Emperor of Japan

Justifying the bombing  Japan was a very nationalistic country in which the purpose of the civilians was to fight until death for their emperor. This was evident in the fact that they had practiced an extremely nationalistic concept of Bushido. This concept made surrender unacceptable for all Japanese people and they lived to die for the emperor. There nationalism was fueled by the fact that they won 2 large battles (Sino Japanese War and Russo Japanese war) against larger countries. Along with

Hideki Tojo was born in Tokyo on December 30, 1884. He was the oldest of samurai decedents. He enrolled into military school in1899, then attending theJapanese’s military academy. He was following in his father’s footsteps, who was a professional who served as a lieutenant colonel in the Japanese armyduring the Sino Japanese war. After graduating from the academy,he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of the military. In 1902 he met his wife Katsuko Ito, he had three sons and four daughters

system? 5. How did the tribute system in practice differ from the ideal Chinese understanding of its operation? 6. In what ways did China and the nomads influence each other? 7. In what ways did China have an influence in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan? In what ways was that influence resisted? 8. In what different ways did Japanese and Korean women experience the pressures of Confucian orthodoxy? 9. In what ways did China participate in the world of Eurasian commerce and exchange, and with

terrifying aftermath of the earthquake was the massacre of Korean people in the Kanto region (including Kangawa, Chiba, and other provinces). Provided that the Japanese people were in a panic after the earthquake, rumors broke out that Korean residents in Japan were committing crimes and those residents themselves were threatening the well-being of Japanese people. Rumors such as Korean residents were attacking innocent Japanese citizens, poisoning drinking water and wells, setting fires, and even carrying

After the Qing Dynasty began to lose the Mandate of Heaven, it suffered crop failure, high taxes, and discontented citizens. During the rebellion, Yuan Shikai claimed the Mandate of Heaven and became the emperor of his dynasty, but lost it after showing signs of weakness as a ruler. The Mandate of Heaven may not have been a distinct being, but it was a concept that the Chinese believed, and it served as motivation for rulers to be kind and just to their people

page is why i believe dropping the atomic bombs was not justified for the United States to have done. Such as how the United States could have tried harder for Japan to surrender, they did not want to let the Japanese keep their emperor. Which was like a God-like figure to the Japanese the U.S. should of just let them keep their emperor and Japan would have possibly surrender. Don’t you think that the United States could have picked other places to drop the bomb not in inhabited places with innocent

The Russo-Japanese War The Russo Japanese war was a conflict between Russia and Japan in 1904-1905. The cause of the war was because Russia wanted to expand into Asia and ran into Japanese plans for gaining a foothold on Asia main land. In 1898 Russia leased Port Arthur from china, with the intention of making it into a great Asiatic port and the headquarters of Russian naval power in the pacific. Russia already had troops in Manchuria during the boxer rebellion

commit itself to a lengthy war. Truman estimated a potential loss of 500,000 lives; he saw the bombs will "completely destroy Japan 's power to create war...” (Harry S. Truman, 1945) The Hiroshima attack on August 6th failed to be decisive: Japan did not surrender, nor did it seemed pressured by the nuclear attack, according to the U.S. (Harry S. Truman, 1945) Nagasaki was considered vital, because it was a major harbour, a densely populated area and residential to a lucrative trade industry,

Shoguns are a hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan. The shoguns were considered the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished in 1867. Tokugawa, also known as Tokugawa bakufu, was the last feudal Japanese shogunate. Tokugawa Yoshinobu was the 15th and the last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. Many people don’t think Yoshinobu did a lot, which is not true. He instilled many changes in Japan. He did not have a large time period of ruling but Yoshinobu actually made

what Stimson (the secretary of war) named as “cities in Japan devoted exclusively to production” (p.287). The first alternative mentioned in the RTAP (page 273) was “continue and intensify the bombing and naval blockade of Japan”. The second option mentioned on the same page was to “wait for the Soviet Union to enter the war with Japan by attacking Manchuria” and the third option mentioned was to “allow the Japanese to retain their emperor with his power reduced to the status of a constitutional