When you think of East Asia, what countries come to mind? The one I immediately think of is Japan. Japan is a small country consisting of many islands. Although it is small, it’s packed with a large sum of wealthy cities. One of the more well known ones is Osaka, Japan. This paper will fill you with knowledge on Osaka’s physical geography, economic system, political system, history, and a few current events.
Osaka is one of the largest cities in Western Japan, but is the third largest in the whole country. Although they greatly differ in size, many people compare it to Tokyo. Its estimated area is around 86.1 square miles, and it has a whopping 2.665 million people populating the city. Tokyo, on the other hand, has an area of almost 865
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The entire economy of Japan operates under capitalism. Capitalism, as defined by dictionary.com, is “an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.” (Dictionary.com) A simplified definition just states that businesses and property are owned by private individuals or corporations, not governments. Osaka’s greatest contribution to Japan’s economy is through industry. It was a leader in the Industrial Revolution, and since then has produced a large number of major industries. It is also classified as the gateway to overseas and the center of Japan’s economy. The entire region enveloping Osaka has a GDP (gross domestic product) of $358.8 billion. That small fraction of the country stands at an equal GDP to Switzerland. Osaka is known as the Region for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and is credited for 65% of the world’s industry. 8% of the nation’s small-medium sized industries are based there, and 99.6% operate out of there. Because of the city’s vast amount of skilled manufacturers in many fields, there are 190,000 places of business within Osaka. (1. Osaka Business Center 2. Osaka Introduction- Industry of Osaka 3. …show more content…
People began settling in what we know as Osaka around 10,000 years ago, but Osaka didn’t really begin to flourish until the 5th century. Chinese culture was brought to Osaka around that time, causing Buddhism to become a major religion of Japan. Prince Shotoku then constructed the Shitennoji Buddhist Temple to honor Buddha. In the 7th century, Osaka became the nation’s first capital. The capital moved to different cities in later years, one of them being Kyoto at the beginning of the Heian Period. Even after the many capital relocations, Osaka still remains a sub-capital and is a culture and trade hotspot. At the end of the 12th century, Japan fell into the clutches of the warrior class, causing years of wars to devastate the land. In 1583, Toyotomi Hideyoshi constructed the “Osaka Castle”. Six years after its construction, Hideyoshi had conquered all of Japan. He left the peasants without weapons, only allowing the samurai to yield them. He persecuted Christians and according to stripes.com, he “changed the face of Japan forever.” (Stripes.com) After his death in 1598, his 5 year old son was left in charge. His rival, Tokugawa soon became shogun and ended up destroying the castle. It was rebuilt in 1626 by Tokugawa but ended up being destroyed by lightning. Japanese citizens rebuilt it in 1931, but it was destroyed in a WWII air raid that ended up leveling out ⅓ of
The establishment of the Japanese archipelago assumed its present shape around 10,000 years ago. Soon after, the era known as the Jomon period began and continued for about 8,000 years. Gradually, they formed small communities and began to organize their lives communally. Japan can be said to have taken its first steps to nationhood in the Yamato period, which began at the end of the third century AD. During this period, the ancestors of the present Emperor began to bring a number of small estates under unified rule from their bases around what are now Nara and Osaka Prefectures.
The Tokugawa period, also known as Edo period (1603-1867), was the final period of traditional Japan that lasted for more than 250 years (britannica.com,2013). The period was a time of internal peace, political stability, and economic growth under the Shogunate founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Tokugawa Shoguns maintained strict control over the structure of society by keeping a firm control over what they were allowed to do and what they were not allowed to do.
Japan lasted from 1185-1603. During that time Japan had emperors, shoguns, daimyos, samurai, and peasants who were all apart of a social class, and all together it was called the Samurai Society. The emperor was just a figurehead for the shogun. The shogun was a powerful military leader that ruled in the emperor’s name. Daimyo were powerful landlords. The daimyo often led armies of samurai. These samurai were trained professional warriors who served daimyo and shoguns. The samurai had to follow a certain code of rules for samurai called Bushido. One of their rules included to always have self-discipline to become a good samurai. The samurai warriors wore light armor, helmets (usually shaped like an animal), and had two swords around their waist. Their armor had a lot of detail and color to it, like their unique helmets. After the samurai comes the peasants, which included farmers and fishermen. They usually always work, then pay takes to the shogun. They usually gave the shogun what they earned from working like food or crops. What made their jobs a bit difficult was their topography. Japan’s topography included many mountains, undersea volcanoes, and barely any flat land to farm on. The Japanese didn’t only work they also practiced their religion. For example, they practiced Confucianism, Buddhism (...
As many know, the capital of Japan is Tokyo. The Japanese use the metric system like many European countries and their currency is the Japanese Yen. Japan is located on an archipelago just off the eastern shore of Asia and is surrounded by the Sea of Okhotsk, the East China Sea, the Sea of Japan, and the Pacific Ocean. Japan is slightly smaller
In 1274 The Mongols were invading and conquering much of china and they set their eyes upon Japan. The samurai in Kyushu were outnumbered and at a major disadvantage. A mighty storm came into the area and...
In the mid-nineteenth century, the Tokugawa system that had successfully reigned over Japan for over two hundred years was beginning to feel the internal and external pressures of a modern world; ultimately calling for a renewal of the world order (Yonaoshi) (Wilson, 59). That calling came when a series of black ships led by Commodore Perry landed off the port of Uraga on July 8, 1853. After over two centuries of seclusion, Japan was being pried open by Western forces, who though were in search of setting up trading posts in Japan, indirectly served as the catalyst that set off the series of events that helped Japan transcend its fixed and permanent system, into the modern era that was characterized by rapid political, economic, social and cultural change (Wilson, 52-53).
The Edo Period of Japan Japan was a nation at constant civil war and when it finally found peace a new period was formed. This was the Edo period which bought many new art from and spiral advances to this isolated island. In this study of the Edo period I will talk about the Fuke-Shu, Shrines, and there Isolation. As well as how some of Japan’s modern pop coulter was inflicted by this period.
We will explore some important facts about Japan’s cultural society and environment. The country of Japan is an island nation, which is separated from Mainland Asia by the Sea of Japan. (“Facts about Japan”) On the west side it is surrounded by the Northern Pacific Ocean. It has no land boundaries.
Japan is crowded with its 130 million people would be an understatement. But add that to the fact that seventy-five percent of the nation is hilly or mountainous, and the wide open spaces for ...
The Japanese Economy & nbsp;& nbsp;& nbsp;& nbsp;& nbsp; The prewar economy of Japan was a Socialist economy and the country was ruled by an emperor up to WW2 and after WW2 it started to lean towards a mixed market economy until what it is today, although its government is Socialist it is leaning towards a mixed market economy. & nbsp; The Japanese economy is a mixed economy that leans towards market, it is like this because almost all businesses are run by private corporations or people. and that is the market of the economy. And the reason that they are thriving and are so competitive is because of the trade tariffs and quotas that the government has in place. These regulations include heavy taxes on some products.
So, if Japan does not “belong” to Asia, does it belong to some other amorphous collection of nations, namely Europe or the West? Certainly in the modern post-WWII era Japan has seen phenomenal economic growth, even to the point of threatening the US as the primary global economic power during the height of the “bubble economy.” Some credit this success to the changes implemented during the US occupation. Undoubtedly without US assistan...
By taking over Manchuria in 1931, the Japanese wished to de-populate overcrowded territories in Japan and settle its surplus population over seas. Due to the rate at which the Japanese population was growing, social problems began to arise and Japan needed a way to disperse its people into other regions other than its own. Many cities and villages became overcrowded and thousands of Japanese citizens in...
Miyamoto Musashi was born in 1584, in a Japan struggling to recover from more than four centuries of internal strife. The traditional rule of the emperors had been overthrown in the twelfth century, and although each successive emperor remained the figurehead of Japan, his powers were very much reduced. Since that time, Japan had seen almost continuous civil war between the provincial lords, warrior monks and brigands, all fighting each other for land and power. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the lords, called daimyo, built huge stone castles to protect themselves and their lords and castle towns outside the walls began to grow up. These wars naturally restricted the growth of trade and impoverished the whole country.
...is part is the most prominent part of my paper and I will try to demonstrate how post-war economic development affects Japanese society with some examples in some cases. In order to have an idea about social impacts, I tried to explain and analyze economic development process after WW2 in Japan in the second part. Afterwards I will deal with its social consequences in this part. As I tried to mention in the introduction, social transformation is not linear. It has ups and downs or positive and negative impacts over society. If Japan has economically been developed Japanese society has not benefitted from development right rate. While some Japans have been living in prosperity, the others were suffering on the other way. Especially in 1960s, people were enjoyed with this economic development, but upcoming years the system created its own victims in Japanese society.
There are many historical aspects of the Japanese, but the most interesting is the history of the Samurai. In Japans history war played a large role in the country. Controlling clans fought for parts of the land and overall control of the country. These clans were powerful families that resided in the country and who all wanted power and control of Japan for themselves. The families that would be in control were known as Shoguns. These shoguns would have warriors that fought for them if any of the other clan families would try to attack him in order to overthrow him and take his power from him. The Samurai followed a code that developed from Chinese beliefs when in battle. The Samurais code was known as the Bushido. This code was also known as “The Way of The Warrior” which was the main belief s...