Monday, April 11, 2011

Japan's Background History

History:  
   In Traditional Japanese legend says that Japan was founded in 600 BC by the Emperor Jimmu.
The first recorded contact with the West occurred about 1542, when a Portuguese ship, blown off its course to China, landed in Japan. During the next century, traders from Portugal, the Netherlands, England, and Spain arrived, as did Jesuit, Dominican, and Franciscan missionaries. During the early part of the 17th century, Japan's shogunate suspected that the traders and missionaries were actually forerunners of a military conquest by European powers. This caused the shogunate to place foreigners under progressively tighter restrictions.
   Ultimately, Japan forced all foreigners to leave and barred all relations with the outside world except for severely restricted commercial contacts with Dutch and Chinese merchants at Nagasaki. This isolation lasted for 200 years, until Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy forced the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.  This made a great change in Japan beacause Japan was a independent island that didn't want contact with other countries.
  • Wars with China and Russia
  • World War 1 in 1952
Leaders:
  • Emperor Hirohito- Prime minister of Japan (October 1941 - July 1944).
  • Akihito Tsugu-no-miya  7 Jan 1989 - ( Current Emperor )
  • Naoto Kan              8 Jun 2010 -   ( Current Prime Minister )
Natural Disasters:
   The most common natural disasters in Japan are earthquakes. Japan can have up to 5000 earthquakes each year. Earthquakes can also form tsunamis, which are deadly.
One other disaster is a volcanic eruption. There are many volcanoes in Japan that are still live.
I will also be talking about typhoons. Typhoons can bring wind and rain that causes much damage, including landslides and floods.


Poverty:
   Japan's relative poverty rate as of 2007 stood at 15.7 percent, this was announced by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry. Many of the middle and upper classes weren't aware of how high the poverty percentage was in Japan, they were shock to see it. The government was hidding this from the peole. In Japan their are many peole living in the streets of this rural and advanced country.

“The government knew about the poverty problem, but was hiding it”





   Also one big disaster that change, and affected Japan in a high level and it was the Atomic Bomb of Hiroshima. On August 6, 1945, the United States used its massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20000 tons of TNT.first use of the atomic bomb against humans that left several hundred thousand people dead. The magnitude of destruction that this bombing left cannot be described only by the numbers.
   The effect of a nuclear explosion on humans is extreme. Any life form close enough to the point of detonation, within a radius of 4 to 6 miles, is certain to perish.The damage caused by radiation poisoning is the worst atomic bombing effect, reported rampant cases of cancer, tumors and cysts. This was just one of the worlds biggest disasters, and caused by man.


 The Americans attacted Japan for the following reasons :
  • Testing of Atomic Bomb
  • To try to end the war
  • For bayback for the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor

Health Issues in Japan :
   The health and the welfare system of Japan are important factors to consider before moving into this fast-growing nation. The general health care in Japan is not only provided free for every Japanese citizen but also for foreigners.Japan offers wide varieties of options when you need medical help. Although there are numerous public and private hospitals as well as clinics, there are no ‘family-doctor’ systems.
A lot of Japanese are more focused on their family business so it is normal to see smaller numbers of Japanese doctors. Additionally, medical ethics and bedside manners are not taught in Japan.


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