JAPAN

Land OI The Rising Sun.

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apan lnLroducLlon
W apan ls an lsland naLlon ln LasL Asla
W LocaLed ln Lhe aclflc Ccean lL lles Lo Lhe easL of Lhe
Sea of apan Chlna norLh korea SouLh korea and
8ussla
W 1he characLers LhaL make up apans name mean
sunorlgln whlch ls why apan ls someLlmes
referred Lo as Lhe Land of Lhe 8lslng Sun
apan lnLroducLlon
W 1he flag of apan ls known as ninomoru
sun dlsc"
W 1he whlLe parL sLands for peace and honesLy
W 1he red one for hardlness bravery sLrengLh
and valour
apan Ceneral lnformaLlon
W Iu|| name apan
W 9u|at|n 1269 mllllon (un 2010)
W Ca|ta| 1okyo
W Ma[ |anguage apanese Lngllsh ls spoken ln 1okyo
and oLher large clLles buL ls less usual ln rural areas
W Ma[ e||g|ns ShlnLolsm and 8uddhlsm 1here ls a
ChrlsLlan mlnorlLy
W 1|me 2ne CM1 + 9
apan Ceneral lnformaLlon
W Mneta un|t en
W Lcnm apan has Lhe worlds LhlrdlargesL
economy (maln exporLs vehlcles compuLer parLs
chemlcals sclenLlflc lnsLrumenLs and waLches)
W enment ConsLlLuLlonal Monarchy
W ead state Lmperor AklhlLo
W 9|me m|n|ste oshlhlko noda
apan Ceography
W apan ls an archlpelago
of 6832 lslands 1he
four largesL lslands are
Ponshu Pokkald
kyushu and Shlkoku
LogeLher accounLlng for
nlneLyseven percenL of
apans land area
apan 8rlef PlsLory
W ln Lhe ILUDAL LkA (12th19th centu% a new rullng class of
warrlors emerged1he SAMUkAI
W DA NUNAA conquered numerous oLher warlords and
had ALMCS1 unlllLu AAn when he was assasslnaLed ln
1382
W 11MI IDLSI succeeded hlm and unl1Lu 1PL LAnu
ln 1390 buL CLn WA8 broke ouL followlng hls deaLh
W 1UAWA ILASU defeaLed all rlval clans ln Lhe 8aLLle of
Seklgahara ln 1600 and was appolnLed SPCCun
W 1he 1okugawa shogunaLe began Lhe lSCLA1lCnlS1 SAkCku
(locked counLry) CLlC LhaL spanned Lhe Lwo and a half
cenLurles of Lenuous pollLlcal unlLy known as Lhe LD 9LkID
apan 8rlef PlsLory
W ln 1834 Lhe uS navy forced Lhe openlng of apan Lo Lhe ouLslde
world Lnsulng economlc and pollLlcal crlses led Lo Lhe 8CSPln
WA8 and Lhe esLabllshmenL of a CLn18ALlZLu S1A1L unlfled
under Lhe name of Lhe LML8C8 (MLll 8LS1C8A1lCn)
W Cn 7 uecember 1941 apan aLLacked Lhe uS naval base ln
LA8L PA88C8
W 1hls acL broughL Lhe uSA lnLo WWll
W AfLer Lhe devasLaLlng aLomlc bomblngs of Pl8CSPlMA and
nACASAkl ln 1943 apan surrendered on 13 AugusL 1he war
cosL apan mllllons of llves and lefL much of Lhe counLry's
lndusLry and lnfrasLrucLure desLroyed
apan osL World War ll
W apan laLer achleved excepLlonal growLh Lo become one of Lhe
worlds mosL powerful economles
W 1he perlod of overall real economlc growLh from Lhe 1960s Lo
Lhe 1980s has been called Lhe apanese posLwar economlc
mlracle lL averaged 73 percenL ln Lhe 1960s and 1970s and
32 percenL ln Lhe 1980s and early 1990s
W As of 2011 apan ls Lhe Lhlrd largesL naLlonal economy ln Lhe
world afLer Lhe unlLed SLaLes and Chlna ln Lerms of nomlnal
Cu and Lhe fourLh largesL naLlonal economy ln Lhe world
afLer Lhe unlLed SLaLes Chlna and lndla ln Lerms of purchaslng
power parlLy
apan 8ecenL LvenLs
W Cn 11Lh March Lhe blggesL LAk1;UAL on record Lo hlL
apan (89 of magnlLude) caused wldespread desLrucLlon
across Lhe counLry A 10 meLer hlgh 1SUNAMI followed up
LhaL furLher devasLaLed apan
W ln addlLlon Lo Lhe naLural dlsasLer a nuclear emergency
emerged 1ens of Lhousands of people were evacuaLed from
Lhe vlclnlLy of Lhe lukushlma uallshl nuclear power planL afLer
Lwo exploslons
W 1echnlclans baLLled Lo prevenL a reacLor melLdown Lrylng Lo
cool lL wlLh sea waLer 8uL a number of exploslons have led Lo
a release of radlaLlon on a number of occaslons
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