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For six agonizing years, the world was at a point of great strife. Considered a turning point of the century, World War II consisted of the Axis powers-Italy, Japan, and Germany-and the Allies-United States, Great Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union. The war initially started when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, but the United States did not declare war until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. In order to put an end to any further bloodshed, the United States decided to drop the

Physical Geography Japan is an asian country that is comprised of 6,852 islands off of the eastern coast of the asian mainland. This accumulation of islands is known as a stratovolcanic archipelago. An archipelago is a cluster of islands that are usually volcanic and occurs in subduction zones. Japan is in the crossroads of four different tectonic plates - the Pacific plate, the Philippine plate, the Eurasian plate and the North American, and due to the plate movement and subduction of all these

Research shows paper Japan's military effected the growth and wealth of the country. Japan had a strong military society. The Daimyo were the Japanese military leader. Samurai were well trained. Japan was able to develop a great military society due to its strong leaders and honorable warriors, that when the emperor fell they took over and reunified Japan.The samurai effected the growth of Japan. The stronger the military the faster Japan would grow. If japan had no army they would be overthrown

Perhaps more than any other nation in the world, Japan is shaped by its geography to a tremendous extent. Technically classified as an archipelago, Japan is a curved chain of four islands (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, plus over a thousand smaller islands). However, it is first and foremost an island nation, a fact which isolated Japan from the rest of the world. The second largest influence in Japanese geography is the size of the nation. The total area of Japan proper is a little under

and England are on the opposite side of the world, this two countries both experienced medieval period with few similarities and differences. They experienced it about at the same time as each other. Japan is made of four islands which are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. It is surrounded by the Sea of Okhotsk, East China Sea, Sea of Japan and Pacific Ocean. The neighbours of this Country are China and Korea. Unlike Japan, England hasn’t got islands, the adjoining japan are Scotland and wales.

the largest recorded eruption of mount Fuji and will be discussed in more detail. Tectonic setting As mentioned in the introduction, mount Fuji is located in the “Fossa Magna” which is a tectonic zone traversing the central part of the main island (Honshu) of Japan from the Japan Sea Coast to the Pacific in a NNW-SSE direction. The south Fossa Magna region results in the collision of the Philippine Sea (PHS) plate with the Eurasian (EUR) plate in the north and with the North American (NAM) plate in

Mount Fuji - Japan Located on Honshu Island, Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan and is an active volcano that last erupted in 1707-08. Mount Fuji is widely known for it's exceptionaly symmetrical cone shape which is snow-capped several months a year and is now a cultural symbol of Japan. It stands on the border between Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures and can be seen from Tokyo and Yokohama on clear days. Mount Fuji is also one of the three holy, sacred mountains in Japan that has been

The Japanese Creation The Japanese creation myth started out with the earth being a formless void of nothing but muddy water. From that water a green shoot sprung and inside it was the first god, who made all the other gods. Out of all he created though, Izagami and Izanami were the most perfect. The islands of Japan were formed when Izagami poked his staff through the clouds to see what was on the surface of the earth. As he lifted the staff from the muddy water, clumps of mud fell on top of the

Japan is located in the region of geologic instability known as the Pacific Ring of Fire. Due to where Japan is located there are approximately fifteen hundred earthquakes each year and is also subject to floods, blizzards, typhoons, and due to volcanic activity on the ocean floor Japan is also subject to Tsunamis. Japan’s most recognized volcano even though it’s no longer active and has been dormant for years is Mount Fuji with a cone-shaped peak of 12,388 feet and is about 70 miles southwest of

Japan, the war would continue causing deaths and injuries for soldiers. The U.S. and other countries still fighting would also need to keep funding the war. According to Michael Barnes, plan b was for two battles on Japanese islands of Kyushu and Honshu. The second attack would have arrived in the spring of 1946. The attacks would have added several months of battles and thousands of casualties. The U.S. army chief believed that if America was to continue fighting at least 30,000 would be killed