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Hirohito did not want to admit the wrongdoings of Japan, which caused so much damage to Japanese civilians. Therefore, in his letter, he made himself and his country the greatest victim of the war. No ...

In class, we had several discussions on honor and patriotism of Japanese. For the most part, Japanese were taught to respect the Emperor and be patriotic towards Japan through strict education. Howeve ...

Imprisonment definitely served its role for Nogi Harumichi. He even stated that "If I'd gone straight back home, forgiven for what I did, it would been even more frightening for me," probabl ...

We can also see how important the naming of the historical events is by the fact that Japan is still debating on what to name the last war they had, which is WWII. Apparently, more than 60 years have ...

The name, "the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" comes solely from Japanese perspective. This particular title only shows Japanese's desire, at the time, to "enlighten" Asian ...

I greatly value first hand accounts. Still, I would never read something from only one perspective. First hand accounts are beneficial when I read many of them from various viewpoints. I really apprec ...

"Not surprisingly, people were often at a total loss for where to begin their stories, since the war in Japana has no generally accepted beginning point" (pg. 103).

It is difficult to de ...

I agree with most of what Alex has written above. On one side, it is Japan that chose to make decisions from opening their gates, restoring their government, modernizing the country, to colonizing nei ...

It is difficult for me to agree that the Japanese Constitution was created for its people. Japan did make sure the representatives were checked in political processes and did its best to balance the p ...

I cannot help but perceive Fukuzawa's statement as a racial bias against Chinese and Koreans. By stating that "The Chinese and Koreans are more like each other and together they do not show as m ...

"Moving up came easily to Chunming. In 1995, she jumped to a facotry in a remote part of Dongguan that made water pistols and BB guns. She finally learned to speak Cantonese. Within a year, her m ...

After reading "When a Billion Chinese Jump," and "Factory Girls," I've learned about the kind of work Blue collar workers do in the factories and how much pressure is on workers wi ...

Is "China's cheap, motivated workforce" the only way for the nation to become the global leader, even with inhumane pressures on workers in the factories?

Partially agreeing with what Adam said, I think the main force that had led China into the 21st century is the mankind. Massive population and the skills each of the them have accumulated over the yea ...