... suspicion, and fear, which blanketed the entire western world. Threats real and imagined existed everywhere. Since confederation, anti-oriental sentiment has been a part of white Canadian society. Japanese-Canadians were specifically stigmatized for their perceived unassailability, economic competitiveness, high birth rate, and a lingering loyalty to Japan (Ward 459). These are merely stereotypes and are debatably reflections ... of reality. However, in the wake of renewed Japanese imperialism, such stereotypes became very prominent in the British Columbia community. Men like Archdeacon...

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... a long war of attrition in China, assailed by the Soviet Union in Manchuria, and outstripped by American naval rearmament, the success of the Japanese expansion was under threat. However, for the second time in twenty years, the struggle between Britain, France and Germany in a European conflict ... States. However, confrontation with the United States came quickly. July 1940, America warned Japan not to advance into Indo-China, though the Japanese had already forced France and Britain into closing supply roots from there and Burma to China. Much more significantly, the United States imp...

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... communities, etc. The reason the author mentions all of those extremities, is to imply that although these changes seemed luxurious, it actually "eroded political and economic morality" and distressed the Japanese customs. McCormack once again goes back to the point that the only way Japan will resolve its problems is by strengthening its governmental and environmental culture. Then, the author discusses ... been right in viewing Japan as unique, however, he overlooked the point that maybe Japan is unique because "it might actually have achieved the reconciliation of civilizations. McCorm...

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... the war front, accounts of two young Americans will be used to represent each cultural group during the three points of the war. The first person is Jeanne Wakatsuki, a second generation Japanese American. The second individual is Ira Hays, a Pima Indian living in Arizona. The beginning of the war came with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The declaration of war with Japan ... childhood; her father owned a small fishing boat and her mother worked in a cannery. She lived in a predominately white neighborhood and went to a white school. Although Jeanne's family had some typical Japanese tradi...

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... symbols of Confucianism and the Imperial Institution were already deeply ingrained in the psyche of the Japanese but the new Meiji rulers through both an education system, and the structure of the Japanese government were able to effectively inculcate these traditions into a new generation of Japanese. The education system the Meiji Oligarchy founded transformed itself into a system that indoctrinated students ... that day most women in Tokyo and around Japan stopped shaving their eyebrows and blackening their teeth.Footnote37 The Imperial institution provided both a key tool to change ...

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... General Delos C. Emmons and Fleet Chief Admiral Chester Nimitz who recommended the use of Japanese American soldiers. During a hearing of a military board appointed in July 1942 to study the question of allowing Japanese Americans to be soldiers, Colonel Pettigrew stated: ="The great majority of second-generation citizens of Japanese ancestry was unquestionably loyal. (He recommended) that a Division of these men be ... formed in the Army of the United States for combat duty in the theater of war where they would not have to fight Japanese . . . that if such a Division were formed, he wo...

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... between the two countries were going to define their bilateral relationship. After the Japanese defeat their leaders from government, business and education were purged from their jobs, in order for them to make room for a new young generation. In all over 200,000 officials lost their jobs. At this point ... in time it was clear to Japanese officials that it was obvious that international is what economic recovery hinged on. With heavy industry ... Soviet Union. "This was because the Chinese leadership chose not to support the U.S.-Soviet rapprochement, thereby alienating China from bot...

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... Japan by prohibiting exports of steel, scrap iron, and aviation fuel to Japan, due to Japan's takeover of northern French Indochina. In response, the Japanese signed a neutrality treaty with the Soviet Union to prevent any fighting with them or Britain so that they could put all their energy into taking ... Southeast Asia. In June 1941, Japan forces occupied southern Indochina and in response, the Netherlands, Britain, and the U.S. cut off all exports to the Japanese, leaving them with very little steel, iron, oil, and other vital resources. In extreme anger, Japan tried many ways to fin...

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... and legal system and by fighting and winning two wars, The Sino - Japanese War in 1894, and The Russo - Japanese War 1904 - 1905, Japan had established full independence and equality in international affairs. In a little more than a generation, Japan had exceeded its goals, and in the process had changed its ... to evolve under the Meiji constitution, but then is unable to meet the dual changes of economic depression and the political power of the Japanese military leaders in the 1920's and 1930's. This eventually led to Japan requiring more resources, and then the attack to Pearl Harbor ...

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... the western civilizations. The Meiji sent young men to study abroad and learn new traits from the west. Before this drastic move the traditional Japanese society was largely isolated from all other civilizations. By doing this the Japanese managed to strengthen the economy, strengthen the government, and make social reforms. Meiji leaders made the economy a major priority. They encouraged Japan's business class ... to adopt western methods. They Japanese built railroads to allow the shipment of goods and transportation of people, a banking system to aid in the expansion of businesses an...

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... that took place nearly seventy-three years ago. The first scene that catches my eye automatically is how the film lacks a clear reason why the Japanese Empire decided to bomb Pearl Harbor. I immediately thought of all those viewers who knew little about the history behind this attack and just go by ... the film's false accommodations. The only explanation the film gave was when the Japanese admiral described the mission. He stated that they're going to attack Pearl Harbor since America cut off their oil supply and they were living ... in the events of history. It could have done better ...

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