(5) He applied pressure from land and sea. After six months, Hideyoshi asked for the Hojo daimyo 's surrender and commenced a 3-day attack on the castle when he refused. When the surrender came he confiscated the land. The great Hojo clan was eliminated and from this time on Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the undisputed military dictator of the land. (5) Considered a symbol of his power and desire to rule all of Japan, he ordered the construction of Osaka Castle, later ordering the restoration of the Imperial Palace.Toyotomi Hideyoshi impacted Japanese government in many ways.
The written work of Eri Hotta entitled Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy, narrated the succession of events which took place between Japanese officials and leaders which led to the attack of Pearl Harbor. It showed the political unrest and civic instability of Japan that resulted into the bombing. Eventually, such attack was not condoned by the military forces of the United States and they countered the aggression by also bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Thousands of lives were lost and destroyed. Accordingly, the “ Japanese Emperor Hirohito was one of the Japanese officials who expressed reservations about going to war” (Timms).
Egami goes on to explain that this change was too abrupt to have occurred naturally by the indigenous peoples of Japan because the peaceful and mainly agricultural society of Japan at the time would have no reason to willingly adopt such a grotesque, violent alien culture (Kirkland 110). Thus, Egami concludes that these recent cultural shifts “‘correspond in all respects’ to cultures of conquering continental peoples [... and] the transformation must reflect ‘the subjugation and control of Japan by military force’” (Kirkland
Japan soon became the first Asian country that had been through the stage of industrialization at that time. Japan started to industrialized during the Meiji Era which is about 1868 to 1912, Japan was able to industrialize because government encouraged businesses and trade, social order was reorganized and people began to accept western technology while some began to expertise. Government encouraged new businesses and trade by giving support on capital needs, they also sent diplomats to Europe and North America to study Western style of culture. Social order was reorganized by creating a large middle class of businessman, at the same time, unemployment was also resolved. The idea of westernization first started during the Tokugawa era and then slowly spread throughout the country.
However after World War One, Rwanda was given to Belgium who divided the country into three groups: the Hutus, Tutsi and Twa. [1]The colonists believed that the Tutsi were a superior group because they were more "white" looking '. [1] The Hutus were therefore persecuted until 1959 when the Hutus overthrew the Tutsi government. However source nine depicts that before this time, the Hutus were forced to pay the Tutsis in order to work on their land and were treated as second class citizens. In addition 'any peasants who opposed the evolving order were treated with unmitigated harshness '.
During the beginning of the Edo period (1603-1867), in Japan was ruled by strict customs and regulations intended to promote stability and peace. The Edo period was also known as the Tokugawa period because it was when the Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Tokugawa period has brought two hundred and fifty years of stability in Japan. This period was characterized by economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policies, a stable population, peace, and popular enjoyment of arts and culture. Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which effectively ruled Japan from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
In “The Making of Modern Japan”, Yoshinobu who was considered unreliable was recalled to Edo to handle the case of against Choshu which it tried to start Tobaku movement (305). In this case, it showed that Yoshinobu was incapable because Bakufu saw Yoshinobu as a puppet who only granted a shogun title but did not have any power to make decision. When there was a situation that Bakufu cannot handle, Bakufu hid behind Yoshinobu and pass the buck to a powerless shogun. But on the other hand, in “The last shogun”, Yoshinobu turned to be a very wise person who predict the future of Japan and he tried his best to save Japan and his family. For example, in dealing with the problem of opening the port of Hyogo, Yoshinobu stated that Japan could no longer be run under the old system and the Tokugawa Bakufu was destined to fall like a dead tree felled by the wind (Shiba, 162, 164).
As the period continued, Japan cities grew due to industrial advances. The growth of the cities made farming land smaller, resulting in the decline of the economy. The event led to the weakening of the Tokugawa shogunate, and two groups, the Choshu and Satsuma, took over power and a fourteen year old emperor took over, becoming the Meiji Emperor; thus, the Meiji Restoration, the “Enlightened period”, began. The events of the decline in the Tokugawa period laid the perfect ground for the Meiji Restoration to flourish. During the Meiji Restoration, Japan went through monumental political, economic, and social advances.
The Russo-Japanese War was the highlight of a turn in the balance of power within the different regions of the world; however, it had an unexpected effect towards other Asian countries. Russia was defeated simply by one main reason; they underestimated the power of the Japanese military. This was caused by the perception that Asian countries are weak, which the Russians adapted. This defeat caused Russia to be humiliated. Not only did this war disparage their image to the external world, but it also created discontent within Russia itself.
Uchida does this to shows how the POrtrayal the US gave Japanese affects the lives of Japanese families, how Kenichi must help his family because they're dad got taken away.Since the Japanese god portrayed as untrustworthy by the US, the Japanese had to go to an internment camp which the Japanese were told on short notice so they had to get rid of their belongings fast and pack only what was needed. “Remember,” ken cautioned, “were only supposed to take whatever we can carry. That means no more than two suitcases each.”(33 )Ken was being responsible and making sure that Yuki knew what she had to pack in the small bag to go to the internment camp. Since the Japanese god portrayed as untrustworthy by the US, the Japanese had to go to an internment camp which the Japanese were told on short notice so they had to get rid of their belongings fast and pack only what was needed.“He simply said, “I found the perfect solution for