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Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe Shinzo Abe (born 1954) was Japan's prime minister for less than a year, from September 26, 2006, to September 12, 2007. The first Japanese prime minister born after World War II, Abe faced problems that troubled Japanese society as a whole in the early 21st century. Like his... Read more |
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Relations with Japan
JAPAN, RELATIONS WITH JAPAN, RELATIONS WITH. Relations between Japan and the United States have been a complex mix of cooperation, competition, and conflict from the moment that Commodore Matthew C. Perry arrived at Edo Bay in 1853 and demanded an end to more than two centuries of Japanese... Read more |
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Taisha
Taisha , town, Shimane prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan. It is a religious center, famous as the site of the ancient Izumo shrine. The shrine, said to be the oldest in Japan, is splendidly situated among majestic pines. Together with its many secondary buildings it was rebuilt in... Read more |
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Mutsuhito
Mutsuhito Mutsuhito (also known as Meiji Tenno; 1852-1912) was a Japanese emperor, who became the symbol for, and encouraged, the dramatic transformation of Japan from a feudal closed society into one of the great powers of the modern world. The transformation of Japan's political and social... Read more |
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Toshiki Kaifu
Japan To some extent Japan's position, first as paragon of modernity in Asia at the beginning of the century, then as regional bully, and, after 1945, as a model of industrial development, has been determined by the country's desire to seek a secure place in a rapidly shifting world. While the... Read more |
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Satsuma
Satsuma , peninsula, Kagoshima prefecture, SW Kyushu, Japan. It gives its name to a famous porcelain, Satsuma ware, which was first manufactured there by Korean artisans in the 16th cent. As a feudal province, Satsuma was controlled by the powerful Shimazu clan, which exacted tribute from the Ryukyu... Read more |
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Fumimaro Konoye
Prince Fumimaro Konoe Prince Fumimaro Konoe (1891-1945) was a Japanese aristocrat and politician who served as premier in the crucial years during which war broke out with China and Japan was preparing to make war on the United States. Fumimaro Konoe was born in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 1891, into... Read more |
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Heinosuke Gosho
Heinosuke Gosho Heinosuke Gosho (1902-1981) was one of Japan's most important film directors for several decades of the twentieth century. He directed the first "talking" picture in Japan in 1931 and came to excel in what film historians classify as Japan's "shomingeki" genre, or movies that... Read more |
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kabuki
kabuki theatre Stylized mixture of dance and music, mime and vocal performance; a major form of moralizing entertainment in Japan since the mid-17th century. In contrast to No drama, which originated with the nobility, Kabuki was the theatre of the common people. See also Japanese theatre... Read more |
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Uji
Uji , town (1990 pop. 177,010), Kyoto prefecture, S Honshu, Japan. It is a resort and is noted for its green tea and for cormorant fishing. Uji is best known for its 11th-century monastery, Byodo-in, with its beautiful pavilion, Phoenix Hall. ... Read more |
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India may be number two world economy in 30 yrs: US official Sridhar...
...Apr 2 (PTI) -- The 21st century will belong to Asia in terms of economic...This will be the century of Asia. Think about...number four will be Japan. So if you just think...Europe, Russia, Japan and China are "cliffs... |
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GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS DEMAND JAPAN TO END HIGH SEAS WHALING IN SOUTHERN OCEAN...
...a message of love to Japan from twenty-eight different...which read: "We Love Japan, but Whaling Breaks...leader in Greenpeace Japan. "We know that 69...meat. Whaling does not belong in the 21st Century and the only way ... |
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(B) OPINION: China's Olympic Bid And The 21st Century Games.
...him that the Olympics of the 21st century are not about sport at all...1994, before the Asian Games in Japan, 11 Chinese tested positive...builders. Bill Cleary's Olympics belong to the other century, the 20th. WILLIAM N. WALLACE... |
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Q&A with Douglas Bereuter: How to build a stable, prosperous Asia.
...is often said that the 21st century will belong to Asia, but after six...could be learned from Japan, which is perhaps the...from the planned cut in Japan's official development...certainly makes sense because Japan is the ... |
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THUROW SEES EUROPE RETURN TO LEADERSHIP.(Business)
...industrial force in the 21st Century, while the United States...may have predicted the 21st Century would belong to the Pacific Rim...competitors as Germany and Japan have their eyes on the...quality control but in ... |
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DON'T FEAR NEW CHINA, EXEC SAYS.(BUSINESS)
...tremendous hardship over the past two centuries. Even today, some 800 million...before, Hallberg said. While Japan took 40 years to build itself...in Hallberg's mind that the 21st century will belong to China. In some ways, he said... |
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Advani attacks UPA on corruption, price-rise.
...take the country forward in terms of development and prosperity. "The twentieth century belonged to US, Russia and Japan. But the 21st century will definitely belong to India. If we have to move forward, then you must bring BJP to power," ... |
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Lotus and Chrysanthemum make a new beginning
...Venkatachalaiah said, "Japan, like India...concurrently in several centuries. It is difficult to understand Japan as it is difficult...land they have in Japan is about the same...that the 20th century will belong to America ... |
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Maritime Missions in the 21st Century
...trade. China and Japan trail only the United...consumption worldwide. Japan imports 100 percent...will face in the 21st century. To accomplish...security does not belong solely to the Pacific...Symposium in Tokyo, Japan, ... |
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Redefining Family Policy: Implications for the 21st Century
...Implications for the 21st Century. Joyce M. Mercier...family policy in Japan, use of ethnographic...that don't seem to belong together. A few...policy attempts in Japan stands alone in its...family policies in Japan, housing ... |
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