Honshū

earthquake hit the Pacific coast of Tohoku, Japan, arguably the worst to ever hit Japan, and made this once not so known city the most ubiquitous in the world. The earthquake was so immense that it triggering a tsunami that caused the main island, Honshu, to shift more than two meters to the east. More than 20,000 people died or went missing, and thousands lost their homes. But what may be the worst of all these unfortunate events is the disaster that happened at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power

(300-710 AD) o During the Kofun Period (300-500 AD), over 100 small uji (Clans) with their own leaders  These clans fought for control particularly the Izumo and Yamato located on the coast of the sea of Japan and to the west of the main island of Honshu respectively o Yamato region defeated all enemies leading to the Yamato Period (510-710 AD)  They did this by taking large areas of land and making alliances  They created the first Japanese emperor who had an Imperial Court consisting of nobles

throughout the 19th century. They are Comparable to a Japanese version of European medieval knights. The samurai were impressive fighters in combat and were powerful. In the 8th century, Japan's government sent warriors to control barbarians in northern Honshu. The government depended allot on these warriors. The name samurai which is ('those who serve') was used in this period. Samurai were also hired by rich landowners, who feared for their safety, despite the fact local clans fought over land and power

The U.S. Geological Survey registered the Tohoku Earthquake as a megathrust earthquake.4 Being the largest and most powerful type of earthquake, a megathrust earthquake is one that occurs in a subduction zone, an area where one of the earth’s tectonic plates sinks under another (Fig. 2). Although it takes hundreds of years for a megathrust earthquake to start, they are particularly devastating because they deform the ocean floor, resulting in a tsunami.4,5 A tsunami is a huge wave of water caused

According to Brillinger (2011), earthquakes were recorded after happening to get an earthquake statistics. Earthquakes may be large or small, serious or trivial; however, the higher the magnitude, the greater the damage to a particular location and the surrounding area. Earthquakes can also create other natural disasters, like tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, which bring more dangerous disasters than earthquakes. Statistics of earthquakes can be extremely important for it can give governments plans

In the story titled “Hiroshima”, the author John Hersey explains the damage that the atomic bomb caused by the United States was horrific. Hersey supports his explanation by saying this on page 985, on lines 16-17, “A hundred thousand people were killed by the atomic bomb, and these [four] were among the survivors.” The author’s purpose is to show that the bomb was devastating and had killed many people. The author writes in a serious tone for the audience to show how lucky the four people were

I still remember it as if it was yesterday, waking up with a throbbing left ankle that I had broken while snowboarding not 2 and half months earlier. Hobbling out the door in the snow as I went to the car, thinking that I should be on leave and enjoying the snow, but instead I was going to work. We were conducting a military deployment exercise, and I didn’t want to be at work. I was a gorgeous day outside; the sun was shining, no wind to speak of, and it was a breathtaking day. Nonetheless,

American forces dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and the second on Nagasaki three days later. I believe Truman was justified in this decision, as it aided in the surrender of Japanese forces with the lowest cost to human lives thus ending World War II. The decision to drop the bomb was not taken lightly. By mid-1944, neither the United States nor Japan was winning the war. Before the completion of the bomb, in hopes of overwhelming Japanese forces and thus bringing the

Japan consist of four islands: Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu, as well as many small islands surrounding the main islands. The capital of Japan is Kyoto, and all of the major cities of Japan lie on the coast for the purposes of imports and exports. (J., D. B. 2013) Japan was weary of outsiders, due to the fact that they were getting cheated by the countries they were trading with. In 1639, Japan cut off all foreign access, thus included trade. In the centuries that followed; Japan made special

He, or Yellow River. Japan turned to the sea for food, they learned to prepare all kinds of seafood. Another difference that China has is the river often foods and the Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia. In Japan the four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. China and Japan’s similarities are they both were isolated from other countries. Also they had high mountains/mountain rangers. Another similarity they have is the plains. The last similarity they have is they were