Introduction- Japan Japan is located in the continent of Asia. This country is made up of many islands. There are four major islands in Japan which are Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu. However, Honshu is the largest and most popular as well as home to Tokyo, Kyoto, and other major cities. Japan is often called "The Land of The Rising Sun” because it is located in the Far East and most peoples know that sun rises in the east. The Japanese also refers to their country as "Nippon" or Nihon" which
Some of the types of democracy include direct democracy, representative or indirect democracy practice
From the animated mega city of Tokyo, to the serene zen gardens with rustic ponds home to the koi fish, Japan has a unique past, present, and future. The alcove ornament samurai houses called, shoin-zukuri are a symbol of the struggling past that Japan escaped. These samurai houses were training centers long ago of judo, sumo, and other martial arts. Lush trees envelope houses, and the religion Shintoism was developed back in 500 A.D. Paintings and drawings capture the grace and beauty the landscape
of the fact that it has a multiple of religions. The religion in Japan is not being preached as in other Western Countries but instead it is perceived as a way of living and moral codes that cannot be separated from people 's social and cultural values. Japanese cultures are characterized with different manners and customs such as bowing when people say hello, thank you or sorry (Otmazgin, 2012). Due to the island nature of Japan, sub-Urban Terrain consists of plain and steep lands which require
own separate duties and roles to make sure our government runs smoothly, and so no one branch can overthrow another. The three branches are Legislative, Executive and Judicial. The Legislative branch makes the laws, and is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Next, the Executive branch where the President and Vice president stand, and this is where laws are “executed”. Finally there is the judicial branch, which consists of the Supreme Court. This branch oversees the court system
differing executive powers can be viewed between the Russian Federation and Japan. Japan?s democracy was developed by General Macarthur alongside U.S. occupation authorities after WWII. It is that of a typical parliamentary system, similar in many ways to those of Europe. The prime minister is elected by the members of the Diet, or parliament, and serves until he or she losses the confidence of the House of Representatives or until the four year term is up (Palmer 264). The Russian democracy came
freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom from arbitrary arrest. The Constitution provided for a bicameral assembly consisting of two chambers - the Upper House of Peers and the Lower House was conducted. A representative government came into being in Japan, for the government was headed by the Cabinet and the Lower House was given the power to approve laws and government budget. The Japanese were represented in government eventually, though to what extent could they affect the government
Japan has many wonders that the general public does not know of. Most Americans only know about the past wars of Japan, therefore they don’t know the true history of the people that life there. Several wonders of Japan include its History, Government, Geography and Topography, Cultural Customs and Economy and Trade. Japan has a lot of many wonders, but the most wonderful thing is its history. For instance, in 1898, the shogunate was forced to resign and the emperor was restored to power. The
Japan is a large island off to the east of China it is a great country that has a rich culture. The Japanese religion is based off of two main beliefs, the belief in Shinto and Buddhism many Japanese people believe consider themselves both. The Japanese people were known to be around as early as 4,500 B.C. They have constructed their government style to a constitutional monarchy where they do in fact have an emperor, but he has limited power within the country. The main power of the country is held
Japan is an island positioned in East Asia just somewhat south of South Korea and lies in the Pacific Ocean. The country is made of three major islands, known as the Home Lands, these islands names are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. The whole country is made of 2,456 islands stretching all along the southeast Pacific. The country is 72% mountainous land that runs all the way from the north to the south all the way through Japanese islands. One of the most eminent renowned names in the
the infamy speech, is as good a speech as any. He attempts to rally the legislative branch to say that the United States should go to war with Japan, since they had attacked the U.S. without warning and with no provocation at Pearl Harbor. His speech was astoundingly successful, winning over all of the senate and all but one in the house of representatives. He made several good points, backing them up with known facts, which he laid out in a way that made sense logically and sparked emotion out of
In 1900 Britain was in many respects the world’s leading nation, enjoying a large share of world trade, a dominant position in the international money market, and possessing a far flung empire supported by the world’s most powerful navy. Japan was a complete contrast, sharing with Britain only the fact that it too was a nation of Islands lying off the shore of a major continent. Until the 1860s it had possessed a social and economic structure more akin to that of feudal, rather than twentieth century
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed the nation at 12:30pm on December 8th, 1941, a day after the Pearl Harbor attacks, with his self-written speech informing the nation and urging Congress to formally declare war on Japan (Rosenberg). His speech ‘Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation’, more commonly known as the ‘Day of Infamy’ speech, is considered one of the most famous and well-crafted American Political speeches of the 20th century. Franklin D. Roosevelt never gave his own opinion in his
thousand casualties and another thousand wounded (History.com Staff). Prior to the attack, relations between the United States and Japan were becoming progressively worse, but no violent measures were taken. The day after the assault President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his famous “Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation Speech” in which he asked Congress to declare war on Japan and
period was known for the term Taisho democracy and the increased embrace of democratic values by the Japanese society following the reforms undertaken during the Meiji period as Japan moved from a feudal system of governance to a crude form of representative government. I will be arguing that this embrace was severely limited in scope, distorted when evaluated past the veil of Taisho period rhetoric at specific levels of analysis and
Japan is known for its contemporary culture and advancement in electronics and engineering. We could also learn from the traditions Japan can offer. From advancement in cars and electronic devices, Japan holds on to ancient arts and traditions that play a role in their daily life. Japan has various climates from tropical in the south to cooler temperatures in the north, and the famous tourist site of the active volcano Mount Fuji. Mount Fiji is the highest mountain in Japan, with a tundra climate
of two houses: the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors. These two houses are specifically used to make laws, impeaching authoritative powers and selecting the Prime Minister among a few others. The upper house in Japan’s Diet is the House of Councilors and respectively the House of Representatives is the lower house. Although the House of Reps. is considered to have more power, both houses play a fairly equal role within the legislative branch. For example, if the House of Reps
Japan, Past and Present When I think of Japan and its people, I think of geishas, elaborate festivals, and its age old customs. What I’ve come to learn about Japan is that it’s a combination of old tradition but very modern advances. Japan is a modern country that has moved towards democracy and is today one of the strongest economies in the world. And though history plays a major role in Japanese culture, it has truly evolved into a country that keeps up with an ever changing world. Throughout
For about 250 years, Japan was reigned by a shogun from the Tokugawa clan. However, they were weakened in 1858 and overthrown in 1867 by the Meiji regime who cooperated with the Satsuma and Choshu clan. The main reasons are because they were unable to tackle with the foreign powers’intrusion and was blamed for the signing the unequal trade treaties that had inflicted upon Japan. Subsequently, in the year 1867 until 1912, Japan was ruled in the era of Meiji under the the great Emperor Mutsuhito.
The Empire of Japan is the historical Japanese nation-state; which is a type of state that joins the political beliefs of a state with the culture of a nation, from which it is trying to rule; and a former political power that lasted from the 1868 Meiji Restoration; which was a chain of events that re-established practical imperial rule to Japan under Emperor Meiji; to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan. Imperial Japans rapid industrialization and militarization under the slogan