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Topic: Japan's decision to end the war |
mkim2013
Replies: 6
Views: 756
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Forum: Modern Japan Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:08 pm Subject: Japan's decision to end the war |
| As Sam mentioned, the Emperor also agrees on stopping the war saying that it would not only damage Japan but the whole world. However, the way he had written the letter as if Japan was the victim of t ... |
Topic: Zero Ace and Unit 731 |
mkim2013
Replies: 7
Views: 815
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Forum: Modern Japan Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:24 pm Subject: Zero Ace and Unit 731 |
| The testimonies from "zero Ace" and "Unit 731" have almost no difference between testimonies from other stories such as Korean Guards. Simliar with what happened in other testimoni ... |
Topic: Creating Greater East Asia |
mkim2013
Replies: 8
Views: 1634
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Forum: Modern Japan Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:36 pm Subject: Creating Greater East Asia |
| Since both of the writings were in first person view, the narrators' thoughts, and intend was clear. For example, Nogi Harumichi says in the war criminal trial that he had to sentence a pilot to death ... |
Topic: What's in a name? |
mkim2013
Replies: 10
Views: 1401
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Forum: Modern Japan Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:59 pm Subject: What's in a name? |
| I agree with the point Jason made. The name of a war exists just like every people have their names. It can be looked as a part of identification. Like what Jason said, even in one war, there are many ... |
Topic: History's first hand accounts |
mkim2013
Replies: 11
Views: 1618
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Forum: Modern Japan Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:33 pm Subject: History's first hand accounts |
| Not only in this account but on every stories in the world, it is impossible to not to have any subjective voice. In other words, in every stories, there always will be biased view. Some may try to be ... |
Topic: Japans path to imperialism |
mkim2013
Replies: 11
Views: 1463
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Forum: Modern Japan Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:11 pm Subject: Japans path to imperialism |
| It is too vague to actually tell when the Japanese war actually began or from what incident the war was triggered. In my opinon, the origin of the war from the fact that the League of Nation condemned ... |
Topic: Japanese Imperialism |
mkim2013
Replies: 12
Views: 2120
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Forum: Modern Japan Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:14 pm Subject: Japanese Imperialism |
| To certain extent, some may say that it is not the fault of Western countries for the change and the rise of imperialism in Japan since Western countries had ceased to directly influence Japan from th ... |
Topic: Empires and constitutions |
mkim2013
Replies: 10
Views: 1039
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Forum: Modern Japan Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:35 pm Subject: Empires and constitutions |
| From the beginning of the bureaucratic state part of reading, the reading mentions about how Japan had strictly restricted the people who are going to be part of. The reading says, "other leaders ... |
Topic: Goodbye Asia |
mkim2013
Replies: 12
Views: 8959
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Forum: Modern Japan Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:00 pm Subject: Modern Japan - Fukuzawa Yukichi |
| I also agree with Lizzie about Japanese racial bias against China and Korea. Not only Japan had viewed condescendingly about China and Korea but also judged on their ways of life and politics. For exa ... |
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