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3 giorni fa · Marine Day. The Golden Week is known to be one of Japan’s busiest holiday seasons as there are four national holidays within one week. The national holidays that make up the Golden Week are Shōwa Day (29 April), Constitution Memorial Day (3 May), Greenery Day (4 May) and Children’s Day (5 May). Similarly, the term Silver Week is used to ...
1 giorno fa · Japan - Militarism, Imperialism, WWII: The notion that expansion through military conquest would solve Japan’s economic problems gained currency during the Great Depression of the 1930s. It was argued that the rapid growth of Japan’s population—which stood at close to 65 million in 1930—necessitated large food imports. To sustain such imports, Japan had to be able to export. Western ...
1 giorno fa · Japan - Imperialism, Shoguns, Feudalism: Achieving equality with the West was one of the primary goals of the Meiji leaders. Treaty reform, designed to end the foreigners’ judicial and economic privileges provided by extraterritoriality and fixed customs duties was sought as early as 1871 when the Iwakura mission went to the United States and Europe.
2 giorni fa · Japan Ranks 118th in Global Gender Gap Report; Up From Previous Year. Japan ranked 118th out of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report 2024, up from 1... June 12, 2024. In Albania, Two Women Take on a Nation with a Rooftop Wedding. TIRANA (Reuters) — In many ways Alba Ahmetaj and Edlira Mara lead an ordinary life. The... June 17, 2024
1 giorno fa · Japan - Ethnicity, Religion, Language: The Japanese people constitute the overwhelming majority of the population. They are ethnically closely akin to the other peoples of eastern Asia. During the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867), there was a social division of the populace into four classes—warrior, farmer, craftsman, and merchant—with a peer class above and an outcast class below ...
2 giorni fa · Japan - Trade, Manufacturing, Exports: An outstanding feature of Japan’s economic development after World War II was the rapid advance in overseas sales, even though the share of exports in the country’s gross national product generally remained relatively constant. However, from the point of view of individual industries and as a generator of growth, exports are much more important than ...
4 giorni fa · Hokkaido is Japan's northernmost island, and it's an enormous place! In fact, the area of Hokkaido is 22% of Japan's total surface area – nearly a quarter of the country – making it Japan's largest prefecture. An important thing to note is that Sapporo, Hokkaido's capital city, is about 50 kilometers (31 miles) away from New Chitose Airport.
