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U.S. Policy Regarding Burma.
Foreign Policy in Focus
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September 13, 2000|
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Key Points
* A world-class human rights abuser, Burma's military junta is condemned both by the UN Human Rights Commission--every year since 1989--and by the International Labor Organization for its systematic use of forced labor.
* The SPDC continues to refuse to recognize the results of the 1990 elections, won overwhelmingly by the National League for Democracy (NLD), and has imprisoned over 55 NLD parliamentarians.
* Economic sanctions by the U.S. and other nations continue to pressure the SPDC regime, despite a recent ruling by the Supreme ...
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Shogun: the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Ian Bottomley introduces an exhibition which reflects a special moment in Anglo-Japanese relations in the 17th century, echoed today by a unique loan arrangement between the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds and the Nikko Toshogu Shrine, resting place of the first significant Shogun.
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...summer to celebrate the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Shogun of Japan in the early years...Hidetada, but it was his father, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who signed the treaty document and it...Shrine, the burial place of Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Royal Armouries Museum and Nikko...
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Edo Rococo: this year is the 400th anniversary of the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate and the start, in this periodization [1], of the Edo period (1603-1867). In the third article of his series tracing vestiges of the epoch, David Capel picks up the Edo trail in Nikko.(Echoes Of Edo (III))
Magazine article from: Look Japan
; ...of the eponymous shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) was a man of extraordinary...grasping supreme power. Such indeed was Ieyasu's ambition that he was not going to...death interfere with his career plans, Ieyasu decided that, all things considered...
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The grandest Castle: this year is the 400th anniversary of the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate and the start, in this periodization [1], of the Edo period (1603-1867). In the fourth article of his series tracing vestiges of the epoch, David Capel visits Edo Castle.(Echoes Of Edo (IV))
Magazine article from: Look Japan
; ...existence to a single individual. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the man who gave his name to a shogunate...over a century. Some 130 years after Ieyasu plucked Edo out of obscurity, that cluster...Along with draining the swamp, one of Ieyasu's first tasks was that of providing...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Ye Olde English Samurai; THE TRUE STORY OF A KENT SAILOR WHO BECAME A JAPANESE WARLORD.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...held out again. The warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu had heard of the arrival of the Liefde...sick and dishevelled were delivered to Ieyasu - the Shogun - the Japanese emporer...Adams was a trained shipbuilder and Ieyasu craved Western ships to prop up his own...
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Ye Olde English Samurai; THE TRUE STORY OF A KENT SAILOR WHO BECAME A JAPANESE WARLORD.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...held out again. The warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu had heard of the arrival of the Liefde...sick and dishevelled were delivered to Ieyasu - the Shogun - the Japanese emporer...Adams was a trained shipbuilder and Ieyasu craved Western ships to prop up his own...
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 "Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan)")
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Delivering men from evil.
Newspaper article from: Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan)
; ...the powerful warrior leader Tokugawa Ieyasu declared his wish to be enshrined in Nikko...Nikko's shrines and temples. After Ieyasu, who came out on top in Japan's late...Japan. Though it may seem strange that Ieyasu, from present-day Shizuoka Prefecture...
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Fantastic Voyager
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...which was given to him by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu for the Englishman's service as adviser...crew was captured by a clan friendly to Ieyasu just a few months before the Battle of...was sent to Osaka Castle, where he met Ieyasu himself, the shogun-to-be whose dynasty...
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Book review: Samurai William: Big in Japan
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...of perhaps the most powerful man in Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu was soon to become Shogun, and his lineage would last...the horror of the Jesuits, Adams found favour with Ieyasu. At Ieyasu's command, Adams built him a replica...
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THE DUTCH IN JAPAN.
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...One of his former rivals, Tokugawa Ieyasu, went over to his side and on Hideyoshi's death in 1598 Ieyasu continued to battle the regional daimyo...after arriving. By this time Tokugawa Ieyasu had grown suspicious of the Portuguese...
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Nikko's sacred shrines T
Newspaper article from: The Press
; ...be the resting place for the soul of Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616), the powerful warrior and first...sacred place following the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1616. The shrine, where Ieyasu's ashes lie and his soul is preserved, is...
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