have busied themselves in tracing its affinities.

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^ If they would just release the information to the public so people could see it for themselves there wouldn't be this suspecion there.

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^ For Japan, Yasukuni Shrine and the Japanese Red Army are the same because they are heroes who devote themselves to the national interest (See Note 6).

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Both Nippon and Nihon literally mean "the sun's origin" and are often translated as the Land of the Rising Sun. .This nomenclature comes from Imperial correspondence with the Chinese Sui Dynasty and refers to Japan's eastward position relative to China.^ Tradition refers to the advent of a Chinese artist named Nanriu, invited to Japan in the 5th century as a painter of the Imperial banners, but of the labors and influence of Period, this man and of his descendants we have no record.

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^ Japan virtually destroyed Chinese, Korean and Ryukyu Dynasties.

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.Before Nihon came into official use, Japan was known as Wa (倭^?) or Wagoku (倭国^?).^ By the term archaic is to be understood the pure Japanese language of earliest times, and by the term classical the quasi-Chinese language which came into use for literary purposes when Japan appropriated the civilization of her great neighbors.

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^ The Kyoto Protocol was used to establish a public image of Japan as a developed nation on the environmental affairs before conducting weather terrorism.

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^[13]

The English word for Japan came to the West from early trade routes. .The early Mandarin or possibly Wu Chinese (呉語) word for Japan was recorded by Marco Polo as Cipangu. In modern Shanghainese, a Wu dialect, the pronunciation of characters 日本 'Japan' is Zeppen [zəʔpən]; in Wu, the character 日 has two pronunciations, informal (白讀^?) [niʔ] and formal (文讀^?) [zəʔ].^ We decided to publish this editorial about the Marco Polo Bridge Incident on July 7 because we believe this year has special significance for both Japan and China.

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^ Now most Japanese use "kazoku" or "家族" in Chinese character as the alternative Japanese word.

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^ In 1947, the Japanese word that was frequently used to mean "family origin" was "monchi" or "門地" in the Chinese character.

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.(In some southern Wu dialects, 日本 is pronounced [niʔpən], similar to its pronunciation in Japanese.^ Their pronunciations were very similar, particularly in Japanese.

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) .The old Malay word for Japan, Jepang (now spelled Jepun in Malaysia, though still spelled Jepang in Indonesia), was borrowed from a Chinese language, and this Malay word was encountered by Portuguese traders in Malacca in the 16th century.^ The embroiderers craft has been followed for centuries in Japan with eminent success, but whereas it formerly ranked E b t~ with dyeing and weaving, it has now come to be m rO eay.

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^ The Kojiki is written in the archaic form: that is to say, the language is the language of old Japan, the script, although ideographic, is used phonetically only, and the case-indicators are represented by Chinese characters having the samesounds.

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^ Now most Japanese use "kazoku" or "家族" in Chinese character as the alternative Japanese word.

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It is thought the Portuguese traders were the first to bring the word to Europe. It was first recorded in English in a 1565 letter spelled Giapan.^[14]

History

Main article: History of Japan

.The first signs of occupation on the Japanese Archipelago appeared with a Paleolithic culture around 30,000 BC, followed from around 14,000 BC by the Jōmon period, a Mesolithic to Neolithic semi-sedentary hunter-gatherer (possibly Ainu)^[15] culture of pit dwelling and a rudimentary form of agriculture.^ The first attack was set at June 23rd around the US, but not in the US. The then Japanese prime minister, Nakasone, had seemingly a good relationship with the US president Ronald Reagan.

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.Decorated clay vessels from this period, often with plaited patterns, are some of the oldest surviving examples of pottery in the world.^ This country often cherishes some children for alomost the period of a whole generation.

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.The Yayoi period, starting around 500 BC, saw the introduction of many new practices, such as wet-rice farming,^[16] a new style of pottery^[17] and Metallurgy ^[18]^[19] brought by migrants from China and Korea.^ There are many such people around me.

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^ The close of this long period brought a new style of art, that of the Korin school.

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^ Great Hanshin earthquake January 17, 1995 This earthquake occurred just around the time when the Operation Desert Storm started.

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.The Japanese first appear in written history in China’s Book of Han.^ Nothing is written in Japanese history books about what happened on that day.

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^ Communications.From the conditions actually existing in the 8th century after the Christian era the first compilers of Japanese history inferred the conditions which might Roads and have existed in the 7th century before that era.

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^ The date of the first use of color-printing in Japanese book illus- fi ok Ill tration is uncertain.

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.According to the Chinese Records of Three Kingdoms, the most powerful kingdom on the archipelago during the third century was called Yamataikoku.^ The date of its construction is not recorded, but it certainly underwent signal improvement in the 12th and 13th centuries, and during the two and a half centuries of Tokugawa sway in Yedo.

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^ Nevertheless the annals show that during the three centuries before 1897 there were 108 earthquakes sufficiently disastrous to merit historical mention.

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.Buddhism was first introduced to Japan from Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, but the subsequent development of Japanese Buddhism and Buddhist sculptures were primarily influenced by China.^ One example in English Three examples in Japanese .

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^ North Korea is neither a foreign nation nor part of Japan, according to Japanese laws.

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^ Iwleanwhile an inquirer is confronted by the strange fact that of three neighboring countries between which frequent communication existed, one (China) never deviated from an ideographic script; another (Korea) invented an alphabet , and the third (Japan) devised a syllabary.

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^[20] Despite early resistance, Buddhism was promoted by the ruling class and eventually gained growing acceptance since the Asuka period.^[21]

The Mongol invasions in 1274 and 1281 were successfully repelled

.The Nara period of the eighth century marked the first emergence of a strong central Japanese state, centered on an imperial court in the city of Heijō-kyō, or modern-day Nara.^ Since most national holidays in Japan had been related to the imperial family, the Allies carried out court procedures on the days.

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^ The native artist who crested the first great wave of Japanese painting was a court noble named Kos no Kanaoka, living under the patronage of the emperor Seiwa ~ mi (850859) and his successors down to about the end of J~~d the 9th century, in the midst of a period of peace and culture.

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^ The period from the early part of the 14th century to the opening of the 17th is generally regarded as the dark age of Japanese literature.

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In addition to the continuing adoption of Chinese administrative practices, the Nara period is characterized by the appearance of a nascent written literature with the completion of the massive chronicles Kojiki (712) and Nihon Shoki (720).^[22] .(Nara was not the first capital city in Japan, though.^ Happily, there are still preserved in the great temples of Japan, chiefly in the ancient capital of Nara, many noble relics of this period.

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Before Nara, Fujiwara-kyō and Asuka served as capitals of the Yamato state.)

.In 784, Emperor Kammu moved the capital from Nara to Nagaoka-kyō for a brief ten-year period, before relocating it to Heian-kyō (modern-day Kyoto) in 794, where it remained for more than a millennium.^ Dude I have been here for over 20 years and I have seen more cloud patterns like the one you link to than you could shake a stick at.

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^ Happily, there are still preserved in the great temples of Japan, chiefly in the ancient capital of Nara, many noble relics of this period.

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^ Each ge~eration has added something to the canons of its predecessor, and for every ten points preserved not more than one has been discarded.

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^[23] .This marked the beginning of the Heian period, during which time a distinctly indigenous Japanese culture emerged, noted for its art, poetry and literature.^ At that time, most Japanese diplomats were government agents who expanded the networks of spies and sympathisers for Japan (See Note 7,8).

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^ Professor Chamberlains Kojiki, the same authors introduction to The Classical Poetry of the Japanese, and Mr W. G. Astons Nikongi, are essential to every student of Japanese literature.

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^ During recent times many students have turned their attention to this branch of literature.

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.Lady Murasaki's The Tale of Genji and the lyrics of modern Japan's national anthem, Kimi ga Yo were written during this time.^ No important new developments have taken place during modern times in Japans lacquer manufacture.

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^ His books were written before and during WWII. When he made a speech at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in 1968, the title of his speech was "Beautiful Japan".

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^[24]

An old Japanese painting depicting a battle during the Sengoku period (1467–1615)

.Japan's feudal era was characterized by the emergence of a ruling class of warriors, the samurai.^ In the feudal period, Buddhist temples often held many warriors and fought samurai warriors and each other for non-religious reasons.

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.In 1185, following the defeat of the rival Taira clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo was appointed Shogun and established a base of power in Kamakura.^ The struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans for the power that had long been practically abandoned by the Imperial line lasted through the 11th and the greater part of the 12th centuries, ending only with the rise of Yoritomo to the shogunate in 1185.

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^ In 1888 Maruyama established, another Asahi in Tokyo, and thither he was quickly followed by his Osaka rival, which in TOkyO took the name of Mainichi Dempo (Daily Telegraph).

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After Yoritomo's death, the Hōjō clan came to rule as regents for the shoguns. Zen Buddhism was introduced from China in the Kamakura period (1185–1333) and became popular among the samurai class.

.The Kamakura shogunate managed to repel Mongol invasions in 1274 and 1281, aided by a storm that the Japanese interpreted as a kamikaze, or Divine Wind.^ A calamitous atmospheric feature is the periodical arrival of storms called typhoons (Japanese tai-fu or great wind).

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^ As far back as the beginning of the Christian era the Japanese and the Koreans could not hold intercourse without the aid of interpreters.

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.The Kamakura shogunate was eventually overthrown by Emperor Go-Daigo, who was soon himself defeated by Ashikaga Takauji in 1336.^[25] The succeeding Ashikaga shogunate failed to control the feudal warlords (daimyō), and a civil war erupted (the Ōnin War) in 1467 which opened a century-long Sengoku (“Warring States”) period.^ The period from the early part of the 14th century to the opening of the 17th is generally regarded as the dark age of Japanese literature.

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^[26]

.During the sixteenth century, traders and Jesuit missionaries from Portugal reached Japan for the first time, initiating active commercial and cultural exchange between Japan and the West (Nanban trade).^ There is no sat?sfactory theory as to the route by which the Mongols reached Japan, but it is scarcely possible to doubt that they found their way thither at one time.

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^ The first historical period of glyptic art in Japan reaches from the end of the 6th to the end of the 12th century, culminating in, the work of the great Nara sculptors, Unkei and Period, his pupil Kwaikei.

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^ If Japan was eminently fortunate in the men who directed her political career at that time, she was equally favored in those that presided over her literary culture.

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One of Japan's Red seal ships (1634), which were used for trade throughout Asia.

Samurai of the Satsuma clan during the Boshin War, circa 1867.

Oda Nobunaga conquered numerous other daimyo by using European technology and firearms and had almost unified the nation when he was assassinated in 1582. Toyotomi Hideyoshi succeeded Nobunaga and united the nation in 1590. Hideyoshi invaded Korea twice, but following several defeats by Korean and Ming China forces and Hideyoshi's death, Japanese troops were withdrawn in 1598.^[27]

After Hideyoshi's death, Tokugawa Ieyasu utilized his position as regent for Hideyoshi's son Toyotomi Hideyori to gain political and military support. .When open war broke out, he defeated rival clans in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Ieyasu was appointed shōgun in 1603 and established the Tokugawa shogunate at Edo (modern Tokyo).^ In 1939, World War II broke out.

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^[28] The Tokugawa shogunate enacted a variety of measures such as Buke shohatto to control the autonomous daimyo.

.In 1639, the shogunate began the isolationist sakoku ("closed country") policy that spanned the two and a half centuries of tenuous political unity known as the Edo period.^ A new era in art began in the latter half of the 17th century with the establishment of a popular school under an embroiderers draughtsman named Hishigawa Moronobu (c.

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^ The date of its construction is not recorded, but it certainly underwent signal improvement in the 12th and 13th centuries, and during the two and a half centuries of Tokugawa sway in Yedo.

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^ This is undoubtedly the finest jewelled porcelain in Japan; the best examples leave nothing to be desired The factorys period of excellence began about the year I 680, ant culminated at the close of the 18th century.

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The study of Western sciences, known as rangaku, continued during this period through contacts with the Dutch enclave at Dejima in Nagasaki. .The Edo period also gave rise to kokugaku, or literally "national studies", the study of Japan by the Japanese themselves.^ North Korea is neither a foreign nation nor part of Japan, according to Japanese laws.

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^ The so-called dark age of Japanese literature was not entirely unproductive: it gave the drama (No) to Japan.

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^ Nov 17, 2007, 08:09 My recent discovery,Japan's Zainici-Koreans are most outwardly patriotic & often like to misrepresent themselves as true Japanese nationals.

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^[29] .According to one authority, there were at least 130 famines during the Edo period, of which 21 were particularly serious.^ Buddhist sculpture was by no means neglected during this period, but there are few works that call for special notice.

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^ There are no rabbits, but hares (usagi) are to be found in very varying numbers, and those of one species put on a white coat during winter.

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^[30]

.On March 31, 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry and the "Black Ships" of the United States Navy forced the opening of Japan to the outside world with the Convention of Kanagawa.^ This, the deepest sea- bed in the world, is called the Tuscarora Deep, after the name of the United States man-of-war which made the survey.

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^ The world would think that Japan is in turmoil and that it could really be a disaster to force Japan into a corner.

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^ Brazil is the Latin American country that has received the most ethnic Japanese immigrants, as well having the largest Japanese population outside of Japan, numbering an estimate of more than 1.5 million considerably bigger than that of the 1.2 million in the United States.

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.Subsequent similar treaties with the Western countries in the Bakumatsu period brought Japan into economic and political crises.^ CIA World Fact Book Japan The BBC Country profile Japan provides an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of Japan.

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^ I hear he got married with a minority woman in a Western country and came back to Japan alone, like Fujimori (See Note 4) and Yoko Ono (See Note 5).

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^ Most earthquakes in Japan seem to be artificial ones usually with political and economic purposes.

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.The abundance of the prerogative and the resignation of the shogunate led to the Boshin War and the establishment of a centralized state unified under the name of the Emperor (Meiji Restoration).^ A new era in art began in the latter half of the 17th century with the establishment of a popular school under an embroiderers draughtsman named Hishigawa Moronobu (c.

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Adopting Western political, judicial and military institutions, the Cabinet organized the Privy Council, introduced the Meiji Constitution, and assembled the Imperial Diet. .The Meiji Restoration transformed the Empire of Japan into an industrialized world power that embarked on a number of military conflicts to expand the nation's sphere of influence.^ JAPAN , an empire of eastern Asia , and one of the great powers of the world.

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^ Formosa and the Pescadores were ceded to Japan by China after the war of 1894-1895, and the southern half of Sakhalinthe part south of 500 N.was added to Japan by cession from Russia in 1905.

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^ In the 1930s, at a time when militarists had taken control of the Japanese government and society, Catholics in Japan faced a problem.

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20th century

.The early twentieth century saw a brief period of "Taishō democracy" overshadowed by the rise of expansionism and militarization.^ The period from the early part of the 14th century to the opening of the 17th is generally regarded as the dark age of Japanese literature.

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^ The second period in Japanese glyptic art extends from the beginning of the 13th to the early part of the 17th century.

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.World War I enabled Japan, which joined the side of the victorious Allies, to expand its influence and territorial holdings.^ Japan took advantage of the global confusion during World War II and expanded its battle line.

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^ You may think that, during World War II, France was included in the Allied Powers.

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^ Aug 3, 2007, 16:09 Japan's Conspiracy (23-1) ==== Japan won World War II. ==== I was surprised when I knew that Japan was a victorious nation for the Japanese government and for some nationalists.

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Japan continued its expansionist policy by occupying Manchuria in 1931. As a result of international condemnation for this occupation, Japan resigned from the League of Nations two years later. In 1935, local assemblies were established in Taiwan.^[32] .In 1936, Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact with Nazi Germany, joining the Axis powers in 1941.^[33] In 1941, Japan signed the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact with Soviet Union, respecting both Manchukou and Mongolian People's Republic territories.^ At that time, Japan was eager to show the power of the Japanese construction industry.

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^ Japanese death toll was 3.1 million, the US death toll was 290,000 On the other hand, the death tolls of Soviet Union, China, Germany, Poland and Indonesia were 23 million, 20 million, 7 million, 5 million and 4 million, respectively.

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^ Some were given to the Soviet Union as pawns for the security of Japan proper.

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.In 1937, the Empire of Japan invaded other parts of China, precipitating the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).^ North Korea is neither a foreign nation nor part of Japan, according to Japanese laws.

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^ Most Japanese victims were killed for other reasons, including torture and mass suicide within Japan.

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^ Formosa and the Pescadores were ceded to Japan by China after the war of 1894-1895, and the southern half of Sakhalinthe part south of 500 N.was added to Japan by cession from Russia in 1905.

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In 1940, the Empire then invaded French Indochina, after which the United States placed an oil embargo on Japan.^[34] .On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the United States naval base in Pearl Harbor and declared war on the United States, the United Kingdom and Netherlands.^ For example, the Attack on Pearl Harbor was carried out on December 8, 1941 in the US, and on December 9, 1941 in Japan.

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^ These attacks were often compared with Attack on Pearl Harbor.

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^ This, the deepest sea- bed in the world, is called the Tuscarora Deep, after the name of the United States man-of-war which made the survey.

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.This act brought the United States into World War II and, on December 8, these three countries declared war on Japan.^ CIA World Fact Book Japan The BBC Country profile Japan provides an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of Japan.

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^ A defence minister of the Japanese puppet regime The capital of Burma, Rangoon, fell to the Japanese in March 1942 (as part of the Burma Campaign in World War II), and the Japanese military administration took over the country.

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^ I was surprised when I found some web sites relating the first change of government since the end of World War II under Hosokawa administration.

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^[35]^[36] .After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, along with the Soviet Union joining the war against it, Japan agreed to an unconditional surrender of all Japanese forces on August 15 (Victory over Japan Day).^ Unconditional surrender was a foregone conclusion for Japan.

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^ But, from August 15 to this day, no Japanese government officials thought that Japan lost the war.

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^ Japanese may think that the war ended on August 15.

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Skyscrapers in Shinjuku, Tokyo

.The war cost Japan and countries part of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere millions of lives and left much of the country's industry and infrastructure destroyed.^ Formosa and the Pescadores were ceded to Japan by China after the war of 1894-1895, and the southern half of Sakhalinthe part south of 500 N.was added to Japan by cession from Russia in 1905.

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^ The Pacific Ocean, which washes the eastern shores, moulds their outline into much greater diversity than does the Sea of Japan which washes the western shores.

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.The Allied powers repatriated millions of ethnic Japanese from colonies throughout Asia.^ The jinrikisha was devised by a Japanese in 1870, and since then it has come into use throughout the whole of Asia eastward of the Suez Canal .

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^ During World War II, in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam and Cambodia, French navy cooperated with Japanese navy and fought the Allied Powers.

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^ The Headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Army surrendered to the Allied Powers in exchange for the acquittal of all government officials.

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^[38] .The International Military Tribunal for the Far East, was convened by the Allies (on May 3, 1946) to prosecute some Japanese leaders for war crimes.^ For example, the president of a Japanese company may assume the chairman of a crime prevention association just to camouflage collusion with gang organizations.

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^ At the first post-war gathering of Japan's bishops in May 1946, the bishops decreed that Catholics henceforth were not allowed to go to shrines in either a private or a public capacity.

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^ You may think that, during World War II, France was included in the Allied Powers.

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.However, all members of the bacteriological research units and members of the imperial family involved in the conduct of the war were exonerated from criminal prosecutions by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces.^ Since most national holidays in Japan had been related to the imperial family, the Allies carried out court procedures on the days.

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^ Above all this, however, the Japanese sculptor is a force in art.

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^ Though it was beyond expectation for every Japanese, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers Douglas MacArthur suddenly ordered to arrest key 39 Japanese generals and politicians who were designated as Class A War Criminals including Hideki Tojo.

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.In 1947, Japan adopted a new pacifist constitution emphasizing liberal democratic practices.^ The current Constitution of Japan was established in 1947.

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^ These four clauses above are figurative expressions for part of the constitutional amendment proposed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (See Note 1, 2).

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^ Around September 11 2003, most headline news were election for president of the Liberal Democratic Party.

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.The Allied occupation ended by the Treaty of San Francisco in 1952^[39] and Japan was granted membership in the United Nations in 1956. Japan later achieved spectacular growth to become the second largest economy in the world, with an annual growth rate averaging 10% for four decades.^ Since most national holidays in Japan had been related to the imperial family, the Allies carried out court procedures on the days.

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^ The birth-rate, taking the average of the decennial period ended 1907, is 3~o5% of the population, and the death-rate is 2.05.

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^ (Note 14)--^ Bangladesh's Ahmed supports Japan's bid for the permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.

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This ended in the mid-1990s when Japan suffered a major recession. .Positive growth in the early twenty-first century has signaled a gradual recovery.^ It was first produced by a Korean who emigrated to Japan in the early part of the 16th century.

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^[40]

Government and politics

Main articles: Government of Japan and Politics of Japan

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko

.Japan is a constitutional monarchy where the power of the Emperor is very limited.^ When Japan restored a monarchy system in 1868, still Buddhist temples held strong powers.

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.As a ceremonial figurehead, he is defined by the constitution as "the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people". Power is held chiefly by the Prime Minister of Japan and other elected members of the Diet, while sovereignty is vested in the Japanese people.^ On the moment, Japan had no prime minister.

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^ This is just what the Japanese prime minister is saying.

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^ Japan tried to convince the Bush administration that there were no alternative prime minister other than Mr. Koizumi.

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^[41] The Emperor effectively acts as the head of state on diplomatic occasions. .Akihito is the current Emperor of Japan.^ Emperor's Birthday === The current emperor, Akihito, was born in 1933 (See Note 2).

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.Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan, stands as next in line to the throne.^ July 10 to July 17 Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito visited Mongolia (See Note 1).

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Japan's legislative organ is the National Diet, a bicameral parliament. .The Diet consists of a House of Representatives, containing 480 seats, elected by popular vote every four years or when dissolved and a House of Councillors of 242 seats, whose popularly elected members serve six-year terms.^ As the result, though the city accounts for 35 per cent of the total voters of the 5 single-seat constituencies, no candidates from it has been elected for some years.

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^ In 1961, U Thant, then Burma's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former Secretary to the Prime Minister, was elected Secretary-General of the United Nations; he was the first non-Westerner to head any international organization and would serve as UN Secretary-General for ten years.

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^ Dissolution of the House of Representatives === The Japanese government dissolved the Lower House, which distracted people's attention from the execution of war criminals on December 23, 1948 (See Note 5).

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.There is universal suffrage for adults over 20 years of age,^[10] with a secret ballot for all elective offices.^ There is a nation-wide TV debate program that has lasted about 20 years.

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^ "We have to be realistic, and we can't continue this process for 10, 20 years," Joji Morishita, Tokyo's representative to the conference, said.

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^ Okinawa University === In Okinawa University, there were two professors who supported Japanese Red Army (See Note 10).

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^[41] .In 2009, the social liberal Democratic Party of Japan took power after 54 years of the liberal conservative Liberal Democratic Party's rule.^ On this point, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has been successful.

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^ The day just before the disastrous day, long-powerful Liberal Democratic Party regime collapsed.

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^ The opposition parties seem to stand against the ruling party, but they are comrades who have the same purpose in Japan.

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.The Prime Minister of Japan is the head of government.^ On the moment, Japan had no prime minister.

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^ Japan tried to convince the Bush administration that there were no alternative prime minister other than Mr. Koizumi.

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^ (Note 6)-- July 24: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed requested government bureaucrats and non-government organizations to cooperate with the government at the disaster emergency committee.

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.The position is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office.^ The number of houses in Japan at the end of 1903, when the census was last taken, was 8,725,544, the average number of inmates in each house being thus 5.5, .

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^ For many years their ware enjoyed the credit, or discredit, of being the most lavishly deco- Wa,i-~ I rated porcelain in Japan.

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^ In the northern suite the lady of the house dwelt, the eastern and western suites being allotted to other members of the family.

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.The Prime Minister is the head of the Cabinet (the literal translation of his Japanese title is "Prime Minister of the Cabinet") and appoints and dismisses the Ministers of State, a majority of whom must be Diet members.^ This is just what the Japanese prime minister is saying.

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^ Finally, the cabinet put off the decision about whether the vice minister of defense is dismissed or not.

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^ This is the title of a book published by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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.Yukio Hatoyama currently serves as the Prime Minister of Japan.^ On the moment, Japan had no prime minister.

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^ Japan tried to convince the Bush administration that there were no alternative prime minister other than Mr. Koizumi.

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^ Until the time the earthqake occurred, there had been no prime minister in Japan.

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.Historically influenced by Chinese law, the Japanese legal system developed independently during the Edo period through texts such as Kujikata Osadamegaki.^ This is the reality of the Japanese law enforcement system.

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^ As the Japanese penal law is much influenced by the German law, you need a sort of "action" to be punished.

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^ The development of Japanese painting may be divided into the following six periods, each signalized by a wave of progress.

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.However, since the late nineteenth century, the judicial system has been largely based on the civil law of Europe, notably France and Germany.^ At the base is a thermal spring, where baths have existed since the 7th century.

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.For example, in 1896, the Japanese government established a civil code based on the German model.^ An impetus was given to ceramic decoration by the efforts of a new school, which owed its origin to Dr G. Wagener, an eminent German expert formerly in the service of the Japanese government.

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^ Since the modern Japanese government was established, the money laundering fraud was developed in both the underground societies and official secret organizations.

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^ Japanese government representatives ordered the U.S. crew to return to Yokota Air Base because the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) were going to handle the rescue.

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.With post-World War II modifications, the code remains in effect in present-day Japan.^ World War II and defeat - - - Prologue to war .

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^ For an example of this, see World War II .

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^ The fortunes of war at first ran in favor of Japan, and by the end of 1942 the spread of Japanese military might over the Pacific to the doors of India and of Alaska was prodigious (see World War II ).

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^[43] .Statutory law originates in Japan's legislature, the National Diet of Japan, with the rubber stamp approval of the Emperor.^ North Korea is neither a foreign nation nor part of Japan, according to Japanese laws.

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.The current constitution requires that the Emperor promulgates legislation passed by the Diet, without specifically giving him the power to oppose the passing of the legislation.^ Japan has a royal family led by an Emperor, but under the current constitution he holds no power at all, not even emergency reserve powers.

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^ Japan's national diet has sole legislative power.

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^ The emperor shares legislative power with two large political bodies, the Chamber of Peers and the Chamber of Deputies.

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^[41] .Japan's court system is divided into four basic tiers: the Supreme Court and three levels of lower courts.^ Japanese Style Gerimander (See Note 5)=== Kagoshima City, with the population of 605,000, is divided into three constituencies.

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^ Structurally Japan is divided into two regions by a depression (the Fossa Magna of Naumann) which stretches across the island of Hondo from Shimoda to Nagano.

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^ It is divided into three parts, separated by walls, and each containing a lake, of which the middle one emits steam and the two others are cold.

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^[44] The main body of Japanese statutory law is a collection called the Six Codes.^[43]

Foreign relations and military

Main articles: Foreign relations of Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces, and Ministry of Defense (Japan)

The JDS Hyuga, one of two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carriers.

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-15s.

.Japan maintains close economic and military relations with its key ally the United States, with the U.S.-Japan security alliance serving as the cornerstone of its foreign policy.^ Since most national holidays in Japan had been related to the imperial family, the Allies carried out court procedures on the days.

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^ Bank of Japan and Public Security Intelligence Agency Shigetake Ogata is a man who symbolizes the relations between the two organizations (See Note 3).

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^ (Note 14)--^ Bangladesh's Ahmed supports Japan's bid for the permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.

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^[45] .A member state of the United Nations since 1956, Japan has served as a non-permanent Security Council member for a total of 19 years, most recently for 2009 and 2010. It is also one of the G4 nations seeking permanent membership in the Security Council.^ Since most national holidays in Japan had been related to the imperial family, the Allies carried out court procedures on the days.

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^ A slew of films featuring this episode have been made recently in both China and the United States.

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^ On this day Japan also celebrated its own foundation because this day was also Japan's most important national holiday, the National Foundation Day..

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.As a member of the G8, the APEC, the "ASEAN Plus Three" and a participant in the East Asia Summit, Japan actively participates in international affairs and enhances diplomatic ties with its important partners around the world.^ The way you write above, you purport that only you know what is good music, and that all of the societies around the world (not just in Japan) are wrong about Ozawa's talents.

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^ The Japanese government moved a variety of agents in and around Japan, sometimes throughout the world.

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^ On the same day, Japan held an "Asia-Pacific Water Summit" in Japan, collecting representatives from 35 countries.

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.Japan signed a security pact with Australia in March 2007^[47] and with India in October 2008.^[48] It is also the world's third largest donor of official development assistance after the United States and United Kingdom, donating US$8.86 billion in 2004.^[49] Japan contributed non-combatant troops to the Iraq War but subsequently withdrew its forces from Iraq.^ The US Bush administration demanded Japan's financial contribution and joint action to the war.

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^ Japan forever renounces war and use of force.

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^ Abe promised Japan's Self Defense Forces' operation for another 2 years in Iraq.

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^[50] .The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force is a regular participant in RIMPAC maritime exercises.^ Abe promised Japan's Self Defense Forces' operation for another 2 years in Iraq.

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^ I now believe that the Meteorological Agency announces the weather forecast after discussing the manipulation effect with the Air Self-Defense Force.

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^ There is a variety of alternative names for the law such as "Anti-terrorism law", "terrorism defense law" or "law of cooperation with US forces" in Japanese.

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.Japan is engaged in several territorial disputes with its neighbors: with Russia over the South Kuril Islands, with South Korea over the Liancourt Rocks, with the People's Republic of China and Republic of China (Taiwan) over the Senkaku Islands, and with the PRC over the EEZ around Okinotorishima.^ But he faced a severe criticism again in and around Japan.

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^ Formosa and the Pescadores were ceded to Japan by China after the war of 1894-1895, and the southern half of Sakhalinthe part south of 500 N.was added to Japan by cession from Russia in 1905.

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^ Japan tried to buy not Northern Territories (Kuril islands) but to buy the concession by the then Russian President Yeltsin about the territories' handover to Japan.

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.Japan also faces an ongoing dispute with North Korea over its abduction of Japanese citizens and its nuclear weapons and missile program (see also Six-party talks).^ Japan lost control over North Korea.

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^ Japan doesn't recognize North Korea.

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^ (Note 1 to Note 9) ------------------------- (Note 1) Crown Prince helps excavate Mongolia fossils http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070714b2.html (Note 2) N. Korea warns Japan of consequences if it presses abduction issue North Korea on Thursday accused Japan of "abusing" the issue of Japanese citizens abducted to North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s to scuttle the six-party denuclearization talks, warning that if Japan fails to fulfill its commitments to provide energy aid, the nuclear issue will remain unsettled.

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.As a result of the Kuril Islands dispute, Japan is technically still at war with Russia since no treaty resolving the issue was ever signed.^ Formosa and the Pescadores were ceded to Japan by China after the war of 1894-1895, and the southern half of Sakhalinthe part south of 500 N.was added to Japan by cession from Russia in 1905.

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^ The books produced in the period1880-1908in Japan are still of high technical excellence.

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^ Japan tried to buy not Northern Territories (Kuril islands) but to buy the concession by the then Russian President Yeltsin about the territories' handover to Japan.

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.Japan's military is restricted by the Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, which renounces Japan's right to declare war or use military force as a means of settling international disputes.^ Article 9: Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes (See Note 1).

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^ Japan forever renounces war and use of force.

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^ In the original Japanese Constitution, ”門地" was used to express the meaning of "family origin".

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.Japan's military is governed by the Ministry of Defense, and primarily consists of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).^ If you want to be a prestigious meteorologist, I suggest that you develop your skill in convincing others of your close-mouthed character and that you set up contacts with the Air Self-Defense Force.

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^ The Japanese government and Japanese mass media say that Okinawans are angry about the education ministry's instructions to textbook publishers to modify statements that Okinawa residents were forced by the military into committing mass suicide during the Battle of Okinawa.

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^ Japan's foreign ministry officials can call any foreign government officials.

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.The forces have been recently used in peacekeeping operations and the deployment of Japanese troops to Iraq marked the first overseas use of its military since World War II.^ Article 9: Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes (See Note 1).

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^ Japan forever renounces war and use of force.

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Administrative divisions

Map of the prefectures of Japan in ISO 3166-2:JP order and the regions of Japan

Main articles: Prefectures of Japan, Cities of Japan, Towns of Japan, Villages of Japan, and List of Japanese cities by population

Japan consists of forty-seven prefectures, each overseen by an elected governor, legislature and administrative bureaucracy. .Each prefecture is further divided into cities, towns and villages.^ Japanese Style Gerimander (See Note 5)=== Kagoshima City, with the population of 605,000, is divided into three constituencies.

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Hokkaidō 1. Hokkaidō	Tōhoku 2. Aomori 3. Iwate 4. Miyagi 5. Akita 6. Yamagata 7. Fukushima	Kantō 8. Ibaraki 9. Tochigi 10. Gunma 11. Saitama 12. Chiba 13. Tokyo 14. Kanagawa	Chūbu 15. Niigata 16. Toyama 17. Ishikawa 18. Fukui 19. Yamanashi 20. Nagano 21. Gifu 22. Shizuoka 23. Aichi
Kansai 24. Mie 25. Shiga 26. Kyoto 27. Osaka 28. Hyōgo 29. Nara 30. Wakayama	Chūgoku 31. Tottori 32. Shimane 33. Okayama 34. Hiroshima 35. Yamaguchi	Shikoku 36. Tokushima 37. Kagawa 38. Ehime 39. Kōchi	Kyūshū and Okinawa 40. Fukuoka 41. Saga 42. Nagasaki 43. Kumamoto 44. Ōita 45. Miyazaki 46. Kagoshima 47. Okinawa

The nation is currently undergoing administrative reorganization by merging many of the cities, towns and villages with each other. .This process will reduce the number of sub-prefecture administrative regions and is expected to cut administrative costs.^ There are forty-three ordinary prefectures, three metropolitan prefectures with special administrative powers, and one administrative region for the northernmost island.

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.Japan has dozens of major cities, which play an important role in Japan's culture, heritage and economy.^ But although the capital of Japan formerly played only an insignificant part in Japanese ceramics, modern Tokyo has an important school of artist-artisans.

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^ Japan hopes that they will play a critical role in the international political arena in the future, particularly for Japan.

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Geography

Main article: Geography of Japan

Mount Fuji with cherry blossom trees and a shinkansen in the foreground—all three are iconic of Japan

.Japan is a country of over three thousand islands extending along the Pacific coast of Asia.^ The Pacific coast of the Japanese islands is more liable than the western shore to shocks disturbing a wide area.

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^ On the same day, Japan held an "Asia-Pacific Water Summit" in Japan, collecting representatives from 35 countries.

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^ But the foundation on which the volcanoes rest is exposed along the east coast of Hondo (in the Kwanto, Abukuma and Kitakami hills), and also in the island of Yezo.

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.The main islands, running from north to south, are Hokkaidō, Honshū (the main island), Shikoku and Kyūshū.^ In the north of the main island there are no peaks of remarkable height.

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^ Th third road, the OshOkaidO runs northward from Yedo o h~k 1d~ (now Tokyo) to Aomori on the extreme north of the S U 5 O~ main island, a distance of 445 iii., and several lesser highways give access to other regions.

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^ There the bottom slopes very abruptly, descending precipitously at a point not far from the north-east coast of the main island, where soundings have shown 4655 fathoms.

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.The Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa, are a chain of islands south of Kyushū.^ The island fell on about June 21, 1945, though some Japanese continued fighting, including the future governor of Okinawa prefecture, Masahide Ota.

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.Together they are often known as the Japanese Archipelago.^ It is often said that typhoons are supposed to go through the Japanese archipelago, but it is impossible to explain the reason only by topography and meteorology.

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^ It has often been said of the Japanese that they are slow in forming a decision but very quick to act upon it.

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About 70% to 80% of the country is forested, mountainous,^[53]^[54] and unsuitable for agricultural, industrial, or residential use. This is because of the generally steep elevations, climate and risk of landslides caused by earthquakes, soft ground and heavy rain. .This has resulted in an extremely high population density in the habitable zones that are mainly located in coastal areas.^ The country is heavily urbanized, and urban areas have extremely high population densities.

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^ On the arable land, which is only 11% of Japan's total land area, the population density is among the highest in the world.

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^ Only about 15 percent of the land is level enough for agriculture, and so the population density in coastal plains and valleys is extremely high.

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.Japan is one of the most densely populated countries in the world.^ Japan has been admired as the safest country with the best policemen in the world.

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^ The remarkable grace of this moun- Fe L tams curvean inverted catenarymakes it one of the most beautiful in the world, and has obtained for it a prominent place in Japanese decorative art.

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^ Most earthquakes in Japan seem to be artificial ones usually with political and economic purposes.

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.Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire, at the juncture of three tectonic plates, gives Japan frequent low-intensity tremors and occasional volcanic activity.^ This area is in the middle of the fault zone of the Pacific, the Eurasian and the Philippine tectonic plates.

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^ The Japanese Archipelago is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.

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.Destructive earthquakes, often resulting in tsunamis, occur several times each century.^ The attitude of the Japanese government has been strange for the past several years when earthquakes occurred.

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^ Great Hanshin earthquake January 17, 1995 This earthquake occurred just around the time when the Operation Desert Storm started.

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^ Those conspiracy often occur at the time which is very convenient for the Japanese government.

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^[56] .The 1923 Tokyo earthquake killed over 140,000.^[57] The most recent major quakes are the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake and the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. Hot springs are numerous and have been developed as resorts.^ The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred on January 17, 1995 at 5:46 a.m.

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^ (Tokyo) Great Kanto earthquake about 100,000 to 142,000 deaths It took place during the emergency in the Japanese politics.

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^ Great Hanshin earthquake January 17, 1995 This earthquake occurred just around the time when the Operation Desert Storm started.

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Shiranesanzan (from left to right: Mount Nōtori, Mount Aino, Mount Kita), view from Mount Kenashi in Shizuoka Prefecture.

.The climate of Japan is predominantly temperate, but varies greatly from north to south.^ Mountasns.The Japanese islands are traversed from north t south by a range of mountains which sends out various laterl branches.

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^[59] Japan's geographical features divide it into six principal climatic zones:

Hokkaidō: The northernmost zone has a temperate climate with long, cold winters and cool summers.
^ General characteristics are hot and humid though short summers, and long, cold and clear winters.
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^ But the variation of the thermometer in winter and summer being considerableas much as 72 F. in Tokyothe climate proves somewhat trying to persons of weak constitution.
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.Precipitation is not heavy, but the islands usually develop deep snow banks in the winter.
Sea of Japan: On Honshū's west coast, the northwest wind in the wintertime brings heavy snowfall.
^ But in the mountainous provinces of the interior and in those along the western coast, deep snow covers the ground throughout the whole winter, and the sky is usually wrapped in a veil of clouds.
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^ The intervening sea being comparatively warm, this wind arrives at Japan having its temperature increased and carrying moisture which it deposits as snow on the western faces of the Japanese mountains.
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^ There the bottom slopes very abruptly, descending precipitously at a point not far from the north-east coast of the main island, where soundings have shown 4655 fathoms.
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.In the summer, the region is cooler than the Pacific area, though it sometimes experiences extremely hot temperatures, because of the foehn wind phenomenon.
Central Highland: A typical inland climate, with large temperature differences between summer and winter, and between day and night.
^ He takes them as part of the days work, and though he sometimes grumbles, rarely, if ever, does he repine.
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^ General characteristics are hot and humid though short summers, and long, cold and clear winters.
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^ But the variation of the thermometer in winter and summer being considerableas much as 72 F. in Tokyothe climate proves somewhat trying to persons of weak constitution.
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.Precipitation is light.
Seto Inland Sea: The mountains of the Chūgoku and Shikoku regions shelter the region from the seasonal winds, bringing mild weather throughout the year.
Pacific Ocean: The east coast experiences cold winters with little snowfall and hot, humid summers because of the southeast seasonal wind.
Ryukyu Islands: The Ryukyu Islands have a subtropical climate, with warm winters and hot summers.
^ But in the mountainous provinces of the interior and in those along the western coast, deep snow covers the ground throughout the whole winter, and the sky is usually wrapped in a veil of clouds.
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^ General characteristics are hot and humid though short summers, and long, cold and clear winters.
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^ The intervening sea being comparatively warm, this wind arrives at Japan having its temperature increased and carrying moisture which it deposits as snow on the western faces of the Japanese mountains.
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.Precipitation is very heavy, especially during the rainy season.
^ During the seasonal periods of heavy rainfall and typhoons, flooding becomes a major problem.
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Typhoons are common.

The highest temperature ever measured in Japan—40.9 °C (105.6 °F)—was recorded on August 16, 2007.^[60]

.The main rainy season begins in early May in Okinawa, and the stationary rain front responsible for this gradually works its way north until it dissipates in northern Japan before reaching Hokkaidō in late July.^ It was not until the triumph of the northern dynasty was achieved through the prowess of an interested champion of the Ashikaga clan that the culture of ancient Japan revived.

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^ There is no sat?sfactory theory as to the route by which the Mongols reached Japan, but it is scarcely possible to doubt that they found their way thither at one time.

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.In most of Honshū, the rainy season begins before the middle of June and lasts about six weeks.^ There are three wet seasons in Japan: the first, from the middle of April to the beginning of May; the second, from the middle of June to the beginning of July; and the third, from early in September to early in October.

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^ Last week some of Barack Obama's critics were upset that he ducked a question in Japan about whether he approved of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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^ Troy Hogg Rain, rain, go away......The month of June signals the beginning of the rainy season in Japan.

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In late summer and early autumn, typhoons often bring heavy rain.^[59]

Japan is home to nine forest ecoregions which reflect the climate and geography of the islands. .They range from subtropical moist broadleaf forests in the Ryūkyū and Bonin islands, to temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in the mild climate regions of the main islands, to temperate coniferous forests in the cold, winter portions of the northern islands.^ According to a comparison made by A. Gray with regard to the numbers of genera and species respectively represented in the forest trees of four regions of the northern hemisphere , the following is the case: .

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^ In all the regions of the main island southward of this belt the only mountains of conspicuous altitude are Omine (6169 ft.

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^ In the northern half of the main island, in Yezo and in the Kuriles, the cold is severe during the winter, which lasts for at least four months, and snow falls sometimes to great depths.

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Environment

Main article: Environmental issues in Japan

Ikata Nuclear Power Plant.

.Japan's environmental history and current policies reflect a balance between economic development and environmental protection.^ CIA World Fact Book Japan The BBC Country profile Japan provides an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of Japan.

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^ Hawaii is a place which has complicated history between Japan.

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^ The Kyoto Protocol was used to establish a public image of Japan as a developed nation on the environmental affairs before conducting weather terrorism.

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.In the rapid economic growth after World War II, environmental policies were downplayed by the government and industrial corporations.^ I was surprised when I found some web sites relating the first change of government since the end of World War II under Hosokawa administration.

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^ Japan took advantage of the global confusion during World War II and expanded its battle line.

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^ You may think that, during World War II, France was included in the Allied Powers.

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.As an inevitable consequence, some crucial environmental pollution (see Pollution in Japan) occurred in the 1950s and 1960s.^ July 19 N. Korea warns Japan of consequences if it presses abduction issue (See Note 2).

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^ But, in Japan, when we see some such books, they are usually books of full of compliments and decoration.

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^ In this sense, Japan might have reached some important goals at the war (See Note 4).

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In the rising concern over the problem, the government introduced many environmental protection laws^[62] in 1970 and established the Ministry of the Environment in 1971.

.The Oil crisis in 1973 also encouraged the efficient use of energy due to Japan's lack of natural resources.^ Japanese nature nor yet of Buddhist teaching, but is due to the stress of endeavouring to reach the standards of Western acquirement with grievously inadequate equipment, opportunities and resources.

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^ From the Gulf crisis through The Gulf War, oil prices skyrocketed and hit bitterly the Japan's bubble economy.

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^[63] .Current priority environmental issues include urban air pollution (NOx, suspended particulate matter, toxics), waste management, water eutrophication, nature conservation, climate change, chemical management and international co-operation for environmental conservation.^ We offer international volunteer work programs in Education, Wildlife and Environmental Conservation and Community Development.

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^ Most major environmental disruptions and natural disasters are caused by weather terrorism, though there are some natural environmental changes.

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^ But on the other hand; "The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says the world's changing climate poses a grave risk to one third of its forests.

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.Today Japan is one of the world's leaders in the development of new environment-friendly technologies.^ Japan was very busy on that day for the selection of world's seven new wonders.

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^ The government hopes that this technology will lead to the development of phaser weapons and photon torpedoes to launch a new industry in Japan.

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^ The highway between his stronghold, Kamakura, and the imperial city, KiOto, began in his time to develop features which ultimately entitled it to be called one of the finest roads in the world.

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Honda and Toyota hybrid electric vehicles were named to have the highest fuel economy and lowest emissions.^[65] This is due to the advanced technology in hybrid systems, biofuels, use of lighter weight material and better engineering.

.Japan also takes issues surrounding climate change and global warming seriously.^ Environment ministers from around the world are meeting in Bali to decide what are the next steps to take in the fight against climate change on December 3.

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^ This seems as if Japan tries to ignore the Bali Conference on Climate Change (See Note 9).

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^ Japan tries to distract people's attention by relating the damage, caused by the environmental terrorism, to the global warming phenomena.

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.As a signatory of the Kyoto Protocol, and host of the 1997 conference which created it, Japan is under treaty obligations to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions and to take other steps related to curbing climate change.^ In 1997, Kyoto Protocol was adopted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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^ "Forests are threatened by climate change, so countries should not rely on them to soak up carbon dioxide", it says.

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^ I was surprised when I found some web sites relating the first change of government since the end of World War II under Hosokawa administration.

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.The Cool Biz campaign introduced under former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was targeted at reducing energy use through the reduction of air conditioning use in government offices.^ Former prime minister Koizumi once called them "winners and losers".

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^ Japan tried to convince the Bush administration that there were no alternative prime minister other than Mr. Koizumi.

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^ (Note 6)-- July 24: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed requested government bureaucrats and non-government organizations to cooperate with the government at the disaster emergency committee.

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.Japan is preparing to force industry to make big cuts in greenhouse gases, taking the lead in a country struggling to meet its Kyoto Protocol obligations.^ The government hopes that this technology will lead to the development of phaser weapons and photon torpedoes to launch a new industry in Japan.

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^ This means that it takes about 30 minutes to make a rainfall though everything is prepared well enough.

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^ Japan is an underdeveloped country === Among advanced countries, Japan may be the only country in which people neither can meet nor can send letters to the public safety commissioners.

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.Japan is ranked 30th best in the world in the Environmental Sustainability Index.^ Japan has been admired as the safest country with the best policemen in the world.

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Economy

Main article: Economy of Japan

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is the world's second largest stock exchange.

From 1868, the Meiji period launched economic expansion. Meiji rulers embraced the concept of a free market economy and adopted British and North American forms of free enterprise capitalism. .Japanese went to study overseas and Western scholars were hired to teach in Japan.^ Japan can use its influence with overseas providers through ODA, investment and Japanese companies.

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^ I have had suspicion about the cause of earthquakes that took place in Japan since I studied related Japanese history.

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Many of today's enterprises were founded at the time. .Japan emerged as the most developed nation in Asia.^ Since most national holidays in Japan had been related to the imperial family, the Allies carried out court procedures on the days.

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^ On this day Japan also celebrated its own foundation because this day was also Japan's most important national holiday, the National Foundation Day..

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^ On this day Japan also celebrated its own foundation because this day was also Japan's most important national holiday, the National Foundation Day.

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From the 1960s to the 1980s, overall real economic growth has been called a "Japanese miracle": a 10% average in the 1960s, a 5% average in the 1970s and a 4% average in the 1980s.^[68] .Growth slowed markedly in the 1990s during what the Japanese call the Lost Decade, largely because of the after-effects of Japanese asset price bubble and domestic policies intended to wring speculative excesses from the stock and real estate markets.^ This is called go-no-me-namako, because of its resemblance to the disposition of chequers in the Japanese game of go.

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^ You may think that you don't know the reality with it in Japan because you are not Japanese.

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^ The Japanese government really hope that developing countries continue to lag behind for ever, because its aim is to become the world No.1 country.

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Government efforts to revive economic growth met with little success and were further hampered by the global slowdown in 2000.^[69] .The economy showed strong signs of recovery after 2005. GDP growth for that year was 2.8%, with an annualized fourth quarter expansion of 5.5%, surpassing the growth rates of the US and European Union during the same period.^ The larger towns, their populations and the growth of the latter during the five-year period commencing with 1898 were as follow: URnAN POPULATIONS .

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^ It was calculated that this redemption would be effected in a period of 32 years, after which the annual profit accruing to the state from the lines would be 51/8 millions sterling.

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^ The meteorological record for ten years ended 1905 shows a total of 120 typhoons, being an average of 12 annually.

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.As of 2009, Japan is the second largest economy in the world,^[71] after the United States, at around US$5 trillion in terms of nominal GDP^[71] and third after the United States and China in terms of purchasing power parity.^ A slew of films featuring this episode have been made recently in both China and the United States.

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^ This, the deepest sea- bed in the world, is called the Tuscarora Deep, after the name of the United States man-of-war which made the survey.

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^[72] .Banking, insurance, real estate, retailing, transportation, telecommunications and construction are all major industries.^ Transport and Communications Land Transportation Marine Transportation Air Transportation Warehousing & Harbor Transportation Services Communication Commerce Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Finance & Insurance Banks Securities Insurance Other Financial Business Real Estate Services .

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^[73] .Japan has a large industrial capacity and is home to some of the largest, leading and most technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles and processed foods.^ The government hopes that this technology will lead to the development of phaser weapons and photon torpedoes to launch a new industry in Japan.

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^ Yamato and her sister ship Musashi were the largest, heaviest, and most powerful battleships ever constructed, weighing 72,802 tons at full load (See Note 2).

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^ But, if Japan crosses the line, it would never be able to come back as a leading advanced country.

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^[69] The service sector accounts for three quarters of the gross domestic product.

Osaka Castle and Osaka Business Park district of Osaka. The majority of Japan's economy is service sector based.

As of 2001, Japan's shrinking labor force consisted of some 67 million workers.^[74] Japan has a low unemployment rate, around 4%. .Japan's GDP per hour worked is the world's 19th highest as of 2007.^[75] The Big Mac Index shows that Japanese workers get the highest salary per hour in the world.^ In the beginning of the 19th century worked ShOkwasai, who frequently collaborated with the metal-worker Shibayama, encrusting his lacquer with small decorations in metal by the latter.

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^ But, in reality, the world has changed and this kind of intimidation and insinuation would not work as Japan expects.

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^ Their work shows much promise, but like all fine specimens of the Sino-Japanese school, the prices are too high to attract wide custom.

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Some of the largest enterprises in Japan include Toyota, Nintendo, NTT DoCoMo, Canon, Honda, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Sony, Nippon Steel, Tepco, Mitsubishi and 711.^[76] It is home to some of the world's largest banks, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (known for its Nikkei 225 and Topix indices) stands as the second largest in the world by market capitalization.^[77] Japan is home to 326 companies from the Forbes Global 2000 or 16.3% (as of 2006).

.Japan ranks 12th of 178 countries in the Ease of Doing Business Index 2008 and it has one of the smallest governments in the developed world.^ The world would finally allow the Japanese government to equip itself with nuclear arms, as North Korea has nuclear arms and threaten Japan with the weapons.

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^ The government hopes that this technology will lead to the development of phaser weapons and photon torpedoes to launch a new industry in Japan.

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^ The highway between his stronghold, Kamakura, and the imperial city, KiOto, began in his time to develop features which ultimately entitled it to be called one of the finest roads in the world.

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.Japanese variant of capitalism has many distinct features.^ C. 1773) and Tsukioka Tange (1717-1786), the latter of whom made the drawings for many of the meish or guidebooks which form so interesting and distinctive a branch of Japanese illustration.

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^ Jul 15, 2007, 15:19 ===== July 14th =============== Though I'm not sure why Japanese sticks to something so much, Japan's terrorism has distinctive features.

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Keiretsu enterprises are influential. Lifetime employment and seniority-based career advancement are relatively common in Japanese work environment.^[78]^[79] .Japanese companies are known for management methods such as "The Toyota Way". Shareholder activism is rare.^ Social Security Plan and Foreign Assistance Japanese companies organize charities such as donations, for sure, but they are part of benefit maximization.

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^ While I have to admit, cherry has written a wonderful story, it is missing some key points - such as there is no known way to cause earthquakes, even in theory.

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^[80] .Recently, Japan has moved away from some of these norms.^ In Japan, some earthquakes took place on Sundays, recently, too.

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^[81]^[82] .In the Index of Economic Freedom, Japan is the 5th most laissez-faire of 30 Asian countries.^ FT Country Report: Japan - September 30 2002 OECD Member Profile Japan: English .

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^ CIA World Fact Book Japan The BBC Country profile Japan provides an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of Japan.

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^ It was a matter of time before other Asian countries caught up with Japan.

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Toyota Prius, a hybrid electric vehicle. Automobiles and electronics constitute a large proportion of Japanese exports.

.Japan's exports amounted to 4,210 U.S. dollars per capita in 2005. Japan's main export markets are the United States 22.8%, the European Union 14.5%, China 14.3%, South Korea 7.8%, Taiwan 6.8% and Hong Kong 5.6% (for 2006).^ Formosa and the Pescadores were ceded to Japan by China after the war of 1894-1895, and the southern half of Sakhalinthe part south of 500 N.was added to Japan by cession from Russia in 1905.

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^ A slew of films featuring this episode have been made recently in both China and the United States.

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^ Thus, about the year 1865, there commenced an export of enamels which had no prototypes in Japan, being destined frankly for European and American collectors.

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Japan's main exports are transportation equipment, motor vehicles, electronics, electrical machinery and chemicals.^[69] .Japan's main import markets are China 20.5%, U.S. 12.0%, the European Union 10.3%, Saudi Arabia 6.4%, UAE 5.5%, Australia 4.8%, South Korea 4.7% and Indonesia 4.2% (for 2006).^ Japanese death toll was 3.1 million, the US death toll was 290,000 On the other hand, the death tolls of Soviet Union, China, Germany, Poland and Indonesia were 23 million, 20 million, 7 million, 5 million and 4 million, respectively.

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^ From February 17th to 23rd, 2002, President Bush officially visited Japan, South Korea, and China.

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^ South Korea was catching up Japan in some industries.

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Japan's main imports are machinery and equipment, fossil fuels, foodstuffs (in particular beef), chemicals, textiles and raw materials for its industries.^[84] By market share measures, domestic markets are the least open of any OECD country.^[79] .Junichiro Koizumi administration commenced some pro-competition reforms and foreign investment in Japan has soared recently.^ Japan tried to convince the Bush administration that there were no alternative prime minister other than Mr. Koizumi.

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^ In Japan, some earthquakes took place on Sundays, recently, too.

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^ May 22, 2007, 21:50 Recommendations by the government of Japan to the government of the uninted states regarding regulartory reform and competition policy.

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.Japan's business culture has many indigenous concepts such as the nemawashi, the nenko system, the salaryman, and the office lady.^ Japan has had such history for many years.

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Japan's housing market is characterized by limited land supply in urban areas. .This is particularly true for Tokyo, the world's largest urban agglomeration GDP. More than half of Japanese live in suburbs or more rural areas, where detached houses are the dominant housing type.^ There is no more polite nation in the world than the Japanese.

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^ Thus it results that Japanese poems are, for the most part, impressionist; they suggest a great deal more than they actually express.

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^ It is true that the Japanese are shorter in stature than either the Chinese or the Koreans.

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Agricultural businesses in Japan often utilize a system of terrace farming and crop yields are high. 13% of Japan's land is cultivated. .Japan accounts for nearly 15% of the global fish catch, second only to China.^ China and Japan exists only in the artists imagination.

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^[69] Japan's agricultural sector is protected at high cost.^[86]

Infrastructure

Main articles: Energy in Japan and Transportation in Japan

As of 2005, one half of energy in Japan is produced from petroleum, a fifth from coal, and 14% from natural gas.^[87] .Nuclear power produces a quarter of Japan's electricity.^ Japan wish it would be a nuclear super power.

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High speed Shinkansen or Bullet trains are a common form of transportation in Japan.

Japan's road spending has been large.^[89] The 1.2 million kilometers of paved road are the main means of transportation.^[90] Japan has left-hand traffic. .A single network of high-speed, divided, limited-access toll roads connects major cities and are operated by toll-collecting enterprises.^ Roads connecting noted localities with the chief town of such neighborhoods, or leading to seaports convenient of access.

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^ Roads connecting the head offices of cities and prefectures with their branch offices.

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New and used cars are inexpensive. Car ownership fees and fuel levies are used to promote energy-efficiency. .However, at just 50% of all distance travelled, car usage is the lowest of all G8 countries.^ Way, way back in Buddhist history, in its home country of India, monks did not reside in one place but travelled all over the country.

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.Dozens of Japanese railway companies compete in regional and local passenger transportation markets; for instance, 7 JR enterprises, Kintetsu Corporation, Seibu Railway and Keio Corporation.^ In 1997, its construction began by Kajima Corporation, a Japanese construction company, and was completed in December, 2001 (See Note 3).

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^ Jun 1, 2007, 22:36 Bechtel Corporation I think this company had a relation with them mining , boring and etc I think those Conspiracy were not Japanese one.

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^ Seibu Railway Company Ltd.

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Often, strategies of these enterprises contain real estate or department stores next to stations. .Some 250 high-speed Shinkansen trains connect major cities.^ Though Kobe was a major city, some opposition party politicians complained that there had been no ruling party politicians in Kobe at that moment.

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Japanese trains are known for their punctuality.^[92]

.There are 173 airports and flying is a popular way to travel between cities.^ By the way, there was a funny episode between Bill Clinton and Japanese former prime minister Yoshiro Mori (See Note 8).

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.The largest domestic airport, Haneda Airport, is Asia's busiest airport.^ (August 12, 1985) Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a JAL domestic flight from Tokyo International Airport in Haneda to Osaka International Airport in Itami.

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.The largest international gateways are Narita International Airport (Tokyo area), Kansai International Airport (Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto area) and Chūbu Centrair International Airport (Nagoya area).^ (August 12, 1985) Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a JAL domestic flight from Tokyo International Airport in Haneda to Osaka International Airport in Itami.

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^ All Nippon Airways Flight 61 === ANA Flight 61 is a flight from Tokyo International Airport to New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, Japan.

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^ Timeline of the Incident On June 22, 1985, the bags of a passenger named L. Singh were checked in at Vancouver for Canadian Pacific Airlines (CP Air) 003 to New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport) in Narita, Japan, near Tokyo.

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The largest ports include Nagoya Port.

Science and technology

Main article: Science and technology in Japan

Press release photo of the most recent Honda ASIMO model.

JAXA Japanese Experiment Module, a part of the International Space Station.

.Japan is one of the leading nations in the fields of scientific research, particularly technology, machinery and biomedical research.^ The government hopes that this technology will lead to the development of phaser weapons and photon torpedoes to launch a new industry in Japan.

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^ But Japan, neglecting their hope, designated one national holiday, related to the imperial family, after another.

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^ NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) suspended its national TV programs more than one hour and people in other areas didn't know what had happened.

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.Nearly 700,000 researchers share a US$130 billion research and development budget, the third largest in the world.^ Kumamoto; for, though the highest of its five peaks has an altitude of only 5545 ft., it boasts the largest crater in the world, with walls nearly 2000 ft.

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^[93] .Japan is a world leader in fundamental scientific research, having produced thirteen Nobel laureates in either physics, chemistry or medicine,^[94] three Fields medalists^[95] and one Gauss Prize laureate.^ At the Nobel Prize award ceremony, laureates have to wear tailcoat.

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^ CeramicsAll research proves that up to the 12th century of the Christian era the ceramic ware produced in Japan was of a very rude character.

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^ The art was one of imperfect evolution, but for thirteen centuries it was the only living pictorial art in the world, and the Chinese deserve the honor of having created landscape painting.

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.Some of Japan's more prominent technological contributions are found in the fields of electronics, automobiles, machinery, earthquake engineering, industrial robotics, optics, chemicals, semiconductors and metals.^ Virtually every literary magnate of the Occident has found one or more interpreters in modern Japan.

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^ In Japan, some earthquakes took place on Sundays, recently, too.

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^ Kobe earthquake as it is more commonly known overseas, was an earthquake in Japan that measured 6.9[1] to 7.3[2] on the Richter magnitude scale.

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.Japan leads the world in robotics production and use, possessing more than half (402,200 of 742,500) of the world's industrial robots used for manufacturing.^ The government hopes that this technology will lead to the development of phaser weapons and photon torpedoes to launch a new industry in Japan.

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^ There is no more polite nation in the world than the Japanese.

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^ Besides, Japanese people put family names first and use them far more than their given names, which are often forgotten by many.

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^[97] It also produced QRIO, ASIMO and AIBO. .Japan is the world's largest producer of automobiles^[98] and home to four of the world's fifteen largest automobile manufacturers and seven of the world's twenty largest semiconductor sales leaders as of today.^ Japan was very busy on that day for the selection of world's seven new wonders.

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.The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's space agency that conducts space and planetary research, aviation research, and development of rockets and satellites.^ The Kyoto Protocol was used to establish a public image of Japan as a developed nation on the environmental affairs before conducting weather terrorism.

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It is a participant in the International Space Station and the Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo) was added to the International Space Station during Space Shuttle assembly flights in 2008.^[99] It has plans in space exploration, such as launching the Venus Climate Orbiter (PLANET-C) in 2010,^[100]^[101] developing the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter to be launched in 2013,^[102]^[103] and building a moonbase by 2030.^[104]

On September 14, 2007, it launched lunar orbit explorer "SELENE" (Selenological and Engineering Explorer) on an H-IIA (Model H2A2022) carrier rocket from Tanegashima Space Center. SELENE is also known as Kaguya, the lunar princess of the ancient folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.^[105] Kaguya is the largest lunar probe mission since the Apollo program. Its mission is to gather data on the moon's origin and evolution. .It entered into a lunar orbit on October 4,^[106]^[107] flying in a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 100 km (62 mi).^ Malaya Vishera is located about 300 miles (500 km) northeast of Moscow, or about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of St. Petersburg.

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^ Then, some bureaucrats recommended that the crash site should be within the electoral district of the then prime minister, Nakasone, about 100 km northwest of Tokyo.

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Demographics

Main articles: Demographics of Japan, Japanese people, Aging of Japan, and Racial issues in Japan

A view of Shibuya crossing, an example of Tokyo's often crowded streets.

Greater Tokyo Area is the world's most populous metropolitan area with about 35 million people.

.Japan's population is estimated at around 127.3 million.^ Brazil is the Latin American country that has received the most ethnic Japanese immigrants, as well having the largest Japanese population outside of Japan, numbering an estimate of more than 1.5 million considerably bigger than that of the 1.2 million in the United States.

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^[109] .Japanese society is linguistically and culturally homogeneous with small populations of foreign workers.^ Japanese know that they will be bullied in their society if they say in favor of foreigners such as Koreans, Chinese, Americans and British.

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^ I thought that most Japanese and some pro-Japanese foreigners knew harakiri-related culture well.

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^[110] .Zainichi Koreans,^[111] Zainichi Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese Brazilians,^[112] Japanese Peruvians are amongst the small minorities resident in Japan.^ General Association of Korean Residents in Japan after the deal was revealed, the sources said.

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^ Even nowadays, you hear that some rogue Chinese and Koreans are said to commit serious crimes in Japan, but most of the cases, their news are just exaggerations and such people were often masterminded by more rogue Japanese.

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^ Physical Characteristics.The best authorities are agreed that the Japanese people do not differ physically from their Korean and Chinese neighbors as much as the inhabitants of northern Europe differ from those of southern Europe.

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^[113] .In 2003, there were about 136,000 Western expatriates in Japan.^ Thus, about the year 1865, there commenced an export of enamels which had no prototypes in Japan, being destined frankly for European and American collectors.

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^ For the past about 20 years, there was only one poisoning case in Japan: the mass poisoning of people celebrating a festival in the western town of Sonobe in July 25, 1998 (See Note 3).

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^ Towns.There are in Japan 23 towns having a population of over 50,000, and there are 76 having a population of over 20,000.

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^[114] The most dominant native ethnic group is the Yamato people; the primary minority groups include the indigenous Ainu^[115] and Ryukyuan, as well as social minority groups like the burakumin.^[116]

.Japan has one of the highest life expectancy rates in the world, at 81.25 years of age as of 2006.^[117] The Japanese population is rapidly aging, the effect of a post-war baby boom followed by a decrease in births in the latter part of the twentieth century.^ The so-called dark age of Japanese literature was not entirely unproductive: it gave the drama (No) to Japan.

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^ The period from the early part of the 14th century to the opening of the 17th is generally regarded as the dark age of Japanese literature.

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^ Smokers in their 70s have higher rates of life expectancy than non-smokers in their 70s have.

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In 2004, about 19.5% of the population was over the age of 65.^[118]

.The changes in the demographic structure have created a number of social issues, particularly a potential decline in the workforce population and increases in the cost of social security benefits such as the public pension plan.^ Social Security Plan and Foreign Assistance Japanese companies organize charities such as donations, for sure, but they are part of benefit maximization.

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^ In the same way, social security plan and foreign assistance are planned by the government in consideration of cost-effectiveness.

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^ Public Security Intelligence Agency and Japan Federation of Bar Associations PSIA always tries to create spy networks within enemy organizations (nations) and to get intelligence.

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.Many Japanese youth are increasingly preferring not to marry or have families as adults.^ Besides, Japanese people put family names first and use them far more than their given names, which are often forgotten by many.

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^[119] Japan's population is expected to drop to 100 million by 2050 and to 64 million by 2100.^[118] Demographers and government planners are currently in a heated debate over how to cope with this problem.^[119] Immigration and birth incentives are sometimes suggested as a solution to provide younger workers to support the nation's aging population.^[120]^[121]

.Japan suffers from a very high suicide rate.^ Japan was thus enriched with two works of very high merit, the Genji Mono galari (c.

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^[122]^[123] In 2009, the number of suicides exceeded 30,000 for the twelfth straight year.^[124] Suicide is the leading cause of death for people under 30.^[125]

Largest cities of Japan								view • talk • edit
	Core City	Prefecture	Population			Core City	Prefecture	Population
1	Tokyo	Tokyo	8,483,050	Sapporo Kyoto	8	Fukuoka	Fukuoka	1,450,149
2	Yokohama	Kanagawa	3,579,133		9	Kawasaki	Kanagawa	1,327,009
3	Osaka	Osaka	2,628,776		10	Saitama	Saitama	1,176,269
4	Nagoya	Aichi	2,215,031		11	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	1,159,391
5	Sapporo	Hokkaidō	1,880,875		12	Sendai	Miyagi	1,028,214
6	Kobe	Hyōgo	1,525,389		13	Kitakyushu	Fukuoka	993,483
7	Kyoto	Kyoto	1,465,917		14	Chiba	Chiba	924,353

Source: 2005 Census

Religion in Japan

Main article: Religion in Japan

Shinto Itsukushima Shrine UNESCO World Heritage Site.

.The highest estimates for the number of Buddhists and Shintoists in Japan is 84–96%, representing a large number of believers in a syncretism of both religions.^ We decided to publish this editorial about the Marco Polo Bridge Incident on July 7 because we believe this year has special significance for both Japan and China.

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^ Jun 6, 2007, 17:01 ■Yasukuni Shrine and Religions in Japan (2) Buddhist temples From the early 17th century to the late 19th century, Japan was governed by the samurai administration.

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^[10]^[126] .However, these estimates are based on people with an association with a temple, rather than the number of people truly following the religion.^ This meant that sects were attached to temples, and the danka to those temples, removing the freedom for temples and common people from changing sects or religions.

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^ PURPOSE (1) to increase the number of people who blindly follow the government including the voting in the elections.

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^ These people are, unfortunately, in the majority for now, but their numbers are decreasing and as long as it remains so we will keep getting what we have always gotten.

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^[127] Professor Robert Kisala (Nanzan University) suggests that only 30 percent of the population identify themselves as belonging to a religion.^[127]

Sōtō monk in Arashiyama, Kyoto

.Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism from China have also influenced Japanese beliefs and customs.^ There were two epochs in Japani study of the Chinese language first, the epoch when she received Confucianism through Korea; and, secondly, the epoch when sh began to study Buddhism direct from China.

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.Religion in Japan tends to be syncretic in nature, and this results in a variety of practices, such as parents and children celebrating Shinto rituals, students praying before exams, couples holding a wedding at a Christian church and funerals being held at Buddhist temples.^ They also banned the creation of new religions to keep the existing sects under control, and by forcing the people to belong to a Buddhist temple they could begin to control the "Christian" problem that they perceived as a threat to their control.

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^ From 1868 to 1945, when Japan surrendered to the Allied Forces, Buddhist temples ardently supported Yasukuni Shrine and Japan's fascism.

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^ In the feudal period, Buddhist temples often held many warriors and fought samurai warriors and each other for non-religious reasons.

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A minority (2,595,397, or 2.04%) profess to Christianity.^[128] .In addition, since the mid-19th century, numerous religious sects (Shinshūkyō) have emerged in Japan, such as Tenrikyo and Aum Shinrikyo (or Aleph).^ Jun 6, 2007, 17:01 ■Yasukuni Shrine and Religions in Japan (2) Buddhist temples From the early 17th century to the late 19th century, Japan was governed by the samurai administration.

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^ Aum Shinrikyo and Bank of Japan March 20th in 1995 is a critical day for both organizations.

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^ The same thing happening in Japan, with temples not being attached to one sect and open to all (such as Shitennoji).

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Languages in Japan

Main article: Japanese language

.More than 99% of the population speaks Japanese as their first language.^ Thus it results that Japanese poems are, for the most part, impressionist; they suggest a great deal more than they actually express.

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^ Asian providers take the side of the Japanese government much more than Japanese providers do.

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^ There is no more polite nation in the world than the Japanese.

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^[109] It is an agglutinative language distinguished by a system of honorifics reflecting the hierarchical nature of Japanese society, with verb forms and particular vocabulary which indicate the relative status of speaker and listener. .According to a Japanese dictionary Shinsen-kokugojiten, Chinese-based words make up 49.1% of the total vocabulary, indigenous words are 33.8% and other loanwords are 8.8%.^ In 1947, the Japanese word that was frequently used to mean "family origin" was "monchi" or "門地" in the Chinese character.

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^ Thus, in fine, each word cam to have three soundstwo Chinese, known as the ken and the go and one Japanese, known as the kun.

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^ In other words, a suitable design is chiselled in the metal base so as to be visible through Translucid the diaphanous enamel.

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^[129]

.The writing system uses kanji (Chinese characters) and two sets of kana (syllabaries based on simplified Chinese characters), as well as the Latin alphabet and Arabic numerals.^ Now most Japanese use "kazoku" or "家族" in Chinese character as the alternative Japanese word.

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^ In 1947, the Japanese word that was frequently used to mean "family origin" was "monchi" or "門地" in the Chinese character.

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.The Ryukyuan languages, also part of the Japonic language family to which Japanese belongs, are spoken in Okinawa, but few children learn these languages.^ The history of Kito warewhich, being for the most part faience , belongs to an entirely different category from the Hizen porcelains K -~ spoken of aboveis the history of individual ceramists 10 0.

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^ Large amount of financial assets of Japanese major companies, wealthy families and celebrities can be regarded as part of backdoor money of the Japanese government.

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^[130] The Ainu language is moribund, with only a few elderly native speakers remaining in Hokkaidō.^[131] .Most public and private schools require students to take courses in both Japanese and English.^ I have been really surprised that WIKIPEDIA offers different contents both in English and Japanese.

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^ These students, confronted by i strong reaction in favor of pure Japanese art, have fought manfully to win public sympathy, and though their success is not yet crowned, it is not impossible that an Occidental school may ultimately be established.

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^[132]

Education and health

Main articles: Education in Japan and Health care in Japan

The Yasuda Auditorium of University of Tokyo, one of Japan's most prestigious universities.

.Primary, secondary schools and universities were introduced into Japan in 1872 as a result of the Meiji Restoration.^ Kagoshima and the underground community in Japan Samurais in Kagoshima (See Note 1) and Yamaguchi (See Note 2) pushed ahead modernization and westernization of Japan through Meiji Restoration in 1868 (See Note 3).

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^ After graduating from a senior high school in Tokyo, Shigenobu entered Kikkoman Corporation but she studied in the evening session of Meiji University as well.

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^ After graduating from a senior high school in Tokyo, Shigenobu entered Kikkoman Corporation (See Note 3) but she studied in the evening session of Meiji University (See Note 4) as well.

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^[133] .Since 1947, compulsory education in Japan consists of elementary school and middle school, which lasts for nine years (from age 6 to age 15).^ In her nine years at Education Week, Catherine Gewertz has written primarily about urban education.

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Almost all children continue their education at a three-year senior high school, and, according to the MEXT, about 75.9% of high school graduates attend a university, junior college, trade school, or other post-secondary institution in 2005.^[134]

Japan's education is very competitive,^[135] especially for entrance to institutions of higher education. .The two top-ranking universities in Japan are the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University.^ Ware manufactured by his direction at the Tokyo school of technique (shokk gakk), under the name of asahi-yaki, ranks among the interesting productions of modern Japan.

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^[136]^[137] The Programme for International Student Assessment coordinated by the OECD, currently ranks Japanese knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds as the 6th best in the world.^[138]

.In Japan, healthcare services are provided by national and local governments.^ According to the Fourth Comprehensive National Development Plan, adopted by the Government in 1987, comprehensive seashore-utilization plans are prepared at the initiative of the local authorities with the assistance of the Government.

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^ Among Asian countries, Japan has built Internet network systems in which providers affiliated with the Japanese government censor internet content on behalf of the Japanese government.

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^ Adoption service providers in Japan are prohibited from receiving donations before the completion of the adoption process, and a donation may not be a condition for providing services.

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.Payment for personal medical services is offered through a universal health care insurance system that provides relative equality of access, with fees set by a government committee.^ The government provides universal health care for all citizens, including children.

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^ All covered medical procedures are ranked by complexity, and neither geographic location, the institutional setting (e.g., type of hospital or ambulatory care), the qualification of the provider, nor the actual cost of the service are considered in this rating system.

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^ The Visa Information Service, operated by TeleTech Government Solutions, LLC in partnership with Computer Science Corporation (CSC), provides an operator-assisted service between 8:00 and 18:00, Monday through Friday (except on American and Japanese holidays).

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.People without insurance through employers can participate in a national health insurance program administered by local governments.^ Major Groups: The Government, local authorities and private organizations cooperate to contribute to the stabilization of peoples's living standards and the enhancement of social welfare.

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^ When the elderly were first covered under national health insurance in 1961, their copayments were set at 50 percent of the allowed fees.

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^ According to the Fourth Comprehensive National Development Plan, adopted by the Government in 1987, comprehensive seashore-utilization plans are prepared at the initiative of the local authorities with the assistance of the Government.

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.Since 1973, all elderly persons have been covered by government-sponsored insurance.^ When the elderly were first covered under national health insurance in 1961, their copayments were set at 50 percent of the allowed fees.

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^ After the Russo-Japanese War(1904-1905), The Japanese government ordered all the life insurance companies to pay the life insurance to injured and dead soldiers.

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^ With the exception of mutual aid associations for government employees, all insurance plans receive some form of government subsidy.

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^[139] Patients are free to select physicians or facilities of their choice.^[140]

Culture and recreation

Main articles: Culture of Japan and Music of Japan

Himeji Castle in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture.

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.The fusion of traditional woodblock printing and Western art led to the creation of manga, a typically Japanese comic book format that is now popular within and outside Japan.^ Most Japanese victims were killed for other reasons, including torture and mass suicide within Japan.

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^ His greatest production in book-illustration was the Mangwa, a collection of sketches which cover the whole ground of Japanese life and legend, art and handicraft.

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^ Public Security Intelligence Agency and Japan Federation of Bar Associations PSIA always tries to create spy networks within enemy organizations (nations) and to get intelligence.

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^[141] Manga-influenced animation for television and film is called anime. Japanese-made video game consoles have prospered since the 1980s.^[142]

The number of Shinto shrines in Japan is estimated to be around 100,000

.Japanese music is eclectic, having borrowed instruments, scales and styles from neighboring cultures.^ Kano Motonobu (1477-1559) was one of the greatest Japanese painters, an eclectic of genius, who excelled in every style and every branch of his art.

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Many instruments, such as the koto, were introduced in the ninth and tenth centuries. .The accompanied recitative of the Noh drama dates from the fourteenth century and the popular folk music, with the guitar-like shamisen, from the sixteenth.^ This difference is probably explained by the fact that the idea of thus modifying the Kagura had its origin in musical recitations from the semi-romantic semi-historical narratives of the 14th century.

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^[143] .Western classical music, introduced in the late nineteenth century, now forms an integral part of the culture.^ To women, indeed, from the 8th century onwards may be said to have been entrusted the guardianship of the pure Japanese language, the classical, or Chinese, form being adopted by men.

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^ The number of such modern ninjas has increased and now they form part of stalker organizations.

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^ As far as we can know now, a variety of money laundering has being made in the form of fraud, corruption, embezzlement and bribery since the fourteenth century.

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.Post-war Japan has been heavily influenced by American and European modern music, which has led to the evolution of popular band music called J-pop.^ Then, Japan attempted to weaken American influence.

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^ At the first post-war gathering of Japan's bishops in May 1946, the bishops decreed that Catholics henceforth were not allowed to go to shrines in either a private or a public capacity.

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^ All the related nations including Japan and the US stop calling typhoons by the American names and agree to introduce the unified name table for the typhoon.

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^[144]

Karaoke is the most widely practiced cultural activity. .A November 1993 survey by the Cultural Affairs Agency found that more Japanese had sung karaoke that year than had participated in traditional cultural pursuits such as flower arranging or tea ceremonies.^ Sometimes, such conspiracies have been prepared for more than a year.

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^ Thus it results that Japanese poems are, for the most part, impressionist; they suggest a great deal more than they actually express.

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^ Asian providers take the side of the Japanese government much more than Japanese providers do.

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.The earliest works of Japanese literature include two history books the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki and the eighth century poetry book Man'yōshū, all written in Chinese characters.^ Nothing is written in Japanese history books about what happened on that day.

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^ For over a century, the Japanese Government has been working on a gargantuan seismic weapon with Nippon Heavy Industries.

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^ At all events, the earliest book now extant dates from 712.

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^[146] In the early days of the Heian period, the system of transcription known as kana (Hiragana and Katakana) was created as phonograms. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is considered the oldest Japanese narrative.^[147] .An account of Heian court life is given by The Pillow Book written by Sei Shōnagon, while The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki is often described as the world's first novel.^ Besides, Japanese people put family names first and use them far more than their given names, which are often forgotten by many.

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^ Murasaki no Shikibuprobably a pseudonymwas the first novel composed in Japan.

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.During the Edo period, literature became not so much the field of the samurai aristocracy as that of the chōnin, the ordinary people.^ They believe that Okinawans hate people in Kagoshima because of their exploitation of Okinawa's agricultural product during the feudal period.

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Yomihon, for example, became popular and reveals this profound change in the readership and authorship.^[147] .The Meiji era saw the decline of traditional literary forms, during which Japanese literature integrated Western influences.^ Traditional forms - - Western forms .

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^ Confucianism has deeply affected Japanese thought and was part of the generally significant influence that Chinese culture wielded on the formation of Japanese civilization (see Japanese architecture; Japanese art; Japanese literature).

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^ Although traditional East Asian medicine is still widely practiced, since the late nineteenth century, the dominant form of medicine has been Western-oriented biomedicine.

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.Natsume Sōseki and Mori Ōgai were the first "modern" novelists of Japan, followed by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima and, more recently, Haruki Murakami.^ Recently, there are more bizarre events and news in Japan.

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^ Virtually every literary magnate of the Occident has found one or more interpreters in modern Japan.

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^ Somewhat more successful has been an attemptinaugurated by Hashimoto GahO and Kawabata Gyokushoto combine the art of the West with that of Japan by adding to the latter the chiaroscuro and the linear perspective of the former.

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.Japan has two Nobel Prize-winning authors—Yasunari Kawabata (1968) and Kenzaburo Oe (1994).^ When I read the next morning's newspaper at a newspaper stack in a library, I found that the Nobel Prize was given to Mr. Kawabata on the same day.

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^ His books were written before and during WWII. When he made a speech at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in 1968, the title of his speech was "Beautiful Japan".

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.The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1832), an ukiyo-e from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai.^ His most famous series of broadsheets is the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (1823-1829), which, in spite of the conventional title, includes at least forty-six.

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Geisha performing in traditional kimono.

A Japanese garden created in a traditional style.

Kaiseki cuisine

Sports

Main article: Sport in Japan

A sumo tournament at the Grand Tournament in Osaka.

Traditionally, sumo is considered Japan's national sport^[148] and it is a popular spectator sport in Japan. Martial arts such as judo, karate and modern kendō are also widely practiced and enjoyed by spectators in the country. .After the Meiji Restoration, many Western sports were introduced in Japan and began to spread through the education system.^ Kagoshima and the underground community in Japan Samurais in Kagoshima (See Note 1) and Yamaguchi (See Note 2) pushed ahead modernization and westernization of Japan through Meiji Restoration in 1868 (See Note 3).

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^ The Meiji Restoration was successful thanks to the support of Western countries.

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^ Do a search on "whale" and "cosmetics" and you'll find that through the 20th century, whale parts were used in many cosmetics I live in Japan for many years.

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.The professional baseball league in Japan was established in 1936.^[150] Today baseball is the most popular spectator sport in the country.^ Geology.It is a popular belief that the islands of Japan consist for the most part of volcanic rocks.

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.One of the most famous Japanese baseball players is Ichiro Suzuki, who, having won Japan's Most Valuable Player award in 1994, 1995 and 1996, now plays for the Seattle Mariners of North American Major League Baseball.^ Hideki Matsui He is a Japanese major-league player (See Note 3).

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^ At that time, most Japanese diplomats were government agents who expanded the networks of spies and sympathisers for Japan (See Note 7,8).

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^ Most Japanese think that even autocratic states in Africa have the same political system we have in Japan.

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.Prior to that, Sadaharu Oh was well-known outside Japan, having hit more home runs during his career in Japan than his contemporary, Hank Aaron, did in the United States.^ Textile Fabrics and Embroider yIn no branch of applied art does the decorative genius of Japan show more attractive results than in that of textile fabrics, and in none has there been more conspicuous progress during recent years.

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^ The architect of private dwellings attached more importance to satin-surfaced boards and careful joinery than to any appearance of strength or solidity.

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^ Corridors joined the principal hall to the subordinate edifices, for as yet the idea had not been conceived of having more than one chamber under the same roof.

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.Since the establishment of the Japan Professional Football League in 1992, association football (soccer) has also gained a wide following.^ It was the only official visit by the prime minister since the end of WWII. After his official visit, there has been severe criticism in and around Japan and no prime ministers have dared to follow him.

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^[151] .Japan was a venue of the Intercontinental Cup from 1981 to 2004 and co-hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup with South Korea.^ The world would finally allow the Japanese government to equip itself with nuclear arms, as North Korea has nuclear arms and threaten Japan with the weapons.

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^ Japan made up Tama-chan seal hoopla after the death of the only white-finned dolphin in captivity in the world died in China in 2002.

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^ On January 17, 1992, Miyazawa visited South Korea and made a formal apology about Japan's atrocity against comfort women during World War II though he was not demanded by South Korea.

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.Japan is one of the most successful soccer teams in Asia, winning the Asian Cup three times.^ It was a matter of time before other Asian countries caught up with Japan.

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^ At that time, most Japanese diplomats were government agents who expanded the networks of spies and sympathisers for Japan (See Note 7,8).

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^ Three of the most powerful web trends to create one of the biggest opportunities of this decade.

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Golf is also popular in Japan,^[152] as are forms of auto racing, such as the Super GT sports car series and Formula Nippon formula racing.^[153] Twin Ring Motegi was completed in 1997 by Honda in order to bring IndyCar racing to Japan.

Japan hosted the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964. Japan has hosted the Winter Olympics twice, in Nagano in 1998 and Sapporo in 1972.

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See also Japán, and japan

English

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Japan

Wikipedia

Map showing Japan

Etymology

From Dutch Japan or Portuguese Japão, from Malay Japang, from Chinese 日本 (jih-pǔn).

.Although the earliest form of "Japan" in Europe was Marco Polo's "Chipangu", the first recorded form in English was in a letter dated February 19, 1565 (published 1577), spelt “Giapan”.^ We decided to publish this editorial about the Marco Polo Bridge Incident on July 7 because we believe this year has special significance for both Japan and China.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Antiquaries have sought to show that Japan possessed some form of script before her first contact with either Korea or China.

Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]

^ (Note 1)----------- ■Wikipedia Marco Polo Bridge Incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo_Bridge_Incident ■The Asahi Shimbun, July 7 Japan's war with China The Marco Polo Bridge Incident is called "The Incident of July 7" in China.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

“Of the Ilande of Giapan”, by Luīs Fróis (a Portuguese Jesuit missionary in Japan), published in Richard Willes, “The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies” (London 1577), cited in “Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery”, by Peter C. Mancall, pp. 156–57.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˌdʒəˈpæn/, SAMPA: /%dZ@"p{n/
Rhymes: -æn

Proper noun

Singular
Japan

Plural
-

Japan

An island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located the east of China, Korea and Russia.

Synonyms

Nihon, Nippon

Related terms

Translations

A Far East country in Asia

Afrikaans: Japan af(af)
Albanian: Japonia sq(sq)

Gheg: Japan

Tosk: Japan als(als)
Arabic: اليابان ar(ar) (al-Yābān)
Aragonese: Chapón an(an) m.
Aramaic: ܝܦܢ (japan)
Armenian: Ճապոնիա hy(hy) (Č̣aponia)
Asturian: Xapón ast(ast)
Azeri: Yaponiya az(az)
Bashkir: Япония ba(ba)
Basque: Japonia eu(eu)
Bavarian: Japan
Belarusian: Японія be(be) (Japónija) f.
Bengali: জাপান bn(bn)
Bishnupriya Manipuri: জাপান
Bosnian: Japan bs(bs) m.
Breton: Japan br(br)
Bulgarian: Япония bg(bg) (Japónija) f.
Buryat: Жибэн
Catalan: Japó ca(ca) m.
Cebuano: Hapon
Chamorro: Japan ch(ch)
Cherokee: ᏣᏆᏂ chr(chr) (Tsaquani)
Cheyenne: Japan
Chinese:

Mandarin: 日本 cmn(cmn) (Rìběn)

Cantonese: 日本 (yat6 bun2)

Gan: 日本

Hakka: Ngit-pún

Min Dong: Nĭk-buōng

Min Nan: Ji̍t-pún nan(nan)

Wu: 日本
Chuvash: Япони
Cornish: Nihon kw(kw)
Croatian: Japan hr(hr) m.
Czech: Japonsko cs(cs)
Danish: Japan da(da)
Dhivehi: ޖަޕާނު dv(dv)
Dutch: Japan nl(nl)
Dutch Low Saxon: Japan
Dzongkha: Japan dz(dz)
Esperanto: Japanio eo(eo), Japanujo eo(eo)
Estonian: Jaapan et(et)
Faroese: Japan fo(fo)
Finnish: Japani fi(fi)
Franco-Provençal: J·apon
French: le Japon fr(fr) m.
Galician: Xapón gl(gl) m.
Georgian: იაპონია ka(ka) (iaponia)
German: Japan de(de)
Greek: Ιαπωνία el(el) (Iaponía) f.
Gujarati: જાપાન gu(gu)
Haitian Creole: Japon
Hebrew: יפן he(he) (Yapan)
Hindi: जापान hi(hi) (jāpān)
Hungarian: Japán hu(hu)
Icelandic: Japan is(is)
Ido: Japonia io(io)
Ilocano: Japon
Indonesian: Jepang id(id)
Interlingua: Japon ia(ia)
Interlingue: Japan ie(ie)
Inuktitut: ᓃᑉᐊᓐ iu(iu), Niipan iu(iu)
Irish: an tSeapáin ga(ga) f.
Italian: Giappone it(it) m.
Japanese: 日本 ja(ja) (にっぽん, Nippon; にほん, Nihon)
Javanese: Jepang jv(jv)
Kalmyk: Японь
Kannada: ಜಪಾನ್ kn(kn)
Kapampangan: Hapon
Kashmiri: जापान ks(ks)
Kashubian: Japòńskô csb(csb)
Kazakh: Жапония kk(kk)
Khmer: ជប៉ុន km(km) (jībpūn)
Korean: 일본 ko(ko) (Ilbon) [日本]
Kurdish: Japon ku(ku), ژاپۆن
Kyrgyz: Жапония ky(ky)
Lao: ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ lo(lo)
Latin: Iaponia la(la) f., Japonia la(la) f.
Latvian: Japāna lv(lv)
Ligurian: Giappon
Limburgish: Japan li(li)
Lingala: Zapɔ́ ln(ln)
Lithuanian: Japonija lt(lt)
Lojban: pongu'e jbo(jbo)

Low Saxon: Japan nds(nds)
Lower Sorbian: Japońska
Luxembourgish: Japan lb(lb)
Macedonian: Јапонија mk(mk) (Japónija) f.
Malagasy: Japana mg(mg)
Malay: Jepun ms(ms)
Malayalam: ജപ്പാന്‍ ml(ml)
Maltese: Ġappun mt(mt)
Manx: Yn Çhapaan gv(gv)
Maori: Nipono mi(mi)
Marathi: जपान mr(mr)
Marshallese: Japan mh(mh)
Mongolian: Япон mn(mn) (Yapon)
Nahuatl: Xapōn nah(nah)
Narom: Japon
Nauruan: Djapan na(na)
Navajo: Binaʼadaałtzózí bikéyah
Neapolitan: Giappone
Nepali: जापान ne(ne)
Newari: जापान
Northern Sami: Japána
Norwegian: Japan no(no)

Nynorsk: Japan nn(nn)
Novial: Japan
Occitan: Japon oc(oc) m.
Ossetian: Япон
Palauan: Siabal
Pashto: جاپان ps(ps)
Persian: ژاپن fa(fa) (Zhâpon)
Piedmontese: Giapon
Polish: Japonia pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: Japão pt(pt) m.
Quechua: Nihun qu(qu)
Romanian: Japonia ro(ro) f.
Russian: Япония ru(ru) (Japónija) f.
Samoan: Iapani sm(sm)
Sanskrit: जापान sa(sa)
Sardinian: Japone
Scots: Japan
Scottish Gaelic: Iapan gd(gd)
Serbian:

Cyrillic: Јапан sr(sr) m.

Roman: Japan sr(sr) m.
Sicilian: Giappuni scn(scn)
Silesian: Japůńja
Sinhalese: ජපානය si(si)
Slovak: Japonsko sk(sk)
Slovene: Japonska sl(sl) f.
Somali: Jabaan so(so)
Spanish: Japón es(es) m., el Japón es(es)
Sundanese: Jepang su(su)
Swahili: Japani sw(sw)
Swazi: IJaphani ss(ss), Japan ss(ss)
Swedish: Japan sv(sv)
Tagalog: Hapon tl(tl)
Tahitian: Tāpōnē
Tajik: Ҷопон tg(tg)
Tamil: ஜப்பான் ta(ta)
Tatar:

Crimean Tatar: Yaponiya
Telugu: జపాన్ te(te)
Thai: ญี่ปุ่น th(th) (Yīpun)
Tibetan: ཇི་བེན
Tok Pisin: Siapan tpi(tpi)
Turkish: Japonya tr(tr)
Turkmen: Ýaponiýa tk(tk)
Udmurt: Япония
Ukrainian: Японія uk(uk) (Japónija) f.
Upper Sorbian: Japanska
Urdu: جاپان ur(ur) (jāpān)
Uyghur: ياپونىيە ug(ug)
Uzbek: Yaponiya uz(uz)
Venetian: Giapòn
Vietnamese: Nhật Bản vi(vi)
Volapük: Yapän vo(vo)
Waray: Hapon
Welsh: Japan cy(cy)
West Frisian: Japan fy(fy)
Wolof: Sapoŋ wo(wo)
Yiddish: יאפאן yi(yi) (Yapan)
Yoruba: Japan yo(yo)
Zamboanga Chavacano: Japón
Zazaki: please add this translation if you can

Southern: Japonya
Zulu: IJapani zu(zu)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

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Buginese:
Baltic: Japuonėjė
Oriya:
Tigrinya:

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Japan

Japan

Bosnian

Proper noun

Japan m.

Japan

Croatian

Proper noun

Japan m.

Japan

Dutch

Proper noun

Japan

Japan

German

Proper noun

Japan n.

Japan

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈjaːpʰaːn/

Proper noun

Japan n.

Japan

Ég fer til Japans.

I'm going to Japan.

Hvar er Japan staðsett á kortinu?

Where is Japan located on the map?

Norwegian

Proper noun

Japan

Japan

Related terms

Serbian

Proper noun

Japan m.

Japan

Swedish

Proper noun

Japan

Japan

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Gaming

Up to date as of January 31, 2010

From Wikia Gaming, your source for walkthroughs, games, guides, and more!

Japan Flag

.Japan (Japanese: Nihon or Nippon, literally "sun source") is an East Asian country surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, the Philippine Sea, the East China Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk.^ The seas which surround Japan are the Pacific Ocean on the east, the Sea of Okhotsk on the North, the Sea of Japan on the west, and the China Sea on the south.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk ...

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ Japan, called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan), is situated north-west of the Pacific Ocean and east of the Asiatic Continent.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

.To the west is Korea (North and South), to the north Russia, and to the southwest China and Taiwan.^ The seas which surround Japan are the Pacific Ocean on the east, the Sea of Okhotsk on the North, the Sea of Japan on the west, and the China Sea on the south.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Formosa and the Pescadores were ceded to Japan by China after the war of 1894-1895, and the southern half of Sakhalinthe part south of 500 N.was added to Japan by cession from Russia in 1905.

Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]

^ It is perhaps the largest volcano in the world, its craters having an extent of 15 miles from north to south, 10 miles from east to west.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

.One of the world's leading industrialized countries, the "Land of the Rising Sun" is composed of over 3,000 islands.^ Japan - Understanding the Land -- Sebastian Harley Japan is a country that is comprised of over 3,000 islands.

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^ It is a wonderful and thrilling experience because Japan is one of the most unique countries in the world and the large array of ...

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^ English Teaching in Japan -- Mistina Thomson "Welcome to the land of the rising sun.

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.The largest and main islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.^ Apart from many a large islands like Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku and volcanoes like Mount Fuji, Japan ...

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ N. There are six large islands, namely Sakhalin (called by the Japanese Karafuto); Yezo or Ezo (which with the Kuriles is designated Hokkaido , or the north-sea district); Nippon (the origin of the sun), which is the main island; Shikoku (the four provinces), which lies on the east of Nippon; KiUshi or Kyushu (the nine provinces), which lies on the south of Nippon, and Formosa, which forms the most southerly link of the chain.

Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]

^ It is perhaps the largest volcano in the world, its craters having an extent of 15 miles from north to south, 10 miles from east to west.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

.The Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa, are southwest of the main islands.^ The island fell on about June 21, 1945, though some Japanese continued fighting, including the future governor of Okinawa prefecture, Masahide Ota.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

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Genealogy

Up to date as of February 01, 2010

From Familypedia

This article is about the country in East Asia. For other uses, see Japan (disambiguation).

{{Infobox Country | native_name = 日本国
Nippon-koku | common_name = Japan | conventional_long_name = Japan | image_flag = Flag of Japan.svg | image_coat = Imperial Seal of Japan.svg | symbol_type = Imperial Seal | image_map = LocationMapJapan.png | national_anthem = Kimi ga Yo (君が代^?)

| official_languages = .Japanese | demonym = Japanese | capital = Tokyo¹ | latd=35 |latm=41 |latNS=N |longd=139 |longm=46 |longEW=E | largest_city = capital | government_type = Constitutional monarchy | leader_title1 = Emperor | leader_name1 = Akihito | leader_title2 = Prime Minister | leader_name2 = Yasuo Fukuda | area_rank = 62nd | area_magnitude = 1 E11 | area_km2 = 377,873 | area_sq_mi = 145,883 Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon ^? , officially 日本国 Nippon-koku ^{file— play in browser} or Nihon-koku) is an island country in East Asia.^ The official language in Japan is Japanese.

Japan - Japanese Business Etiquette, Vital Manners, Cross Cultural Communication, and Japan's Geert Hofstede analysis 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.cyborlink.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ On the moment, Japan had no prime minister.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Japan is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south.^ The seas which surround Japan are the Pacific Ocean on the east, the Sea of Okhotsk on the North, the Sea of Japan on the west, and the China Sea on the south.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, Korea and Russia.

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^ Located in the Pacific Ocean , it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan , China , North Korea , South Korea and Russia , stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south.

Japan photos on Fotopedia - The Photo Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.fotopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun".

.Japan comprises over three thousand islands,^[1] the largest of which are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for 97% of land area.^ The four largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and...

Japan - Topics - Breitbart.com 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC topics.breitbart.com [Source type: News]

^ The four largest islands are Honshū , Hokkaidō , Kyūshū and Shikoku , together accounting for 97% of Japan's land area.

Japan photos on Fotopedia - The Photo Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.fotopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The four major islands are Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Most of the islands are mountainous, many volcanic; for example, Japan’s highest peak, Mount Fuji, is a volcano.^ Volcanoes Fuji is the most remarkable volcanic peak.

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^ Japan is made up of more than 4,000 islands, most of which are mountainous and volcanic.

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^ Mount Fuji This is the tallest mountain in Japan.

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.Japan has the world's tenth largest population, with about 128 million people.^ Population: 125 million people .

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^ Japan has the world’s tenth largest population, with about 128 million people.

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^ Japan is ranked as the 10th largest country in terms of population, with about 128 million people.

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.The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.^ The extended CITY of Tokyo has about 30 million.

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^ Capital and largest city (2003 est.

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^ Its capital and largest city is Tokyo .

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.Archaeological research indicates that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as the Upper Paleolithic period.^ Important Periods in the History of Japan -- Nancy Eben and Gagan Makin The history of Japan is greatly supported by the archaeological evidences indicating the people started living on this island in upper Paleolithic period.

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^ The islands of Japan receive copious amounts of rain, with the highest amounts of percipitation occuring in summer through early fall.

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^ For the period 1970 to early 1990s, the magical growth of Japans economy and its growing trade deficit with U. S. was a matter of concern for America in doing business with Japan.

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The first written mention of Japan begins with brief appearances in Chinese history texts from the first century AD.

.Influence from the outside world followed by long periods of isolation has characterized Japan's history.^ Once the world's biggest donor nation, Japan is stepping up efforts to boost its influence in resource-rich developing countries by creating a super agency .

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^ Japan Introduction People Economy Resources (CBS) In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power.

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^ Robotics constitutes a key long-term economic strength with Japan possessing 410,000 of the world's 720,000 "working robots."

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.Since adopting its constitution in 1947, Japan has maintained a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament, the Diet.^ Japan is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.

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^ The current Constitution of Japan was established in 1947.

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^ Japan is a constitutional monarchy today.

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.A major economic power,^[2] Japan has the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP.^ Japan is now the second most technologically powerful economy in the world.

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^ Japan -- the world's second-largest economy -- is in a recession, government officials announced Monday.

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^ A global powerhouse, Japan takes its place as the world's second largest economy.

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.It is a member of the United Nations, G8, G4 and APEC, with the world's fifth largest defense budget.^ It is a member of the United Nations, G8, G4, OECD and APEC. Japan is also the world’s fourth largest exporter and sixth largest importer.

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^ Toyota, the nation's largest company, announced vehicle recalls on three continents and shut down five assembly plants in the United States, and its president told the world, "We're extremely sorry."

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^ Japan, with the world's second-largest economy, is now at a crossroads, re-evaluating its place in Asia, its relationship with the United States and what course to take at home.

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.It is also the world's fourth largest exporter and sixth largest importer and a world leader in technology and machinery.^ There are gas fields around the main island of Honshu, but Japan is short of mineral and energy resources, being the world's largest importer of oil.

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^ Japan is the fourth largest import destination of U.S. and third largest export market for the U.S. exporters.

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^ Japan has long been the world leader in robotics research, but in recent years it's also been leading the way when it comes to cutting-edge medical technology.

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1 History
2 Government and politics
3 Foreign relations and military
4 Administrative divisions
5 Geography and climate
6 Economy
7 Science and technology
8 Demographics
9 Education and health
10 Culture and recreation
11 Sports
12 References
13 Further reading
14 External links

History

Main article: History of Japan

.The first signs of occupation on the Japanese archipelago appeared with a Paleolithic culture around 30,000 BC, followed from around 14,000 BC by the Jōmon period, a Mesolithic to Neolithic semi-sedentary hunter-gatherer culture of pit dwelling and a rudimentary form of agriculture.^ The first signs of civilisation in Japan are traced to the Neolithic period around 9000BC. The people at this time lived as hunters and food- gatherers.

UNDERWATER PYRAMIDS: JAPAN 2 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.cyberspaceorbit.com [Source type: News]

^ Jōmon culture (7500 bc to c.

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ It is also true that they have a beautiful language and rich cultural heritage stretching back as far as 30,000 BC which makes them about five times older than dinosaurs .

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Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The kinship system before World War II was based on upper-class family patterns established during the late Tokugawa period.

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^ Examples from Williamson’s talk were all around me: geometric patterns inspired by nature; muted color combinations inherited from court ladies; the world’s best markers.

Japan C 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.japan-c.com [Source type: General]

^[3]

.The Yayoi period, starting around the third century BC, introduced new practices, such as wet-rice farming, iron and bronze-making and a new style of pottery, brought by migrants from China or Korea.^ But a new kind was introduced in the 16th century.

Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]

^ All three have clean and refreshing scents, such as blackcurrant, grapefruit and peppermint, and offer a totally new fragrance in modern urban style.

Catalog / Online Shop 25 September 2009 3:13 UTC www.nipponkodo.com [Source type: General]

^ During the 5th and 6th centuries, the Chinese writing system and Buddhism were introduced with other Chinese cultures via the Korean penisula or directly from China.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.With the development of Yayoi culture, a predominantly agricultural society emerged in Japan.^ Japan has also developed indicators for sustainable agriculture.

Country Profile - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.un.org [Source type: Academic]

^ The nationwide diffusion of seed varieties developed in the Southwest fiefs of Tokugawa Japan spearheaded a substantial improvement in agricultural productivity especially in the Northeast.

EH.Net Encyclopedia: Japan, Industrialization and Economic Growth 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC eh.net [Source type: Academic]

^ Contemporary Japan is considered a highly homogeneous society, but regional variation in social and cultural patterns has always been significant.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

.The Japanese first appear in written history in China’s Book of Han.^ Nothing is written in Japanese history books about what happened on that day.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The history books also say that the Emperor of China became angry and ordered such " barbarian " things not to be shown to him.

Japan@Everything2.com 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Although Bonsai first appeared in China, it was not until the 1100's in Japan that the art of Bonsai was developed.

Japan - Homeschooling on a Shoestring 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.homeschoolingonashoestring.com [Source type: General]

.According to the Chinese Records of the Three Kingdoms, the most powerful kingdom on the archipelago during the third century was called Yamataikoku.^ During the 5th and 6th centuries, the Chinese writing system and Buddhism were introduced with other Chinese cultures via the Korean penisula or directly from China.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power that was able to defeat the forces of both China and Russia.

Japan Physical Map by Maps.com from Maps.com -- World’s Largest Map Store. 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.maps.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Map of Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.maps4free.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Country Fast Facts:Japan - CBS News 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.cbsnews.com [Source type: News]

^ The Japanese have for centuries made a type of paper called gasenshi, or 'imitation Chinese calligraphy paper'.

New York Central has an unparalleled assortment of the finest artists and decorative papers in the US 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.nycentralartsupply.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Japan was first introduced to Buddhism from Korea, but the subsequent development of Japanese Buddhism and Buddhist sculptures were primarily influenced by China.^ Contact with Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan at about this time.

Japan: History, Geography, Government, & Culture — Infoplease.com 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.infoplease.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Japan: History, Geography, Government, & Culture — FactMonster.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Buddhism was introduced into Japan in A.D. 552.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Buddhism was first introduced to Japan at about this time through contact with Korea.

AllGov - Nations - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.allgov.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[8] Despite early resistance, Buddhism was promoted by the ruling class and eventually gained growing acceptance since the Asuka period.^[9]

.The Nara period of the eighth century marked the first emergence of a strong central Japanese state, centered around an imperial court in the city of Heijō-kyō, or modern day Nara.^ Beginning of the imperial state - - - Culture in the Nara period .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ Most visitors' first impressions will be of the urban sprawl of central Kyoto, around the ultra modern glass and steel train station, which is itself an example of a city steeped in tradition colliding with the modern world.

Travelmall Japan hotels tours 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.japan.travelmall.com [Source type: General]

^ Japanese history has been marked by alternating periods of long isolation and radical influence from the outside world.

Japan hotels-discount hotels in Japan from AsiaRooms.com, the hotel Japan Specialist 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.asiarooms.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.In addition to the continuing adoption of Chinese administrative practices, the Nara period is characterized by the appearance of a nascent written literature with the completion of the massive chronicles Kojiki (712) and Nihonshoki (720).^ Literacy therefore became attainable for people not educated in the Chinese classics, and many masterpieces of classical Japanese literature, including the Tale of Genji, were written in those scripts.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[10]

.In 784, Emperor Kammu moved the capital to Nagaokakyō for a brief ten-year period, before relocating it to Heian-kyō (modern day Kyoto) in 794, where it remained for more than a millennium.^ The Kamakura Shogunate repulsed the Mongol armies of Kublai Khan in 1274 and 1281, and the Tokugawa Shogunate moved the administrative capital from Kyoto to Edo (Tokyo) in 1603.

Japan - Country Information Paper - NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mfat.govt.nz [Source type: News]

^ Recently ice hockey is becoming more popular than before, especially women's hockey and roller hockey.

Women's Hockey in Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.whockey.com [Source type: News]

^ With the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the emperor chose Edo over Kyoto as the capital, which was then renamed Tokyo ("Eastern Capital").

Japan Travel and Hotel Guides, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagoya, Kanto, Hokkaido and Okayama travel info with Wired Destinations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC wired-destinations.com [Source type: News]

^[11] .This marked the beginning of the Heian period, during which time a distinctly indigenous Japanese culture emerged, noted for its art, poetry and literature.^ Background: While retaining its time-honored culture, Japan rapidly absorbed Western technology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Japan - Country Profile - Nippon 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.nationsonline.org [Source type: News]

^ Japanese Modern Art: Painting from 1910 to 1970 by Irmtraud Schaarschmidt-Richter Hardcover 208 pages Survey of the development of an independent modernism in Japanese, from the first abstract works at the beginning of the century to artistic approaches in the post-war period.

JAPAN BOOKSTORE: Contemporary Culture Aisle 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.ohayosensei.com [Source type: General]

^ Indeed, there was no history of the nude in Japanese "high" art until 1894 when Kuroda Seiki displayed in public a painted nude for the first time.

Nudity - Nakedness in Japan :: Japan Visitor 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.japanvisitor.com [Source type: General]

.Lady Murasaki's The Tale of Genji and the lyrics of modern Japan's national anthem, Kimi ga Yo were written during this time.^ Kimi ga Yo flag .

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^ The auction mentions the text imprinted on the flag is the lyrics of Kimi ga Yo , the Japanese national anthem.

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^ Background: While retaining its time-honored culture, Japan rapidly absorbed Western technology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Japan - Country Profile - Nippon 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.nationsonline.org [Source type: News]

^[12]

.Japan's feudal era was characterized by the emergence of a ruling class of warriors, the samurai.^ The rise of the warrior class - Medieval Japan .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ Category:Samurai were the warrior class of feudal Japan.

Category:Japan - Wikimedia Commons 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC commons.wikimedia.org [Source type: Reference]

^ Note : Imperial Japan was organized on a feudal system ( see feudalism ), characterized by the samurai (the warrior class , which eventually became landed gentry) and the shogun (the hereditary administrative leader).

Japan Definition | Definition of Japan at Dictionary.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC dictionary.reference.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.In 1185, following the defeat of the rival Taira clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo was appointed Shogun and established a base of power in Kamakura.^ However, in the year 1185, general Minamoto no Yoritomo was the first to break this tradition, refusing to relocate and subsequently holding power in Kamakura, just south of present-day Yokohama.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Then, however, the Samurai class rose to power and established the Kamakura Government, and this area fell under its control.

ABOUT JAPAN 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.japanmin.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans for the power that had long been practically abandoned by the Imperial line lasted through the 11th and the greater part of the 12th centuries, ending only with the rise of Yoritomo to the shogunate in 1185.

Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]

.After Yoritomo's death, the Hōjō clan came to rule as regents for the shoguns.^ Yoritomo's KAMAKURA shogunate was replaced in 1333 by the Ashikaga shogunate, but its rule was one of prolonged civil strife.

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^ In 1192, the Minamoto clan set up a military government under Yoritomo, who was designated shogun (military dictator).

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^ After Hideyoshi's death, Ieyasu took the title of shogun, and his family ruled Japan for over 250 years.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Zen Buddhism was introduced from China in the Kamakura period (1185–1333) and became popular among the samurai class.^ Then, however, the Samurai class rose to power and established the Kamakura Government, and this area fell under its control.

ABOUT JAPAN 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.japanmin.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ During the 5th and 6th centuries, the Chinese writing system and Buddhism were introduced with other Chinese cultures via the Korean penisula or directly from China.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ While this Kamakura Shogunate was somewhat stable, Japan soon fell into warring factions, and suffered through what became known as the Warring States or Sengoku Period.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The Kamakura shogunate managed to repel Mongol invasions in 1274 and 1281, aided by a storm that the Japanese interpreted as a kamikaze, or Divine Wind.^ About this time, the only invasion with which Japan had been threatened, that of the Mongols, was frustrated through the energy of Hojo Tokimune, and by a providential storm which destroyed the enemy's fleet (1281).

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ A calamitous atmospheric feature is the periodical arrival of storms called typhoons (Japanese tai-fu or great wind).

Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]

^ The Minamoto soon gave way to the Hojo, who managed the Kamakura administration as regents for puppet shoguns, much as the Fujiwara had controlled the imperial court.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

The Kamakura shogunate was eventually overthrown by Emperor Go-Daigo, who was soon himself defeated by Ashikaga Takauji in 1336.^[13]

.During the sixteenth century, traders and Jesuit missionaries from Portugal reached Japan for the first time, initiating active commercial and cultural exchange between Japan and the West (Nanban trade).^ Background: While retaining its time-honored culture, Japan rapidly absorbed Western technology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Japan - Country Profile - Nippon 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.nationsonline.org [Source type: News]

^ So one of my favourite retail experiences during my first trip to Japan was stumbling over the exciting department store TOKYU HANDS. Not just because ...

Japan Travelogues archive at Comics212 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC comics212.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ During the next century, traders from Portugal, the Netherlands, England, and Spain arrived, as did Jesuit, Dominican, and Franciscan missionaries.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Oda Nobunaga, a famous sengoku daimyo.

.After Hideyoshi's death, Tokugawa Ieyasu utilized his position as regent for Hideyoshi's son Toyotomi Hideyori to gain political and military support.^ From its 16th century beginnings, Edo grew to become Japan's premier city and political centre under the rule of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Japan Travel and Hotel Guides, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagoya, Kanto, Hokkaido and Okayama travel info with Wired Destinations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC wired-destinations.com [Source type: News]

^ Before his death he had charged five chief daimios with the guardianship of his son, Hideyori, who was still a child.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Unification was achieved in the late 16th and early 17th centuries under the leadership of Oda Nobunaga , Toyotomi Hideyoshi , and Tokugawa Ieyasu .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

.When open war broke out, he defeated rival clans in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Ieyasu was appointed shōgun in 1603 and established the Tokugawa shogunate at Edo (modern Tokyo).^ Feb 1603 Tokugawa clan assumes the Shogunate.

Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.worldstatesmen.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The Kamakura Shogunate repulsed the Mongol armies of Kublai Khan in 1274 and 1281, and the Tokugawa Shogunate moved the administrative capital from Kyoto to Edo (Tokyo) in 1603.

Japan - Country Information Paper - NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mfat.govt.nz [Source type: News]

^ In the year 1600, at the Battle of Sekigahara, Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu either coopted or defeated his enemies, and formed the Tokugawa Shogunate in the small fishing village of Edo (formerly transcribed as 'Yeddo'), what is now known as Tokyo (eastern capital).

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The Tokugawa shogunate enacted a variety of measures such as Buke shohatto to control the autonomous daimyo.^ Tokugawa political economy: daimyo and shogun .

EH.Net Encyclopedia: Japan, Industrialization and Economic Growth 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC eh.net [Source type: Academic]

.In 1639, the shogunate began the isolationist sakoku ("closed country") policy that spanned the two and a half centuries of tenuous political unity known as the Edo period.^ B.C., Japan's written history began in the 5th century A.D. During the feudal period (12th-19th century) real power was held by the shoguns, local warriors whose dominance was finally ended by the restoration of the emperor Mutsuhito in 1868.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ From its 16th century beginnings, Edo grew to become Japan's premier city and political centre under the rule of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Japan Travel and Hotel Guides, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagoya, Kanto, Hokkaido and Okayama travel info with Wired Destinations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC wired-destinations.com [Source type: News]

^ While this Kamakura Shogunate was somewhat stable, Japan soon fell into warring factions, and suffered through what became known as the Warring States or Sengoku Period.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The study of Western sciences, known as rangaku, continued during this period through contacts with the Dutch enclave at Dejima in Nagasaki.^ During the early part of the 17th century, Japan's shogunate suspected that they were actually forerunners of a military conquest by European powers and ultimately barred all relations with the outside world except for severely restricted contacts with Dutch and Chinese merchants at Nagasaki (Dejima).

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ While this Kamakura Shogunate was somewhat stable, Japan soon fell into warring factions, and suffered through what became known as the Warring States or Sengoku Period.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The three agencies that dominated science policy during this period were the Science and Technology Agency, the Science and Culture Division of the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.

History of Science Society | Links 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.hssonline.org [Source type: Academic]

.The Edo period also gave rise to kokugaku, or literally "national studies", the study of Japan by the Japanese themselves.^ I want to study Japanese in Japan for 3 months.

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ But for many visitors, the real highlight of their visit to Japan is the gracious hospitality of the Japanese themselves.

Japan Travel Information and Travel Guide - Lonely Planet 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.lonelyplanet.com [Source type: General]

^ Some Japanese may identify themselves as one race, one culture and one people, [6] but Japan is home to several immigrant communities, and indigenous peoples in much-reduced numbers.

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^[15]

.On March 31, 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry and the "Black Ships" of the United States Navy forced the opening of Japan to the outside world with the Convention of Kanagawa.^ Japan began a period of isolationism until US Navy commodore Matthew C. Perry arrived aboard the famous Black Ships .

Japan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC uncyclopedia.wikia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In 1854 an American naval officer, Matthew C. Perry , forced the opening of trade with the West.

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^ This isolation lasted for 251 years, until Commodore Matthew Perry forced the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Subsequent similar treaties with the Western countries in the late Tokugawa shogunate brought Japan into economic and political crises.^ Tokugawa political economy: daimyo and shogun .

EH.Net Encyclopedia: Japan, Industrialization and Economic Growth 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC eh.net [Source type: Academic]

^ Background: While retaining its time-honored culture, Japan rapidly absorbed Western technology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Japan - Country Profile - Nippon 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.nationsonline.org [Source type: News]

^ After a 250-year dictatorship, which brought stability to Japan, the country signed an agreement with the U.S. in 1854 and started industrialization.

Japan Facts, Japan Economy Statistics, and Japan Business Risk 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC countries.bridgat.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The abundance of the prerogative and the resignation of the shogunate led to the Boshin War and the establishment of a centralized state unified under the name of the Emperor (Meiji Restoration).^ Before the Meiji Restoration, the Emperor didn’t meet heads of state.

Frog in a Well - The Japan History Group Blog 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.froginawell.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The shogunate was forced to resign, and the emperor was restored to power.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The shogunate resigned, and the emperor was restored to power.

AllGov - Nations - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.allgov.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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.Adopting Western political, judicial and military institutions, the Cabinet organized the Privy Council, introduced the Meiji Constitution, and assembled the Imperial Diet.^ Subordinate organs of government included a privy council, a cabinet, and a diet consisting of a partially elected house of peers and a fully elected house of representatives.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The feudal system was abolished, and numerous Western institutions were adopted, including a Western legal system and government, along with other economic, social and military reforms that transformed Japan into a world power.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I rejoice that the foundation for the construction of a new Japan has been laid according to the will of the Japanese people, and hereby sanction and promulgate the amendments of the Imperial Japanese Constitution effected following the consultation with the Privy Council and the decision of the Imperial Diet made in accordance with Article 73 of the said Constitution.

THE CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.solon.org [Source type: Original source]

.The Meiji Restoration transformed the Empire of Japan into an industrialized world power that embarked on a number of military conflicts to expand the nation's sphere of influence.^ By the 1920s, Japan considered itself a world military power.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Under Meiji, Japan climbed to world power status.

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ JAPAN , an empire of eastern Asia , and one of the great powers of the world.

Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]

.After victories in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), Japan gained control of Taiwan, Korea, and the southern half of Sakhalin.^ In 1904–1905, Japan defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, gaining the territory of southern Sakhalin (Karafuto) and Russia's port and rail rights in Manchuria.

Japan: History, Geography, Government, & Culture — FactMonster.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ As results of Sino-Japanese war and Russo-Japanese war, Japan acquired Taiwan, Korea, and other territories.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In 1904–05, Japan defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, gaining the territory of southern Sakhalin (Karafuto) and Russia’s port and rail rights in Manchuria.

AllGov - Nations - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.allgov.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[16]

.The early twentieth century saw a brief period of "Taisho democracy" overshadowed by the rise of Japanese expansionism and militarization.^ The early 20th century saw Japan come under increasing influence of an expansionist military, leading to the invasion of Manchuria, a second Sino-Japanese War (1937).

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Together with the introduction of Buddhism in the sixth century, these two events revolutionized Japanese culture and marked the beginning of a long period of Chinese cultural influence.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The Heisei period (1989 to the present) began with great hopes that it would usher in the "Japanese century," but the era of prosperity sputtered to a halt.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.World War I enabled Japan, which joined the side of the victorious Allies, to expand its influence and territorial holdings.^ World War I to 1952 World War I permitted Japan, which fought on the side of the victorious Allies, to expand its influence in Asia and its territorial holdings in the Pacific.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan entered World War One on the side of the Entente Cordiale.

Japan - Country Information Paper - NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mfat.govt.nz [Source type: News]

^ In 1904–1905, Japan defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, gaining the territory of southern Sakhalin (Karafuto) and Russia's port and rail rights in Manchuria.

Japan: History, Geography, Government, & Culture — FactMonster.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Japan continued its expansionist policy by occupying Manchuria in 1931. As a result of international condemnation for this occupation, Japan resigned from the League of Nations two years later.^ In 1933, Japan resigned from the League of Nations.

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^ Japan withdrew the League of Nations in 1933.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ I hope Planet Japan will continue for years.

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In 1936, Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact with Nazi Germany, joining the Axis Powers in 1941.^[17]

.In 1937, Japan invaded other parts of China, precipitating the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), after which the United States placed an oil embargo on Japan.^ Second World War 1942-1945 .

Atlas of Japan - Wikimedia Commons 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC commons.wikimedia.org [Source type: Reference]

^ United States and a rapidly developing China.

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^ China overtook the United States as Japan's biggest trading partner, .

Japan (Harper's Magazine) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

^[18] .On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the United States naval base in Pearl Harbor and declared war on the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.^ For example, the Attack on Pearl Harbor was carried out on December 8, 1941 in the US, and on December 9, 1941 in Japan.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The following year, Japan attacked the rest of China, followed by the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.

AllGov - Nations - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.allgov.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The United States again used its bases in Japan and on Okinawa to fight the Vietnam War.

Okinawa, Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.globalsecurity.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.This act brought the United States into World War II.^ World War II and defeat - - - Prologue to war .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ For an example of this, see World War II .

Japan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC uncyclopedia.wikia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ World War II ruined Japan’s economy, killing millions of its people and destroying about 40 percent of its capital stock.

Japan: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics | Library of Economics and Liberty 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.econlib.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, along with the Soviet Union joining the war against it, Japan agreed to an unconditional surrender on August 15 (V-J Day).^ Unconditional surrender was a foregone conclusion for Japan.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Expansionist policies led to Japan's participation in World War II, which ended after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945).

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan surrendered unconditionally on 15 August 1945 after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Japan - Country Information Paper - NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mfat.govt.nz [Source type: News]

^[19] .The war cost Japan millions of lives and left much of the country's industry and infrastructure destroyed.^ Cost of living in Japan?

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ How much would it cost to live and fly to Tokyo, Japan?

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ How much is the cost of living in Japan?

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

.The International Military Tribunal for the Far East, was convened by the Allies (on May 3, 1946) to prosecute Japanese leaders for war crimes such as the Nanking Massacre.^ Each issue addresses a special topic such as the 'comfort women, the Nanjing Massacre, Unit 731, German War Responsibility, Japanese Aggression and Postwar Reparations, The Military, War and Sexual Violence, and Japanese Anti-War Activity during the Sino-Japanese War, and Universities and the War.

UCLA Center for East Asian Studies: Journals, Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.isop.ucla.edu [Source type: Academic]

^ Officials of the Reagan administration worked closely with their Japanese counterparts to develop a personal relationship between the two leaders based on their common security and international outlook.

AllGov - Nations - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.allgov.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ For example, the president of a Japanese company may assume the chairman of a crime prevention association just to camouflage collusion with gang organizations.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^[20]

.In 1947, Japan adopted a new pacifist constitution emphasizing liberal democratic practices.^ The current Constitution of Japan was established in 1947.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ In 1947, a new constitution took effect.

Japan: History, Geography, Government, & Culture — FactMonster.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ A new democratic constitution was drafted (1947) during the U.S. postwar occupation.

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

The Allied occupation ended by the Treaty of San Francisco in 1952^[21]

Government and politics

Main articles: Government of Japan and Politics of Japan

.Akihito is the current Emperor of Japan.^ Japan has a royal family led by an Emperor, but under the current constitution he holds no power at all, not even emergency reserve powers.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Sunday 05 July 2009 OTTAWA: JAPANESE EMPEROR IN CANADA'S CAPITAL Japan's emperor, Akihito, and his wife arrived in Canada's capital, Ottawa, on Friday to begin an 11-day trip.

Japan news on David T. Nicholson's Wednesday-Night.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.wednesday-night.com [Source type: News]

^ Emperor's Birthday === The current emperor, Akihito, was born in 1933 (See Note 2).

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

.Japan is a constitutional monarchy where the power of the Emperor is very limited.^ Japan is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan has a royal family led by an Emperor, but under the current constitution he holds no power at all, not even emergency reserve powers.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ As part of the post-war reorganization, severe limitations on the development of Japan’s military were imposed in the US-approved constitution adopted by Japanese officials.

AllGov - Nations - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.allgov.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Sovereignty, previously embodied in the emperor, is vested in the Japanese people, and the Emperor is defined as the symbol of the state.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The Prime Minister and other Ministers of State must be civilians.

THE CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.solon.org [Source type: Original source]

^[22] .The Emperor effectively acts as the head of state on diplomatic occasions.^ Before the Meiji Restoration, the Emperor didn’t meet heads of state.

Frog in a Well - The Japan History Group Blog 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.froginawell.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ It is a constitutional monarchy with two legislative houses; its symbol of state is the emperor, and the head of government is the prime minister.

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ In 1947, a new constitution was crafted, which turned the emperor largely into a symbolic head of state.

AllGov - Nations - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.allgov.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Akihito is the current Emperor of Japan.^ Japan has a royal family led by an Emperor, but under the current constitution he holds no power at all, not even emergency reserve powers.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Sunday 05 July 2009 OTTAWA: JAPANESE EMPEROR IN CANADA'S CAPITAL Japan's emperor, Akihito, and his wife arrived in Canada's capital, Ottawa, on Friday to begin an 11-day trip.

Japan news on David T. Nicholson's Wednesday-Night.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.wednesday-night.com [Source type: News]

^ Emperor's Birthday === The current emperor, Akihito, was born in 1933 (See Note 2).

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

Naruhito, stands as next in line to the throne.

.Japan's legislative organ is the National Diet, a bicameral parliament.^ Japan's national diet has sole legislative power.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan's bicameral Diet has sole legislative power.

Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan is academically considered a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament, the Kokkai or Diet but most Japanese feel strange about the term monarchy and quite a few scholars argue Japan is a republic.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The Diet consists of a House of Representatives, containing 480 seats, elected by popular vote every four years or when dissolved and a House of Councillors of 242 seats, whose popularly-elected members serve six-year terms.^ Governors of prefectures, mayors of municipalities, and prefectural and municipal assembly members are popularly elected to 4-year terms.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan's parliament, known as the Diet, consists of the House of Councilors and the House of Representatives.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The legislative branch consists of a House of Representatives (Shugi-in) of 480 seats, elected by popular vote every four years, and a House of Councillors (Sangi-in) of 247 seats, whose popularly elected members serve six-year terms.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.There is universal suffrage for adults over 20 years of age,^[2] The largest opposition party is the social liberal Democratic Party of Japan.^ The age of consent in Japan is 20 years.

Japan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC uncyclopedia.wikia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The Liberal and Japan Democratic parties merged in 1955 to become the Liberal Democratic party (LDP).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The Liberal Democratic Party , Japan's dominant political force since the 1950's, represents conservatism and protectionism , which is what brought Japan's economy to these great heights after its stunning defeat in 1945 .

Japan@Everything2.com 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The Prime Minister of Japan is the head of government.^ On the moment, Japan had no prime minister.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The Prime Minister is the chief government officer.

Japan - Japanese Business Etiquette, Vital Manners, Cross Cultural Communication, and Japan's Geert Hofstede analysis 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.cyborlink.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan prepares for new prime minister .

Japan: News & Videos about Japan - CNN.com 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC topics.edition.cnn.com [Source type: News]
Japan: News & Videos about Japan - CNN.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC topics.cnn.com [Source type: News]

.The position is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office.^ Japan's parliament, known as the Diet, consists of the House of Councilors and the House of Representatives.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The prime minister must be a member of the Diet and is designated by his colleagues.

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japans National Diet Japans National Diet is composed of two houses: Shugiin The House of Representatives.

Japan - Country Profile - Nippon 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.nationsonline.org [Source type: News]

.The Prime Minister is the head of the Cabinet (the literal translation of his Japanese title is "Prime Minister of the Cabinet") and appoints and dismisses the Ministers of State, a majority of whom must be Diet members.^ The Prime Minister and other Ministers of State must be civilians.

THE CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.solon.org [Source type: Original source]

^ The Prime Minister shall be designated from among the members of the Diet by a resolution of the Diet.

THE CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.solon.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Executive power is vested in a cabinet composed of a prime minister and ministers of state, all of whom must be civilians.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Yasuo Fukuda currently serves as the Prime Minister of Japan.^ On the moment, Japan had no prime minister.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Japan prepares for new prime minister .

Japan: News & Videos about Japan - CNN.com 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC topics.edition.cnn.com [Source type: News]
Japan: News & Videos about Japan - CNN.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC topics.cnn.com [Source type: News]

^ Takeo Fukuda, the father of the current Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, was after the next prime minister.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^[23]

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ German civil law system with English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations .

Map of Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.maps4free.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japanese history has been marked by alternating periods of long isolation and radical influence from the outside world.

Japan hotels-discount hotels in Japan from AsiaRooms.com, the hotel Japan Specialist 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.asiarooms.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.However, since the late nineteenth century, the judicial system has been largely based on the civil law of Europe, notably France and Germany.^ German civil law system with English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations .

Map of Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.maps4free.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan's judicial system, drawn from customary law, civil law, and Anglo-American common law, consists of several levels of courts, with the Supreme Court as the final judicial authority.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ There are many European influences as well: Japanese education was largely based on the model of Germany , and the governmental structure drew heavily from the example of Britain .

Japan@Everything2.com 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.For example, in 1896, the Japanese government established a civil code based on the German model.^ There are many European influences as well: Japanese education was largely based on the model of Germany , and the governmental structure drew heavily from the example of Britain .

Japan@Everything2.com 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In 1993, the Japan Fund for Global Environment was established, based on contributions from the Government, as well as the private sectors.

Country Profile - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.un.org [Source type: Academic]

^ Based on LAT program of Japanese Government starting March 2010.

ELT NEWS.com: English Teaching Job Classifieds 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eltnews.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.With post-World War II modifications, the code remains in effect in present-day Japan.^ World War II and defeat - - - Prologue to war .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ For an example of this, see World War II .

Japan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC uncyclopedia.wikia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[24] .Statutory law originates in Japan's legislature, the National Diet of Japan, with the rubber-stamp approval of the Emperor.^ As the tenth anniversary of the 1989 adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child approaches, the National Diet is drafting a law to deal with child prostitution and pornography.

Japan -- Age of Consent 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.ageofconsent.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Federal law already prohibits discrimination based upon race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender and disability.

demsjapan.jp | Pragmatic, Progressive Politics 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.demsjapan.jp [Source type: General]

^ Japan's national diet has sole legislative power.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

fUSION Anomaly. Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC fusionanomaly.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan's national diet has sole legislative power.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The emperor shares legislative power with two large political bodies, the Chamber of Peers and the Chamber of Deputies.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^[22] .Japan's court system is divided into four basic tiers: the Supreme Court and three levels of lower courts.^ The history of Japan is divided naturally into three chief periods.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ The fleet is divided into three squadrons.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ German civil law system with English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations .

Map of Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.maps4free.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[25] .The main body of Japanese statutory law is a collection called the Six Codes.^ The main body of Japanese statutory law is a collection called the Six Codes.

Japan - Economic analysis of government policies, investment climate and political risk. 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mkeever.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The collection of laws thus drawn up form six codes: the Constitution, the civil code, the criminal code, the commercial code, and the codes of civil and criminal procedure.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ The newspaper says it will call for amendments to immigrant law to promote immigration, and will recommend as well better Japanese language training for newcomers and a right to social security for them.

Japan news on David T. Nicholson's Wednesday-Night.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.wednesday-night.com [Source type: News]

^[24]

Foreign relations and military

Main articles: Foreign relations of Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces, and Ministry of Defense (Japan)

Yasuo Fukuda and the George W. Bush exchange handshakes following their joint statement at the White House.

.Japan maintains close economic and military relations with its key ally the United States, with the US-Japan security alliance serving as the cornerstone of its foreign policy.^ The United States and Japan are committed to strengthening the alliance.

Japan - Country Information Paper - NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mfat.govt.nz [Source type: News]

^ The United States consults closely with Japan and the Republic of Korea on policy regarding North Korea.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Relations with the United States, including the bilateral security alliance, remain the fundamental pillar of Japan’s foreign and defence policies.

Japan - Country Information Paper - NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mfat.govt.nz [Source type: News]

^[26] .A member state of the United Nations since 1956, Japan has served as a non-permanent Security Council member for a total of 18 years, most recently in 2005–2006. It is also one of the G4 nations seeking permanent membership in the Security Council.^ In 2005, Japan began a two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

Geography and Map of Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC geography.about.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Website of member state missions and their representatives to the United Nations.

UCB Libraries | GovPubs | Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC ucblibraries.colorado.edu [Source type: Academic]

^ Japan has diplomatic relations with nearly all independent nations and has been an active member of the United Nations since 1956.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[27] .As a member of the G8, the APEC, the "ASEAN Plus Three" and a participant in the East Asia Summit, Japan actively participates in international affairs.^ Japan will host the G8 Summit in 2008.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ JAPAN An island nation of East Asia.

Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan - Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia.

Atlas of Japan - Wikimedia Commons 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC commons.wikimedia.org [Source type: Reference]

It is also the world's second-largest donor of official development assistance, donating 0.19% of its GNP in 2004.^[28]

.Japan is engaged in several territorial disputes with its neighbors: with Russia over the South Kuril Islands, with South Korea over the Liancourt Rocks, with China and Taiwan over the Senkaku Islands and with China over the status of Okinotorishima.^ Kuril Islands dispute .

Atlas of Japan - Wikimedia Commons 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC commons.wikimedia.org [Source type: Reference]

^ Japan’s rapid rise led to war with China in 1894-95, Russia in 1904-05 and the annexation of Korea in 1910.

Japan - Country Information Paper - NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mfat.govt.nz [Source type: News]

^ Japan is bounded to the west by the Sea of Japan ( East Sea ), which separates it from the eastern shores of South and North Korea and southeastern Siberia (Russia); to the north by La Perouse (Sōya) Strait , separating it from Russian-held Sakhalin Island , and by the Sea of Okhotsk ; to the northeast by the southern Kuril Islands (since World War II under Soviet and then Russian administration); to the east and south by the Pacific; and to the southwest by the East China Sea , which separates it from China .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

.Japan also faces an ongoing dispute with North Korea over its abduction of Japanese citizens and its nuclear weapons and missile program.^ Japan lost control over North Korea.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Japan doesn't recognize North Korea.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The biggest concern for Japan is North Korea.

Japan - Economic analysis of government policies, investment climate and political risk. 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mkeever.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Japan's military is restricted by Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan, which renounces Japan's right to declare war or use military force as a means of settling international disputes, although the current government is seeking to amend the Constitution via a referendum.^ Japan is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan forever renounces war and use of force.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The current Constitution of Japan was established in 1947.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^[29] .Japan's military is governed by the Ministry of Defense, and primarily consists of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).^ SDF consists of three branches that are Ground Self Defense Force, Maritime Self Defense Force and Air Self Defense Force.

Japan - Economic analysis of government policies, investment climate and political risk. 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mkeever.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ (It was understood, however, that Japan could not come to the defense of the United States because it was constitutionally forbidden to send armed forces overseas.

AllGov - Nations - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.allgov.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ A Japanese reporter covers the arrival of 34 Japanese engineers and other members of the Japan Self-Defense Force,… .

Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.japantoday.com [Source type: General]

.The forces have been recently used in peacekeeping operations and the deployment of Japanese troops to Iraq marked the first overseas use of its military since World War II.^ Abe was the first prime minister to be born after World War II and the youngest prime minister since the war.

Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.factmonster.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ World War II and defeat - - - Prologue to war .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ For an example of this, see World War II .

Japan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC uncyclopedia.wikia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[30]

Administrative divisions

Main articles: Prefectures of Japan, Cities of Japan, Towns of Japan, Villages of Japan, and List of Japanese cities by population

.While there exist eight commonly defined regions of Japan, administratively Japan consists of forty-seven prefectures, each overseen by an elected governor, legislature and administrative bureaucracy.^ Administratively, Japan is divided into 47 prefectures, each governed by a popularly elected governor and unicameral legislature.

Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ And there were local administrations in all regions.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Finally, education was opened up, partly through making middle school compulsory, partly through the creation of national universities in each of Japan's forty-six prefectures.

EH.Net Encyclopedia: Japan, Industrialization and Economic Growth 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC eh.net [Source type: Academic]

.The former city of Tokyo is further divided into twenty-three special wards, each with the same powers as cities.^ The fleet is divided into three squadrons.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Two rivers, the Mabechi and the Niida, both of which originate in Iwate Prefecture, divide the plane into three roughly equal sections.

ABOUT JAPAN 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.japanmin.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The new atomic power plant at Mutsu city was a bright spot, but the nuclear waste disposal, pollution and environmental issues have turned it into a large disappointment.

ABOUT JAPAN 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.japanmin.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The nation is currently undergoing administrative reorganization by merging many of the cities, towns and villages with each other.^ Prefectures are further separated into municipalities - shi , ku , cho (or chō ), and son , which are cities, wards, towns, and villages respectively.

Japan@Everything2.com 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everything2.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Lower levels of local government and administration include counties and municipalities that are classified by population size: cities, towns, and villages.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Every government jurisdiction, whether city, town or village, was required to provide health insurance to every uncovered resident by 1961.

Japan's Universal and Affordable Health Care: Lessons for the United States? 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.nyu.edu [Source type: Academic]

.This process will reduce the number of sub-prefecture administrative regions and is expected to cut administrative costs.^ There are forty-three ordinary prefectures, three metropolitan prefectures with special administrative powers, and one administrative region for the northernmost island.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[31]

.Japan has dozens of major cities, which play an important role in Japan's culture, heritage and economy.^ They play an important and indispensable role for Japanese economy.

Japan - Economic analysis of government policies, investment climate and political risk. 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mkeever.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ This fast, quiet train, itself a tourist draw, links the major cities in Japan efficiently, while reaching speeds of over 170 miles per hour.

Japan Panorama - Discount Travel Vacation Packages By Friendly Planet 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.friendlyplanet.com [Source type: General]

^ People & Faces in Japan's History Beginning with the invention of the camera this is look into the lives of the Japanese before and during major outside cultural influences.

Japan-101 - Pictures of Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.japan-101.com [Source type: General]

Those in the list below of the ten most populous are all prefectural capitals and Government Ordinance Cities, except where indicated:

Tokyo by night: the Rainbow Bridge and, behind it, Tokyo Tower.

	City	Prefecture	Population^[32]
1	Tokyo^a	Tokyo	8,535,792</tr>	2	Yokohama	Kanagawa	3,602,758</tr>	3	Osaka	Osaka	2,635,420</tr>	4	Nagoya	Aichi	2,223,148</tr>	5	Sapporo	Hokkaidō	1,888,953</tr>	6	Kobe	Hyōgo	1,528,687</tr>	7	Kyoto	Kyoto	1,472,511</tr>	8	Fukuoka	Fukuoka	1,414,417</tr>	9	Kawasaki^b	Kanagawa	1,342,262</tr>	10	Saitama	Saitama	1,182,744</tr>

^a 23 municipalities. Also capital of Japan.
^b Government Ordinance City only.

Geography and climate

Main article: Geography of Japan

Japan from space, May 2003.

Mount Fuji, October 2007.

Hokkaido is subarctic climate.

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Japan is a country of over three thousand islands extending along the Pacific coast of Asia.^ Japan, a country of islands, extends along the eastern or Pacific coast of Asia.

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^ Japan is an island country located in the Pacific Ocean, East Asia.

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^ As Japan is situated in a volcanic zone along the Pacific depth, frequent low intensity earth tremors and occasional volcanic activity are felt throughout the islands.

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.The main islands, running from north to south, are Hokkaidō, Honshū (the main island), Shikoku and Kyūshū.^ The four main islands, running from north to south, are Hokkaido, Honshu (or the mainland), Shikoku, and Kyushu.

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^ Of its 3,330 islands, about 400 are inhabited; the four main islands are Hokkaido in the north, Kyushu and Shikoku in the south, and the large, heavily populated island of Honshu in the center.

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^ Land Japan proper has four main islands, which are (from north to south) Hokkaido , Honshu (the largest island, where the capital and most major cities are located), Shikoku , and Kyushu .

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.The Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa, are a chain of islands south of Kyushū.^ The country is traversed by two chains of mountains, one a part of Sakhalin Island, the other south-east of China crossing Formosa.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ The island fell on about June 21, 1945, though some Japanese continued fighting, including the future governor of Okinawa prefecture, Masahide Ota.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Nov 1967 Ryukyu Islands (except Okinawa) restored to Japan.

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.Together they are often known as the Japanese Archipelago.^ The Japanese are also known for not dying when they are killed.

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^ It is often said that typhoons are supposed to go through the Japanese archipelago, but it is impossible to explain the reason only by topography and meteorology.

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^ Citizens of other nations, in large numbers, are known to wish they were Japanese.

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.About 70% to 80% of the country is forested, mountainous,^[33]^[34] and unsuitable for agricultural, industrial, or residential use.^ About 73% of the country is mountainous, with a chain running through each of the main islands.

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^ Japan's agricultural productivity was high enough to sustain substantial craft (proto-industrial) production in both rural and urban areas of the country prior to industrialization.

EH.Net Encyclopedia: Japan, Industrialization and Economic Growth 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC eh.net [Source type: Academic]

This is because of the generally steep elevations, climate and risk of landslides caused by earthquakes, soft ground and heavy rain. .This has resulted in an extremely high population density in the habitable zones that are mainly located in coastal areas.^ The country is heavily urbanized, and urban areas have extremely high population densities.

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^ On the arable land, which is only 11% of Japan's total land area, the population density is among the highest in the world.

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^ Only about 15 percent of the land is level enough for agriculture, and so the population density in coastal plains and valleys is extremely high.

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.Japan is the thirtieth most densely populated country in the world.^ Japan is one of the most rainy countries in the world.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ It has been the world's most populous urban area since between 1965 and 1970, and despite Japan's overall declining population, is still growing.

Japan Hotels - Asia Travel Hotels Air Tickets Reservation, Hotels in Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.asiatravel.com [Source type: News]

^ Once the world's biggest donor nation, Japan is stepping up efforts to boost its influence in resource-rich developing countries by creating a super agency .

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^[35]

.Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire, at the juncture of three tectonic plates, gives Japan frequent low-intensity tremors and occasional volcanic activity.^ Being part of the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’ volcanic region, Japan has its share of earthquakes and volcano activity.

Japan Hotels - HotelTravel.com HOTEL REVIEWS, DISCOUNTS up to 75% 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.hoteltravel.com [Source type: General]

^ As Japan is situated in a volcanic zone along the Pacific depth, frequent low intensity earth tremors and occasional volcanic activity are felt throughout the islands.

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^ All oceanic regions of the world can experience tsunamis, but in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, there is a more frequent occurrence of large, destructive tsunamis because of the many large earthquakes along major tectonic plate boundaries and ocean trenches.

Travel Advice for Japan - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.smartraveller.gov.au [Source type: News]

.Destructive earthquakes, often resulting in tsunamis, occur several times each century.^ Destructive earthquakes occur several times a century.

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^ The attitude of the Japanese government has been strange for the past several years when earthquakes occurred.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Great Hanshin earthquake January 17, 1995 This earthquake occurred just around the time when the Operation Desert Storm started.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^[36] .The most recent major quakes are the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake and the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. Hot springs are numerous and have been developed as resorts.^ The Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 was big turning point in the development of contingency planning.

Japan - Economic analysis of government policies, investment climate and political risk. 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mkeever.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred on January 17, 1995 at 5:46 a.m.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Hot springs are numerous and have been developed as resorts.

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^[37]

.The climate of Japan is predominantly temperate, but varies greatly from north to south.^ The seas which surround Japan are the Pacific Ocean on the east, the Sea of Okhotsk on the North, the Sea of Japan on the west, and the China Sea on the south.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Land Japan proper has four main islands, which are (from north to south) Hokkaido , Honshu (the largest island, where the capital and most major cities are located), Shikoku , and Kyushu .

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^ You can control the climate to some extent by traveling up into the mountains, north to Hokkaido, or south to subtropical Okinawa.

The photo.net guide to Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC photo.net [Source type: General]

^[38] Japan's geographical features divide it into six principal climatic zones:

Hokkaidō: The northernmost zone has a temperate climate with long, cold winters and cool summers.
^ The silk is also ideal for keeping the skin moisturized, absorbs UV rays to prevent sun damage and manages to keep the skin cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
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^ General characteristics are hot and humid though short summers, and long, cold and clear winters.
Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]
^ Fukuoka, on the island of Kyushu, has a climate similar to that of Washington, DC, with mild winters and short summers.
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.Precipitation is not heavy, but the islands usually develop deep snow banks in the winter.
Sea of Japan: On Honshū's west coast, the northwest wind in the wintertime brings heavy snowfall.
^ The climate is shaped by Asian-Pacific monsoon cycles, which bring heavy rains from the Pacific during the summer and fall, followed by icy winds from North Asia during the winter that dump snow in the mountains.
Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Heavy snow was seen in regions facing the Sea of Japan, including areas in Niigata, Aomori and Yamagata prefectures where close to 300 centimeters of snow had accumulated by Saturday evening, the agency said.
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^ Japan participates in the North West Pacific Action Plan, which is being promoted by UNEP, for the prevention of marine pollution in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Country Profile - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.un.org [Source type: Academic]
.In the summer, the region is cooler than the Pacific area, though it sometimes experiences extremely hot temperatures, because of the Föhn wind phenomenon.
Central Highland: A typical inland climate, with large temperature differences between summer and winter, and between day and night.
^ The climate is shaped by Asian-Pacific monsoon cycles, which bring heavy rains from the Pacific during the summer and fall, followed by icy winds from North Asia during the winter that dump snow in the mountains.
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^ Temperature extremes are less pronounced than in the United States, but the climate varies considerably.
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^ In describing the opposition between the two regions, people point to different personalities, orientations toward tradition, openness to social change, and ways of expressing emotions.
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.Precipitation is light.
Seto Inland Sea: The mountains of the Chūgoku and Shikoku regions shelter the region from the seasonal winds, bringing mild weather throughout the year.
Pacific Ocean: The east coast experiences cold winters with little snowfall and hot, humid summers because of the southeast seasonal wind.
Ryukyu Islands: The Ryukyu Islands have a subtropical climate, with warm winters and hot summers.
^ Japan is an island country located in the Pacific Ocean, East Asia.
Japan hotels-discount hotels in Japan from AsiaRooms.com, the hotel Japan Specialist 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.asiarooms.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The silk is also ideal for keeping the skin moisturized, absorbs UV rays to prevent sun damage and manages to keep the skin cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
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^ The road wound up through the scenic mountainous region until we suddenly were looking down at the green Mediterranean Sea and the town of Marmaris.
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.Precipitation is very heavy, especially during the rainy season.
^ During the seasonal periods of heavy rainfall and typhoons, flooding becomes a major problem.
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Typhoons are common.

The hottest temperature ever measured in Japan - 40.9 degrees Celsius - was recorded on August 16, 2007.^[39]

.The main rainy season begins in early May in Okinawa, and the stationary rain front responsible for this gradually works its way north until it dissipates in northern Japan before reaching Hokkaidō in late July.^ Program dates are generally as follows: Summer - Early June to Late July *Students will be in classes with other program participants.

Fellowships, Study Abroad, and Other Opportunities 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC japan.osu.edu [Source type: Academic]

^ Even before one reaches the front door of Canon's headquarters in Tokyo, one can sense the virtual stampede of employees pouring out of the building exactly at 5:30 p.m.

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^ After Japan’s surrender allied occupation introduced far-reaching political, social and economic reforms before Japan regained full independence in 1952.

Japan - Country Information Paper - NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.mfat.govt.nz [Source type: News]

Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Last week some of Barack Obama's critics were upset that he ducked a question in Japan about whether he approved of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

James Fallows: Japan Archives 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC jamesfallows.theatlantic.com [Source type: General]

^ Troy Hogg Rain, rain, go away......The month of June signals the beginning of the rainy season in Japan.

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

.In late summer and early autumn, typhoons often bring heavy rain.^ The climate is shaped by Asian-Pacific monsoon cycles, which bring heavy rains from the Pacific during the summer and fall, followed by icy winds from North Asia during the winter that dump snow in the mountains.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Program dates are generally as follows: Summer - Early June to Late July *Students will be in classes with other program participants.

Fellowships, Study Abroad, and Other Opportunities 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC japan.osu.edu [Source type: Academic]

^ Typhoon Melor roared into central Japan on Thursday, leaving two people dead and lashing the region with heavy rain and gusty winds.

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^[38]

.Japan is home to nine forest ecoregions which reflect the climate and geography of the islands.^ One of Japan's largest banks on Friday announced a loss for the nine-month period ending December 31, hit by weak markets and a recession at home.

Japan: News & Videos about Japan - CNN.com 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC topics.edition.cnn.com [Source type: News]

^ Home Education Geography Maps Atlas Japan Maps Geography and Map of Japan Most Popular Latest Articles Add to: .

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.They range from subtropical moist broadleaf forests in the Ryūkyū and Bonin islands, to temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in the mild climate regions of the main islands, to temperate coniferous forests in the cold, winter portions of the northern islands.^ Stretching from the Arctic Circle to the subtropics, Japan consists of four main islands and almost 4000 smaller ones.

Japan Hotels - HotelTravel.com HOTEL REVIEWS, DISCOUNTS up to 75% 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.hoteltravel.com [Source type: General]

^ The Climate Of Japan -- Jim Sherard Japan has four distinct seasons and enjoys a relatively mild and temperate climate, with the exception of Hokkaido to the north, and the subtropical area of Okinawa to the south.

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ The climate ranges from chilly humid continental to humid subtropical.

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^[40]

Economy

Main article: Economy of Japan

The automobile industry is among the chief elements of the country's economy.

Close government-industry cooperation, a strong work ethic, mastery of high technology, and a comparatively small defense allocation have helped Japan become the second largest economy in the world,^[41]

.Banking, insurance, real estate, retailing, transportation and telecommunications are all major industries.^ Transport and Communications Land Transportation Marine Transportation Air Transportation Warehousing & Harbor Transportation Services Communication Commerce Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Finance & Insurance Banks Securities Insurance Other Financial Business Real Estate Services .

The Japanese Stock Market and Economy. 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.site-by-site.com [Source type: Reference]

^ Australia : Eurozone : Japan : Pacific : United States : Asia/Pacific : Europe : Middle East and Africa : North America : Finance and Banking : Real Estate and Mortgage Finance : .

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.Japan has a large industrial capacity and is home to some of the largest and most technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles and processed foods.^ The shipping and chemicals industries are also important.

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^ Government-industry cooperation, a strong work ethic, mastery of high technology, and a comparatively small defense allocation (1% of GDP) helped Japan advance with extraordinary rapidity to the rank of second most technologically-powerful economy in the world after the US and third-largest economy after the US and China, measured on a purchasing power parity (PPP) basis.

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^ The economy, one of the world’s biggest, is based largely on manufacturing and services; exports include electronic and electrical equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, and iron and steel products.

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

It is home to leading multinational corporations and commercial brands in technology and machinery.^[42] .Construction has long been one of Japan's largest industries, with the help of multi-billion dollar government contracts in the civil sector.^ Japan's industrial sector is heavily dependent on imported raw materials and fuels.

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^ There is only one reservation to be made in speaking of the modern decorative industry of Japan under its better aspects.

Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]

^ In 1993, the Japan Fund for Global Environment was established, based on contributions from the Government, as well as the private sectors.

Country Profile - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.un.org [Source type: Academic]

.Distinguishing characteristics of the Japanese economy have included the cooperation of manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and banks in closely-knit groups called keiretsu and the guarantee of lifetime employment in big corporations.^ One notable characteristic of the economy has been how manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors have worked together in closely-knit groups called keiretsu.

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^ Keiretsu —groups of companies that are closely linked through overlapping stock ownership, preferential supply relationships, coordination of economic activities, and extensive subcontracting relationships—play a central role in the economy.

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^ A second basic feature has been the guarantee of lifetime employment for a substantial portion of the urban labor force.

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^[43]

Tokyo Stock Exchange

.Japan is home to the world's largest bank, Japan Post Bank, which has roughly US$3.2 trillion in assets^[44] and others such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (US$1.2 trillion^[45]), Mizuho Financial Group (US$1.4 trillion^[46]) and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (US$1.3 trillion ^[47]).^ Chinese and Indian economies to overtake Japan by 2020 China and India will be the world's second and third largest economies by 2020, pushing Japan into fourth place, according to research by Deutsche Bank.

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^ Although it has historically been largest in former English colonies, it has a strong presence throughout the world, even in countries that never had an English colonial presence, such as Japan.

Anglicans Online | Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.anglicansonline.org [Source type: General]

^ A worthwhile day trip from Kyoto, Nara is home to the Great Hall of the Buddha, the world's largest wooden building, housing the world's largest bronze Buddha.

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.It is home to the world's second largest stock exchange, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, with a market capitalization of over 549.7 trillion Yen as of December 2006.^[48] It is also home to some of the largest financial services companies, business groups and banks.^ Japan is a leading financial market, and the Tokyo stock market is one of the world's foremost financial centres.

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^ Mar Wed1253 Japan : The worlds second largest economy has recovered strongly in the fourth quarter at 5.5% (annual rate) with strength in exports, business capital spending in machinery and equipment, consumer spending and consumer confidence at a fifteen year high and wages rising.

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^ Who could have guessed that Bank of America stock would rally 70 percent the week it learns the Feds are demanding new capital equal to nearly half the bank's market capitalization?

Japan: News & Videos about Japan - CNN.com 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC topics.edition.cnn.com [Source type: News]

.For instance several large keiretsus (business groups) and multinational companies such as Sony, Sumitomo, Mitsubishi and Toyota own billion- and trillion-dollar operating banks, investment groups and/or financial services such as Sumitomo Bank, Fuji Bank, Mitsubishi Bank, Toyota Financial Services and Sony Financial Holdings.^ New U.S. investment was especially significant in financial services, Internet services, and software, generating new export opportunities for U.S. firms and employment for U.S. workers.

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^ The formation of the zaibatsu ("financial cliques"), which gradually evolved into diversified industrial combines tied together through central holding companies, is a case in point.

EH.Net Encyclopedia: Japan, Industrialization and Economic Growth 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC eh.net [Source type: Academic]

^ And institutional problems, such as the troubles of the banking system, may also lead to some credit rationing that deters investment.

Japan's trap 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC web.mit.edu [Source type: Original source]

.From the 1960s to the 1980s, overall real economic growth has been called a "miracle": a 10% average in the 1960s, a 5% average in the 1970s and a 4% average in the 1980s.^ For three decades overall real economic growth had been spectacular: a 10% average in the 1960s, a 5% average in the 1970s, and a 4% average in the 1980s.

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^ After achieving one of the highest economic growth rates in the world from the 1960s through the 1980s, the Japanese economy slowed dramatically in the early 1990s, when the "bubble economy" collapsed, marked by plummeting stock and real estate prices.

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^ Growth slowed markedly in the 1990s, averaging just 1.7%, largely because of the after effects of overinvestment during the late 1980s and contractionary domestic policies intended to wring speculative excesses from the stock and real estate markets.

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^[49] .Growth slowed markedly in the 1990s, largely because of the after-effects of over-investment during the late 1980s and domestic policies intended to wring speculative excesses from the stock and real estate markets.^ Growth slowed markedly in the 1990s, averaging just 1.7%, largely because of the after effects of overinvestment during the late 1980s and contractionary domestic policies intended to wring speculative excesses from the stock and real estate markets.

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^ Growth slowed markedly in the 1990s, averaging just 1.7%, largely because of the after effects of overinvestment and an asset price bubble during the late 1980s that required a protracted period of time for firms to reduce excess debt, capital, and labor.

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.Government efforts to revive economic growth met with little success and were further hampered in 2000 to 2001 by the deceleration of the global economy.^ From 2000 to 2003, government efforts to revive economic growth met with little success and were further hampered by the slowing of the US, European, and Asian economies.

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CIA - The World Factbook -- Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.umsl.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan's economy -- already in its second-longest growth cycle of the postwar era -- will likely keep recovering with the end of deflation in sight, the government said in an economic white paper on Tuesday.

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^ The economy experienced a major slowdown starting in the 1990s following three decades of unprecedented growth, but Japan still remains a major economic power, both in Asia and globally.

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^[42]

.Because only about 15% of Japan's land is suitable for cultivation,^[50] of its requirements of grain and fodder crops other than rice, and it relies on imports for most of its supply of meat.^ Only about 15 percent of Japan is level enough for agriculture.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Only one fifth of the land is suitable for cultivation or urban development.

AllGov - Nations - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.allgov.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Usually self sufficient in rice, Japan must import about 50% of its requirements of other grain and fodder crops.

Geography and Map of Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC geography.about.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.In fishing, Japan is ranked second in the world behind China in tonnage of fish caught.^ China is set to overtake Japan in the world economic rankings .

Roubini Global Economics - Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.roubini.com [Source type: News]

^ Chinese and Indian economies to overtake Japan by 2020 China and India will be the world's second and third largest economies by 2020, pushing Japan into fourth place, according to research by Deutsche Bank.

Japan Nikkei 225 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.investmenttools.com [Source type: News]

^ ECONOMY Japan's industrialized, free-market economy is the second-largest in the world.

Japan (09/09) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Japan maintains one of the world's largest fishing fleets and accounts for nearly 15% of the global catch.^ Japan maintains one of the world's largest fishing fleets and accounts for nearly 15% of the global catch.

Map of Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.maps4free.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Fishing is highly developed, and the annual catch is one of the largest in the world.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Kobe Come and try the world famous Kobe beef in one of the Japan's major ports.

Japan hotels-discount hotels in Japan from AsiaRooms.com, the hotel Japan Specialist 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.asiarooms.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[42] .Japan relies on foreign countries for almost all oil and food.^ Japan passes measure to fingerprint foreigners -- canuck CBC News Japan's cabinet has given final approval to a plan to fingerprint and photograph all adult foreigners entering the country, six years after the country dropped a similar requirement ...

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ Unfortunately Japan's way of ushering in the Thanksgiving holidays has been to institute mandatory fingerprinting and photographing of all foreigners entering the country.

James Fallows: Japan Archives 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC jamesfallows.theatlantic.com [Source type: General]

^ At present a telegraphic network extends throughout the country and submarine cables connect Japan with all the great centres of the world.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

.Transportation in Japan is highly developed.^ COUNTRY DESCRIPTION: Japan is a stable, highly developed parliamentary democracy with a modern economy.

Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.travel.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

As of 2004, there are 1,177,278 km (731,683 miles) of paved roadways, 173 airports, and 23,577 km (14,653 miles) of railways.^[42] .Air transport is mostly operated by All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL).^ Japan airline grounds Bombardier fleet All Nippon Airways grounded its entire fleet of Bombardier planes on Tuesday after the front landing gear on one failed to descend, forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing with 60 people on board.

Japan news on David T. Nicholson's Wednesday-Night.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.wednesday-night.com [Source type: News]

^ Useful websites for planning your trips: Japan visa information from Wikivisa.org Japan airlines flight Japan air travel information Wikitravel guide for Japan.

The photo.net guide to Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC photo.net [Source type: General]

^ See maps to all our consular offices in Japan , along with directions on using public transportation to reach us.

Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.travel.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Railways are operated by Japan Railways Group among others.^ History The earliest recorded history for Japan begins around the 4th century with the Yamato clan managing to gain control of other family groups in central and western Japan.

AllGov - Nations - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.allgov.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In Japan, when two groups are in collusion, they often attack each other in order to hide their cozy relationship.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The Japan International Friendship Hotel Association is a group of Japan's top hot spring accommodation operators.

JapanHotel.net Japanese Business Hotels, Ryokans, Minshukus, Guest Houses, Hot Springs and other accommodation 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.japanhotel.net [Source type: General]

.There are extensive international flights from many cities and countries to and from Japan.^ Plains.Japan, though very mountainous, has many extensive plains.

Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]

^ In Japan, there are so many varieties of instant ramen that an entire aisle in the supermarket is devoted to them.

Japan C 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.japan-c.com [Source type: General]

^ There was a widespread perception among citizens that "foreigners," often members of Japan‑born ethnic minorities, were responsible for most of the crimes committed in the country.

Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Japan's main export partners are the United States 22.9%, China 13.4%, South Korea 7.8%, Taiwan 7.3% and Hong Kong 6.1% (for 2005).^ Surrendering to the United States and its allies in 1945, Japan's economy and infrastructure was revamped under the S.C.A.P (Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers) Occupation lasting through 1951.

EH.Net Encyclopedia: Japan, Industrialization and Economic Growth 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC eh.net [Source type: Academic]

^ Ferry links Japan to China, Korea, Russia .

Train times & fares in Japan | Buy a Japan Rail Pass online 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.seat61.com [Source type: News]

^ In the early 1970s, however, U.S.-Japanese relations became strained after the United States pressured Japan to revalue the yen, and again when it began talks with Communist China without prior consultation with Japan.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Japan's main exports are transport equipment, motor vehicles, electronics, electrical machinery and chemicals.^ The economy, one of the world’s biggest, is based largely on manufacturing and services; exports include electronic and electrical equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, and iron and steel products.

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ Japan, now a reliable Cold War ally in Asia, became a logistically convenient supplier of vehicles and electronics to the United States and benefited from U.S. war procurement needs.

History of Science Society | Links 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.hssonline.org [Source type: Academic]

^ Japan leads the world in the manufacture of electrical appliances and electronic equipment, which, along with motor vehicles, iron, and steel, make up most of the country's exports.

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^[42] .With very limited natural resources to sustain economic development, Japan depends on other nations for most of its raw materials; thus it imports a wide variety of goods.^ Japan's industrial sector is heavily dependent on imported raw materials and fuels.

Map of Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.maps4free.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan has also developed indicators for sustainable agriculture.

Country Profile - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.un.org [Source type: Academic]

^ Industry, the most important sector of the economy, is heavily dependent on imported raw materials and fuels.

Geography and Map of Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC geography.about.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Its main import partners are China 21%, U.S. 12.7%, Saudi Arabia 5.5%, UAE 4.9%, Australia 4.7%, South Korea 4.7% and Indonesia 4% (for 2005).^ Since the late 1960s Japan's economy has been marked by a large trade surplus, with the United States, China, and South Korea being its largest trading partners.

Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Australia Bangladesh Brunei Darussalam Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Laos Macau Malaysia Myanmar Nepal Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates Vietnam Japan Info .

Japan hotels-discount hotels in Japan from AsiaRooms.com, the hotel Japan Specialist 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.asiarooms.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ China 20.7%, US 14%, South Korea 4.9%, Australia 4.3%, Indonesia 4.1%, Saudi Arabia 4.1%, UAE 4% (2004) .

Geography and Map of Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC geography.about.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Japan's main imports are machinery and equipment, fossil fuels, foodstuffs (in particular beef), chemicals, textiles and raw materials for its industries.^ Japan's industrial sector is heavily dependent on imported raw materials and fuels.

Map of Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.maps4free.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan’s exports are mainly finished products, with the second lowest proportion of raw materials as a share of total exports of any developed nation.

The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.prosperity.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Some women, particularly ordinary housewives, were active in promoting safer nuclear power plants, materials used in housing and public facilities, and residual agricultural chemicals in imported and domestically produced foodstuffs.

History of Science Society | Links 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.hssonline.org [Source type: Academic]

.Overall, Japan's largest trading partner is China.^ News China now Japan's top trade partner .

Roubini Global Economics - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.roubini.com [Source type: News]
Roubini Global Economics - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.roubini.com [Source type: News]

^ China overtook the United States as Japan's biggest trading partner, .

Japan (Harper's Magazine) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

^ In 2007, the US trade deficit with Japan was $82.8 billion, the one with China was $256.2 billion.

AllGov - Nations - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.allgov.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[51]

Science and technology

Main article: Science and technology in Japan

Press release photo of the most recent ASIMO model.

JAXA Kibo, the largest module for the ISS.

.Japan is a leading nation in the fields of scientific research, technology, machinery and medical research.^ Cases in point include United States-Japan Cooperative Programs in Natural Resources (1964), Medical Science (1965), and Brain Research (2000); other bilateral agreements include U.S.-Japan Environmental Protection Agreement (1975) and U.S.-Japan Science and Technology Agreement (1979).

History of Science Society | Links 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.hssonline.org [Source type: Academic]

^ The government hopes that this technology will lead to the development of phaser weapons and photon torpedoes to launch a new industry in Japan.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ What are some roles of scientific communities in forming nationalism and internationalism in modern Japan?

History of Science Society | Links 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.hssonline.org [Source type: Academic]

.Nearly 700,000 researchers share a US$130 billion research and development budget, the third largest in the world.^ Chinese and Indian economies to overtake Japan by 2020 China and India will be the world's second and third largest economies by 2020, pushing Japan into fourth place, according to research by Deutsche Bank.

Japan Nikkei 225 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.investmenttools.com [Source type: News]

^ JAEA is now a major integrated nuclear R&D organization, with 4400 employees at ten facilities and annual budget of 161 billion yen (US$ 1.7 billion).

Nuclear Power in Japan | Japanese Nuclear Energy 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.world-nuclear.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ You must have searched “world largest orgy”, like the rest of us.

World Record in Japan: Largest Orgy 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.weirdasianews.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[52]

.Some of Japan's more important technological contributions are found in the fields of electronics, automobiles, machinery, industrial robotics, optics, chemicals, semiconductors and metals.^ The shipping and chemicals industries are also important.

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^ Japan is a major market for many U.S. products, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, films and music, commercial aircraft, nonferrous metals, plastics, and medical and scientific supplies.

Japan (09/09) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ With the drive into heavy industries -- chemicals, iron and steel, machinery -- the demand for skilled labor that would flexibly respond to rapid changes in technique soared.

EH.Net Encyclopedia: Japan, Industrialization and Economic Growth 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC eh.net [Source type: Academic]

.Japan leads the world in robotics, possessing more than half (402,200 of 742,500) of the world's industrial robots used for manufacturing.^ More than 500 others were injured.

Japan news on David T. Nicholson's Wednesday-Night.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.wednesday-night.com [Source type: News]

^ With more than 50 years since the last regime change, Japan’s political system can be considered extremely stable.

The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.prosperity.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Although the average Australian worked more hours than the average Japanese, the Japanese had the world's highest percentage of people working in excess of 50 hours a week.

Australia and Japan cultural differences 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.convictcreations.com [Source type: Original source]

^[53] and home to six of the .world's fifteen largest automobile manufacturers and seven of the world's twenty largest semiconductor sales leaders.^ A BBC World Service poll of twenty-seven countries suggested that a majority of people believe Israel and Iran have a “mainly negative” influence in the world.

Japan (Harper's Magazine) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

^ Thursday 05 February 2009 One of the world's largest electronics manufacturers is cutting its workforce by five percent.

Japan news on David T. Nicholson's Wednesday-Night.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.wednesday-night.com [Source type: News]

.Japan has significant plans in space exploration, including building a moonbase by 2030.^[54] The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducts space and planetary research, aviation research, and development of rockets and satellites.^ Policies favored the promotion of “big” national projects, such as the development of the nuclear energy industry, outer-space rocket/satellite development, and exploitation of ocean resources, which arguably ushered in the age of “Big Science” in Japan at last.

History of Science Society | Links 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.hssonline.org [Source type: Academic]

^ In 1993, Japan started research on the effect that changes in population and social and economic development in developing countries have on environmental problems.

Country Profile - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.un.org [Source type: Academic]

^ Japan has been promoting and will further develop various measures in accordance with the provisions of these plans.

Country Profile - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.un.org [Source type: Academic]

It also built the Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo), which is slated to be launched and added to the International Space Station during Space Shuttle assembly flights in 2007 and 2008.^[55]

Demographics

Main articles: Demographics of Japan, Japanese language, and Religion in Japan

.Japan's population is estimated at around 127.4 million.^ Japan is a parliamentary democracy with a population of approximately 127.7 million.

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^ PEOPLE Japan's population, currently just over 127 million, has experienced a phenomenal growth rate during the past 100 years as a result of scientific, industrial, and sociological changes, but this has recently slowed due to falling birth rates.

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^ Today Christianity has an estimated 3 million adherents throughout Japan.

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^[56] .For the most part, Japanese society is linguistically and culturally homogeneous with small populations of foreign workers, Zainichi Koreans, Japanese Chinese, Japanese Filipinos, Japanese Brazilians and others.^ There is a small population of Chinese-Japanese, mainly from Taiwan.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Other linguistic minorities include the Korean-Japanese and the Ainu.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japanese 99%, others 1% (Korean 511,262, Chinese 244,241, Brazilian 182,232, Filipino 89,851, other 237,914) note: up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil (2004) .

CIA - The World Factbook -- Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.umsl.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The most dominant native ethnic group is the Yamato people; the primary minority groups include the indigenous Ainu and Ryūkyūans, as well as social minority groups like the burakumin.^ People - Ethnic groups .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ Burakumin (descendants of feudal era "outcasts") and ethnic minorities experienced varying degrees of societal discrimination.

Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Barrier methods ) alcohol consumption ( in alcohol consumption: Japan ) cybercrime ( in cybercrime: Internet fraud ) race and social division ( in race (human): Japan’s minority peoples ) social welfare services ( in social service: Japan ) sports and recreation .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

Japan has one of the highest life expectancy rates in the world, at 81.25 years of age as of 2006.^[57]

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Demographers said that Japan's population could decline 20 percent by 2050.

Japan (Harper's Magazine) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

^ Social Security Plan and Foreign Assistance Japanese companies organize charities such as donations, for sure, but they are part of benefit maximization.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

.It is also noted that many Japanese youth are increasingly preferring not to marry or have families as adults.^ To the many more adult and youth program members who have assisted with this program, thank you all for all of your help!

Aikido Nippon Kan May-July 2007 Activity Report 25 September 2009 3:13 UTC www.nippon-kan.org [Source type: General]

^ Besides, Japanese people put family names first and use them far more than their given names, which are often forgotten by many.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ His family name "阿南" is formally pronounced "anami", but it is mostly pronounced as "anan" among Japanese (See Note 2).

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^[58] .Japan's population is expected to drop to 100 million by 2050 and to 64 million by 2100.^[59] Demographers and government planners are currently in a heated debate over how to cope with this problem.^ Japan's huge government debt, which totals more than 160% of GDP, and the aging of the population are two major long-run problems.

CIA - The World Factbook -- Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.umsl.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Japan (09/09) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ How much money should I expect to spend on my trip to Japan?

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^[58] .Immigration and birth incentives are sometimes suggested as a solution to provide younger workers to support the nation's aging population.^ If we could incorporate the good things from all these nations that provide universal healthcare maybe we could find a solution to our own broken system.

Health Care Abroad: Japan - Prescriptions Blog - NYTimes.com 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com [Source type: News]

^ In this context, for instance, the National Eugenics Law and National Physical Strength Law were passed in 1940 to regulate the health of Japanese population before and after birth.

History of Science Society | Links 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.hssonline.org [Source type: Academic]

^[60]

.Around 84% of Japanese people profess to believe both Shinto (the indigenous religion of Japan) and Buddhism.^ Japanese people when nobody 's around.

Japan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC uncyclopedia.wikia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan's principal religions are Shinto and Buddhism ; most Japanese practice both faiths.

Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan's principal religions are Shinto and Buddhism; most Japanese adhere to both faiths.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[56] .Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism from China have significantly influenced Japanese beliefs and mythology.^ Confucianism, Taoism, and shamanism have also influenced Japanese religion.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Overshadowed by Buddhism, it survived as an organized philosophy into the late 19th century and remains today as an important influence on Japanese thought and values.

Japan (09/09) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Religion in Japan tends to be syncretic in nature, and this results in a variety of practices, such as parents and children celebrating Shinto rituals, students praying before exams, couples holding a wedding at a Christian church and funerals being held at Buddhist temples.^ Religion In Japan -- Jim Sherard Religion in Japan more than a specific set of beliefs or doctrines practiced on a daily basis, is a blend of traditions that stem from the early teachings of Shintoism and Buddhism, and which most ...

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ Since it was unconcerned with problems of afterlife which dominate Buddhist thought, and since Buddhism easily accommodated itself to local faiths, the two religions comfortably coexisted, and Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples often became administratively linked.

Japan (09/09) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Parents who attempt to re-abduct their children from Japan may be subject to kidnapping charges.

Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.travel.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

A minority (0.7%) profess to Christianity.^[56] .In addition, since the mid-19th century, numerous religious sects (Shinshūkyō) have emerged in Japan.^ But since ninjas preferred to run or fly(although a ninja named thomas was to fat to run or fly), the wheel was quickly forgotten until gaijin brought rubber tires that burned on the asphalt and vaginas to Japan in the 19th century.

Japan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC uncyclopedia.wikia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ It was the US that pried open Japan’s closed feudal society in the mid-19th century, thanks to Matthew Perry’s visit, which led to the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.

AllGov - Nations - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.allgov.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ During the 18th and 19th centuries the wealth and power of merchants began to increase and Japan extended its influence over the northern island of Hokkaido.

Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.About 99% of the population speaks Japanese as their first language.^ Speaking Japanese: Learning the Language and the Cultural Etiquette -- Cory Pangelinan The Japanese language is considered by many to be easy to learn.

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ Dean Forster You may ask yourself why start learning Japanese, a language which at the first sight appears very hard, almost impossible to learn.

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ Japanese Offices in Korea: 1876-99: first stamps of Japan used in Pusan, 1876, Nov.

AskPhil -- Stamp Collecting starts here. 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.askphil.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[56] .It is an agglutinative language distinguished by a system of honorifics reflecting the hierarchical nature of Japanese society, with verb forms and particular vocabulary which indicate the relative status of speaker and listener.^ Learn Japanese Grammar To The Tune Of Silver Bells -- Brett McCluskey Lesson #18 Insights on learning how to use the Base TE- form of the verb.

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ To women, indeed, from the 8th century onwards may be said to have been entrusted the guardianship of the pure Japanese language, the classical, or Chinese, form being adopted by men.

Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Yes, because, first of all, the Japanese language has a few sounds with five standard vowels and simple pronunciation scheme; syllables are formed by a single vowel or a ...

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

.Japanese has borrowed or derived large amounts of vocabulary from Chinese and, since the end of World War II, English.^ World War II and defeat - - - Prologue to war .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ For an example of this, see World War II .

Japan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC uncyclopedia.wikia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The end of the war - Japan since 1945 .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

.The writing system uses kanji (Chinese characters) and two sets of kana (syllabaries based on simplified Chinese characters), as well as the Roman alphabet and Arabic numerals.^ Japanese writing uses Chinese characters ( kanji ) and two native syllabic scripts (the kana : hiragana and katakana ) derived from them.

Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The writing system rōmaji ("Roman characters") is used to transcribe Japanese into the Roman alphabet.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In about AD 405, the Japanese court officially adopted the Chinese writing system.

Japan (09/09) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The Ryūkyūan languages, also part of the Japonic language family to which Japanese belongs, are spoken in Okinawa, but few children learn these languages.^ Large amount of financial assets of Japanese major companies, wealthy families and celebrities can be regarded as part of backdoor money of the Japanese government.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ These levels correspond to the 4 levels in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.

Yookoso! - All About Japan (arts, culture, daily life, language, music, etc) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.yookoso.com [Source type: General]

^ These tentacle monsters also like to touch Japanese children to sleep.

Japan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC uncyclopedia.wikia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[61] .The Ainu language is moribund, with only a few elderly native speakers remaining in Hokkaidō.^ There are only a handful of native speakers of Ainu.

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^ Pass the Japanese Language Proficiency Test - 5 Tips -- Jed Jones The Japanese Language Proficiency Test, or JLPT, is administered only once per year and is taken by about 380,000 (1995 figures) non-native speakers of Japanese each year worldwide.

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ You know by now that some of a language's most important words have only a few letters.

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^[62]

Education and health

Main articles: Education in Japan and Health care in Japan

.Primary, secondary schools and universities were introduced into Japan in 1872 as a result of the Meiji Restoration.^ Buddhism was introduced into Japan in A.D. 552.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Japan from 1850 to 1945 - - The Meiji restoration .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ Kagoshima and the underground community in Japan Samurais in Kagoshima (See Note 1) and Yamaguchi (See Note 2) pushed ahead modernization and westernization of Japan through Meiji Restoration in 1868 (See Note 3).

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Country Profile - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.un.org [Source type: Academic]

^ Among Asian countries, Japan has built Internet network systems in which providers affiliated with the Japanese government censor internet content on behalf of the Japanese government.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Adoption service providers in Japan are prohibited from receiving donations before the completion of the adoption process, and a donation may not be a condition for providing services.

Country Specific Information for japan.htm 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC adoption.state.gov [Source type: Original source]

Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Japan's Universal and Affordable Health Care: Lessons for the United States? 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.nyu.edu [Source type: Academic]

Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.travel.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Country Profile - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.un.org [Source type: Academic]

^ When the elderly were first covered under national health insurance in 1961, their copayments were set at 50 percent of the allowed fees.

Japan's Universal and Affordable Health Care: Lessons for the United States? 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.nyu.edu [Source type: Academic]

Country Profile - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.un.org [Source type: Academic]

Japan's Universal and Affordable Health Care: Lessons for the United States? 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.nyu.edu [Source type: Academic]

^ After the Russo-Japanese War(1904-1905), The Japanese government ordered all the life insurance companies to pay the life insurance to injured and dead soldiers.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ With the exception of mutual aid associations for government employees, all insurance plans receive some form of government subsidy.

Japan's Universal and Affordable Health Care: Lessons for the United States? 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.nyu.edu [Source type: Academic]

^[64] Patients are free to select physicians or facilities of their choice.^[65]

Culture and recreation

Main article: Culture of Japan

Ukiyo-e

.Japanese culture has evolved greatly over the years, from the country's original Jōmon culture to its contemporary culture, which combines influences from Asia, Europe and North America.^ Confucianism has deeply affected Japanese thought and was part of the generally significant influence that Chinese culture wielded on the formation of Japanese civilization (see Japanese architecture; Japanese art; Japanese literature).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ While all these countries and cultures were on the move, Asia remained rather closed on itself.

The photo.net guide to Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC photo.net [Source type: General]

Japan Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.encyclopedia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Traditional Japanese arts include crafts (ikebana, origami, ukiyo-e, dolls, lacquerware, pottery), performances (bunraku, dance, kabuki, noh, rakugo), traditions (games, tea ceremony, budō, architecture, gardens, swords) and cuisine.^ These two-hour excursions into Japanese culture include a facility tour, hands-on origami (paper folding), shodo (brush calligraphy), Aikido demonstrations, a museum and garden tour, and a traditional Japanese lunch at Domo Restaurant.

Aikido Nippon Kan May-July 2007 Activity Report 25 September 2009 3:13 UTC www.nippon-kan.org [Source type: General]

^ But caligraphy, No theatre, Kabuki, Tea ceremony, Japanese Pottery, Kimono, Japanese gardens, all these are things of the past and don't mean much to youngsters.

The photo.net guide to Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC photo.net [Source type: General]

^ For traditional craft exhibitions in Tokyo visit the Japanese Traditional Craft Center in Ikebukuro.

Japan Discovered! - One Tweet at a Time 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.japandiscovered.com [Source type: General]

.The fusion of traditional woodblock printing and Western art led to the creation of manga, a typically Japanese comic book format that is now popular within and outside Japan.^ Popular culture includes manga (comic books) and anime (animation), both of which are extremely popular and have gained an international audience.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Japan has a fully modern infrastructure but many cultural traditions remain as a crunchy layer under the creamy Western frosting.

Japan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC uncyclopedia.wikia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[66] .Manga-influenced animation for television and film is called anime.^ Popular culture includes manga (comic books) and anime (animation), both of which are extremely popular and have gained an international audience.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ And have you covered the influence of anime/manga on Japanese culture yet?

Planet Japan Podcast 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC planetjapan.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Japanese-made video game consoles have prospered since the 1980s.^ A Japanese man known as SAL9000 legally married an anime character in a dating-simulation video game called “Love Plus,” taking her to Guam on their honeymoon.

Japan (Harper's Magazine) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

^ Due to their love of work and little else (console-gaming is considered a form of work by Japanese), many Japanese believe this is far too low and should be raised.

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^[67]

A traditional Japanese teahouse.

Japanese music is eclectic, having borrowed instruments, scales and styles from neighboring cultures. Many instruments, such as the koto, were introduced in the ninth and tenth centuries. .The accompanied recitative of the Noh drama dates from the fourteenth century and the popular folk music, with the guitar-like shamisen, from the sixteenth.^ This difference is probably explained by the fact that the idea of thus modifying the Kagura had its origin in musical recitations from the semi-romantic semi-historical narratives of the 14th century.

Japan - LoveToKnow 1911 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.1911encyclopedia.org [Source type: Original source]

^[68] Karaoke is the most widely practiced cultural activity. .A November 1993 survey by the Cultural Affairs Agency found that more Japanese had sung karaoke that year than had participated in traditional cultural pursuits such as flower arranging or tea ceremony.^ Sometimes, such conspiracies have been prepared for more than a year.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ The traditional Japanese tea ceremony ( Guzzo Dat Shitto Niggazu ) consists of two people taking turns refusing to drink a cup of hot water until it has evaporated.

Japan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC uncyclopedia.wikia.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ But caligraphy, No theatre, Kabuki, Tea ceremony, Japanese Pottery, Kimono, Japanese gardens, all these are things of the past and don't mean much to youngsters.

The photo.net guide to Japan 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC photo.net [Source type: General]

^[69]

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Until the nineteenth century, stylized versions of written Chinese remained a hallmark of elite culture.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^[70] .In the early days of the Heian period, the system of transcription known as kana (Hiragana and Katakana) was created as phonograms.^ The Elegance of the Japanese Alphabet -- John Hubert The Japanese Alphabet is an elegant system of writing that consists of two main scripts known as the Hiragana and Katakana alphabets.

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ Japanese writing uses Chinese characters ( kanji ) and two native syllabic scripts (the kana : hiragana and katakana ) derived from them.

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The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is considered the oldest Japanese narrative.^[71] .An account of Heian court life is given by The Pillow Book written by Sei Shōnagon, while The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki is often described as the world's first novel.^ The Tale of Genji, the world's first novel, epitomizes the culture of the Heian period.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ With the flip of a slide, I learned a concise history of The Tale of Genji (the world’s oldest novel), the intricacies of kimono color combinations and that Williamson’s favorite is called cicada wings and pairs cedar brown with sky blue.

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^ A remarkable fact is that the two greatest works were written by women ; they were "Genji monogatari", composed in the tenth century by Murasaki Shikibu, maid of honour at the court, and "Makura No Soshi" (Tales of a Vigil), a classical work in twelve volumes, composed by Sei Shonagon, a lady of the imperial court.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.newadvent.org [Source type: Original source]

.During the Edo Period, literature became not so much the field of the samurai aristocracy as that of the chōnin, the ordinary people.^ Many elements of this architectural style were adapted to more ordinary living circumstances, and by the Tokugawa period, samurai and wealthy merchant homes included many of these elements.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Literacy therefore became attainable for people not educated in the Chinese classics, and many masterpieces of classical Japanese literature, including the Tale of Genji, were written in those scripts.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ During the Tokugawa period, culture and society became codified and somewhat uniform across the country.

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Yomihon, for example, became popular and reveals this profound change in the readership and authorship.^[71] .The Meiji era saw the decline of traditional literary forms, during which Japanese literature integrated Western influences.^ Traditional forms - - Western forms .

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Although traditional East Asian medicine is still widely practiced, since the late nineteenth century, the dominant form of medicine has been Western-oriented biomedicine.

Culture of Japan - traditional, history, people, traditions, women, beliefs, food, family, social, marriage, men, life, immigrants, wedding, population, religion, rituals, History and ethnic relations 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.everyculture.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Natsume Sōseki and Mori Ogai were the first "modern" novelists of Japan, followed by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio and, more recently, Murakami Haruki.^ Some of the most famous places include Canada, the Alps in Europe, New Zealand, and more recently, Japan.

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ But recently, courts in Japan have given more conspiracy punishing verdicts.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Following the Treaty of Kanagawa with the United States in 1854, Japan opened its ports and began to intensively modernize and industrialize.

CIA - The World Factbook -- Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.umsl.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Japan has two Nobel Prize-winning authors—Kawabata Yasunari (1968) and Oe Kenzaburo (1994).^ Comments (2) Send to a Friend Permalink Japan was just awarded 3 Nobel Prizes, but unfortunately, not for this invention… (Product of the Day: Cook-Zen cooking pot) .

Japan C 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.japan-c.com [Source type: General]

^ For his efforts in opposing the development of nuclear weapons in Japan, Sato was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/japan.html?nav=el 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.washingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ An American physicist and two physicists from Japan will share this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, the Nobel Foundation announced Tuesday.

Japan: News & Videos about Japan - CNN.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC topics.cnn.com [Source type: News]

^[71]

Sports

Main article: Sport in Japan

Sumo, a traditional Japanese sport.

.Traditionally, sumo is considered Japan's national sport and it is one of the most popular spectator sports in Japan.^ Situated in one of Earth’s most geologically active zones, Japan experiences volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ Monday Apr 17, 2006 nyt Revival in Japan Brings Widening of Economic Gap There are increasing signs that Japan's growing economy is destroying one of the nation's most cherished accomplishments: egalitarianism.

Japan news on David T. Nicholson's Wednesday-Night.com 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC www.wednesday-night.com [Source type: News]

^ Sports In Japan -- Jim Sherard Watching and participating in various sports are popular activities in Japan enjoyed by people of all ages and walks of life.

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^[72]

.The professional baseball league in Japan was established in 1936.^[73] Today baseball is the most popular spectator sport in the country.^ Sports In Japan -- Jim Sherard Watching and participating in various sports are popular activities in Japan enjoyed by people of all ages and walks of life.

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

^ Today Japan enjoys one of the most energy-efficient developed economies in the world.

Japan (09/09) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.state.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Professional Wrestling In Japan: A Brief History of Puroresu -- Ethan Allen Professional wrestling in Japan, or "puroresu," is a popular fighting sport.

Travel, Teach, Live in Japan - 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.eslteachersboard.com [Source type: General]

.One of the most famous Japanese baseball players is Ichiro Suzuki, who, having won Japan's Most Valuable Player award in 1994, 1995 and 1996, now plays in North American major league baseball.^ Hideki Matsui He is a Japanese major-league player (See Note 3).

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Kobe Come and try the world famous Kobe beef in one of the Japan's major ports.

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^ Having won the coin toss, Japan elected to receive and starting from the 34-yard line, efficiently moved the ball downfield.

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Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

^ Japan has carried out twenty technical cooperation projects in this area, of which eight have been implemented since 1992 by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as its main bilateral cooperation activity.

Country Profile - Japan 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.un.org [Source type: Academic]

^ Comment by Japan American Football Association — July 18, 2009 @ 10:43 pm .

Notre Dame Japan Bowl 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.ndjapanbowl.com [Source type: General]

^[74] .Japan was a venue of the Intercontinental Cup from 1981 to 2004 and co-hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup with South Korea.^ North Korea launched six rockets over the Sea of Japan, including a Taepodong-2 intercontinental ballistic missile, which apparently was aborted after just 40 seconds.

Japan (Harper's Magazine) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

^ Since the late 1960s Japan's economy has been marked by a large trade surplus, with the United States, China, and South Korea being its largest trading partners.

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^ The world would finally allow the Japanese government to equip itself with nuclear arms, as North Korea has nuclear arms and threaten Japan with the weapons.

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

.Japan is one of the most successful soccer teams in Asia, winning the Asian Cup the most number of times (3).^ Situated in one of Earth’s most geologically active zones, Japan experiences volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.britannica.com [Source type: Reference]

^ Food is one thing in Japan that offers a number of choices for different travelers.

japan | The World Is Not Flat (TwinF) 9 February 2010 14:52 UTC www.theworldisnotflat.com [Source type: General]

^ At that time, most Japanese diplomats were government agents who expanded the networks of spies and sympathisers for Japan (See Note 7,8).

Japan's Conspiracy (1) [Archive] - Japan Forum 24 September 2009 23:47 UTC www.jref.com [Source type: Original source]

Golf is also popular in Japan,^[75]

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Japan

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Official flag	Coat of Arms

National information

National motto:

n/a

National anthem:

Kimigayo (君が代)

About the people

Official languages:

Japanese 日本語

Population: (# of people)

- Total:

127,214,499 (ranked 10)

- Density:

355 per km²

Geography / Places

[[Image:|250px|none|country map]] Here is the country on a map.

Capital city:

Tokyo

Largest city:

Tokyo

Area

- Total:

377,835 (ranked 60)

- Water:

3,091 km² (0.8%)

Politics / Government

Established:

According to legend, February 11, 660 BC

Leaders:

Emperor Akihito
Prime Minister [Naoto Kan]]

Economy / Money

Currency:
(Name of money)

Yen (JPY)

International information

Time zone:

+09:00

Telephone dialing code:

Internet domain:

.jp, .co.jp

Simple English Wiktionary has the word meaning for:

Japan

Japan (日本) is a country in Asia. It has many islands. Four of them are big, and the biggest is one of the largest islands in the world. The islands are on the east Asian coast in the western part of the Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Japanese people call their country "Nihon" or "Nippon",^[1] which in Japanese means "the origin of the sun".

1 History
2 Geography
- 2.1 Territorial problem
3 Public transportation
4 Subdivisons
5 Sport
6 Other pages
7 References
8 Other websites

History

Main page: History of Japan

The earliest records on Japan are from Chinese documents. One of those records said there were many small countries (in Japan) which had wars between them and later a country, ruled by a queen, became the strongest and peace came.

Japan began to write its own history after the 5th and 6th centuries, when people from Korea and China taught Japan about the Chinese writing system. Japan's neighbours also showed them the ways of Buddhism.^[2] The Japanese changed Buddhism in many ways, for example, by building strongly on ideas such as Zen, which came from mainland Asia.^[2]

In the ancient and the Middle Ages, China gave Japan lots of new cultural ideas, but their friendship became weaker later. In the late 13th century, Mongolians from China tried to invade Japan twice, but they could not. The samurai and shogun of Medieval Japan are similar to knights and lords in Medieval Europe .

Japan had contact with the Europeans for a little while in the 16th century. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to visit Japan. Later, the Spanish, English and Dutch came to Japan to trade. Also, they brought Christianity. Japan's leaders welcomed them originally, but the Europeans conquered many places in the world, and the Japanese were scared they would conquer Japan too. So the Japanese did not let the Europeans come into Japan anymore, except in a small area in Nagasaki city. Only Chinese, Korean and Dutch people were allowed to visit Japan, in the end, and they were under careful control of the Japanese government. Japan was opened again in 1854 by Matthew Perry, when the Americans wanted to use Japanese ports for American whale boats.

This new contact with Europeans and Americans changed the Japanese culture. The Meiji Restoration of 1868 stopped some old ways and added many new ones. The Empire of Japan was created, and it became a very powerful nation and tried to invade the countries next to it. It invaded and annexed Ryukyu Kingdom, Taiwan, and Korea. It had wars with China and Russia: the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the Second Sino-Japanese War, which grew to become a part of World War 2.

In 1941, Japan hit Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, a water base of the United States and destroyed or damaged many ships and airplanes. This started the United States' involvement in World War 2. American and Japanese forces fought each other in the Pacific. Once airbases were established within range of the Japanese mainland America began to win, and started dropping bombs on Japanese cities. America was able to bomb most of the important cities and quickly brought Japan close to defeat. To make Japan surrender, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing 150,000 Japanese citizens. Soon after this the Soviet Union began to fight against Japan and the Japanese army in Manchuria lost. Japan surrendered and gave up all the places it took from other countries, accepting the Potsdam Proclamation. The United States occupied Japan and forced it to write a new constitution, in which it promised to never go to war again.

Japan was hurt very much after the widespread bombing hits and the big bombs, but soon it grew strong again. They did not try to make a strong army, but a lot of money. Because of this, they became very wealthy. The United States put their army bases in Japan, including Okinawa. Although America helps protect Japan, some people living near the bases do not like the soldiers there because of serious problems the soldiers sometimes make.

Geography

[[File:|thumb|Mount Fuji with cherry blossom trees and a shinkansen in the foreground—all three are iconic of Japan]] Japan is a group of islands in the Western Pacific, off the coast of China. The four biggest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and there are about 6,000 smaller islands there. Japan is separated from the Asian continent by the East Sea or the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. Honshu, which means 'Mainland' in Japanese language, is the biggest island. Hokkaido is the island north of Honshu. Kyushu is the island west of Honshu. Shikoku is the island to the south-west of Honshu.^[1]

In the middle of Japan there are mountains.^[1] Most of the mountains are volcanoes. Japan has many earthquakes. The recent big earthquake was in 1995, near Kobe. It killed many people. 90% of the people living in Japan only live in 10% of the land, near the coast. The other 10% of the people in Japan live away from the coast.

Over 10 cities have over a million people in them. The biggest city in Japan is Tokyo, which is the capital.

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Tokyo

The biggest cities in Japan are:

In Japan there are eight regions:

Hokkaido
Tohoku
Kanto
Chubu
Kansai
Chugoku
Shikoku
Kyushu

Territorial problem

Japan has 4 problems about territory.

Senkaku Islands problem (between China,Taiwan)
Liancourt Rocks island problem (between South Korea)
Southern Chishima Islands problem (between　Russia)
East Sea problem (between South Korea,North Korea)

Public transportation

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High speed Shinkansen or Bullet trains are a common form of transportation in Japan.

There are several important international airports in Japan. Narita is the major international airport in the Tokyo area. Kansai International Airport serves as the main airport for Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Chūbu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya is the newest of the three. Haneda Airport is close to central Tokyo and is the largest domestic airport in the country.

The Shinkansen is one of the fastest trains in the world and connects cities in Honshu and Kyushu. Networks of public and private railways cover almost all of the country. Travel between cities by bus is also popular.

Subdivisons

File:Region

Prefectures in Japan

Main page: Prefectures of Japan

Main page: List of Provinces of Japan

Modern Japan is divided into 47 prefectures. Before the Meiji period (1868-1912), the nation was divided into provinces which were consolidated in the prefectural system.

Hokkaidō 1. Hokkaidō	Tōhoku 2. Aomori 3. Iwate 4. Miyagi 5. Akita 6. Yamagata 7. Fukushima	Kantō 8. Ibaraki 9. Tochigi 10. Gunma 11. Saitama 12. Chiba 13. Tokyo 14. Kanagawa	Chūbu 15. Niigata 16. Toyama 17. Ishikawa 18. Fukui 19. Yamanashi 20. Nagano 21. Gifu 22. Shizuoka 23. Aichi
Kansai 24. Mie 25. Shiga 26. Kyoto 27. Osaka 28. Hyōgo 29. Nara 30. Wakayama	Chūgoku 31. Tottori 32. Shimane 33. Okayama 34. Hiroshima 35. Yamaguchi	Shikoku 36. Tokushima 37. Kagawa 38. Ehime 39. Kōchi	Kyūshū and Okinawa 40. Fukuoka 41. Saga 42. Nagasaki 43. Kumamoto 44. Ōita 45. Miyazaki 46. Kagoshima 47. Okinawa

Sport

In Japan Sumo is an important traditional sport, baseball has the most spectators in Japan, soccer, also called football is popular too. It is popular to play and watch golf.

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Japan". CIA World Factbook. CIA. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Early Japan (until 710)". japan-guide.com. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2131.html. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

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