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Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands Dispute: The Confrontation among China, US and Japan Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands Dispute is defined as a territorial dispute over a group of islands in East China Sea called Senkaku (Japan), Diaoyu (China) or Tiaoyutai (Taiwan). The dispute has been a main focus of Sino-Japanese political and military conflicts for a long time. Meanwhile, in order to strengthen its dominance in the Asia-Pacific area, the US government aligned with Japan to contain China’s power, making the issue

Tradition played a major role in Shogunate Japan. Every role and ritual that each person took place in had multiple traditions and meanings embedded in it. This had an enormous effect on the overall way in which Japanese society functioned. In the following report, the role that traditions played in art, samurai, daily life and geography during the 17th to 19th century had on Japanese society will be explored and uncovered. SAMURAI (WARRIORS) OF JAPAN: The samurai held a very important role in

Senior Division – Should high speed trains be introduced to Australia? The high speed trains or bullet trains, are called Shinkansen. They run at speeds of up to 320 kilometers per hour. Japan’s main islands of Kyushu, Honshu and Hokkaido are connected by a network of high speed train lines and they connect Tokyo with most of the country’s major cities which are operated by Japan Railways. The Shinkansen is known for their punctuality, as they depart on time to the second, comfort, as they have

Answers Who: Hiroshima, Japan and Nagasaki, Japan Leader of Japan: Hideki Tojo, Minister of war Leader of United States: General Douglas MacArthur Hiroshima Hiroshima is a city located in Honshu, Japan. On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima became the first city in the world to be struck by an atomic bomb. (Hiroshima, britannica.com) From 1868 it was a military center, and was a target for the atomic bombing by U.S. during World War II. Nagasaki Nagasaki is a city located in Kyushu

Elastic strain build up was shown in GPS stations across Japan, that measure the slow build-up of strain in the crust between big earthquakes. Centuries worth of elastic strain build-up had been placed on the plates that make up Japan, making Eastern Honshu move several metres to the east, this pushes the Japanese crust westward and upwards but was soon released in a matter of minutes during the disaster (Rowan, C. 2011). At around 150km behind the trench the initial rupture occurred, this is the area

Japan is an archipelago with over 6,500 islands. The largest of these islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyoshu and Shikoku (Briney, 2017). The capital of Japan is Tokyo and it has an estimate population of 126, 475, 664 (Briney, 2017). Japan’s land area is approximately 145, 918 square miles and coastline is 18, 486 miles (Briney, 2017)

and other natural disasters having the same ability of boulder movement. These deposits help scientists to uncover the truths about the pasts and even determine the magnitude of a historical earthquake. There was an earthquake in 869 in Sendai and Honshu called the Sanriku earthquake. The scientists were able to uncover facts about the earthquake due to the sediments left behind from the resulting tsunami. The term used to describe these scientists and their profession is Palesoseismology. They look

context. Many of the traditional practices established hundreds of years ago can be seen today in modern Japan and are a direct reflection of significant historical accounts. Japan is an island nation, consisting of the four large islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. Together they are approximately the size of Germany or the State of California, and it has a population of approximately 126 million people. The Japanese religion is based off of two main beliefs, the belief in Shinto and Buddhism

million gyokusai or suicides ordered by Hirohito to his people by means of an “emergency declaration”. After taking Kyushu, Operation “Coronet” would proceed, Coronet would’ve happened in the Spring of 1946 with the allies invading the main island of Honshu who would’ve had more than 2,000,000 soldiers defending it. With things like banzai attacks (human wave attacks), the Japs were losing more people than the Americans, an example of this is the Guadalcanal where 2,500 Japs died doing a banzai attack

climates. The macaques live further north than any other primate excluding humans, something which has proved a barrier to survival of numerous other species throughout history. Hays (2009) describes how this is possible through a case seen in northern Honshu, where macaques bath in volcanic springs where the temperature had been previously moderated and used by humans. (Appendix 3) Hanya (2004) describes the species as omnivores. However, similar to the climate of their environment, their diet is also