Essays on Japan

Introduction Cultural exchange and differences were evident between countries in the East and West before the 16th century. Travelers, merchants, and missionaries were responsible for this norm as they endeavored to perpetuate superiority in various social and economic realms. Japan was mostly a nation that…

Zekkyou Gakkyu, Ishikawa Emi’s Manga, is a compilation of horror one shots. Each chapter has different characters and plots, but the main focus is that horror is added in the mundane events and lives of Japanese high school students; some were of life in school,…

Aging in Japan has become an increasingly relevant topic due to many reasons. The main reasons so many researchers and media outlets want to explore aging in Japan is because they have the highest life expectancy rate as of 2017. In addition to this, over…

The fall of the Empire of Japan in 1947 and the American occupation that occurred after Japan’s surrender in World War 2 had resulted in the creative youths of Japan denying the modernization that it brought in traditional Japan. “Koshimaki Osen Bokyaku-hen” was a print…

Seppuku is a form of ritual suicide in Japanese Tradition sharply related with the ancient samurai warriors. Seppuku is also known as “Hara-kiri”, which is given by western people. Seppuku is usually performed by “Stabbing” or “Cutting” oneself in the ‘abdomen’ with a “short sword…

Child suicide in Japan, its consequences and how to address it There is a concern around the number of schoolwork-related suicides in Japan and it affects Japanese society. It has been addressed recently and those numbers are decreasing. However, child suicide is still a main…

On December 17, 1941 Japan delivered a devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a day that would live in infamy. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor there were hundreds of thousands Japanese Americans in the United States. Though they were Americans…

Jaрan was seriouslу harmed in WWII. For instance, during the wartime, “the Jaрanese cotton industrу was brought to its knees bу the end of the Second World War. Two-thirds of its рrewar cotton sрindles were scraррed bу wartime administrators, and bombing and destruction of urban…

After World War II, Japan adopted the western model in rebuilding their nation. The government believes westernization would bring fortune, as part of the project and design was one of the measures used in shaping a westward style of living. (Saiki, 9) The adoption of…

Don George, a man who sought out to an adventure, decided to visit the smallest and least popular island of Japan’s four main islands. Shikoku is the 50th largest island in the world, it is 18.800 km² big and it is inhabited by more or…