Why did Japan have little contact with foreign nations during the period from 1450-1750?
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1.) The Japanese Shogun, who led from Edo (now Tokyo), wanted European trade to flow through Edo. Europeans wanted to trade through Kyushu (the southernmost island). Additionally, China rejected his overtures for additional trade. The Shogun then moved to restrict trade in his favor (remember, at this point, Japan was a feudal state).\n\n2.) Christianity was starting to flourish in parts of Japan, and the Shogun began to get worried. Christianity was seen as a destabilizing factor, so the Shogun moved to purge it from Japan, by restricting the religion, massacring Christians, expelling Europeans, and forcing subjects to register at temples.\n\nThe period of no contact was between 1641 and 1854, although the Chinese and Dutch were allowed limited contact at Nagasaki.
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For one thing, you have to understand that Japan's troops were not in Iraq to provide combat support.  They were there to help rebuild and repair the infrastructure.  The portion they set out to help with was completed, and so was their mission.  Hence, the reason for their pullout.\n\nThey have a "pacifist" charter in their constitution that a lot of Japanese feel strongly about.  No one there wants anyone in power that will repeat the attrocities of war that Emperor Hirohito did in WWII.  With that said, they still have the capabilities to defend their nation well, especially with the U.S. pretty much at their side.
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Japan defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War, from 1904 to 1905.  In the resulting Treaty of Portsmouth, Japan receives Korea as a protectorate nation, as well as the transfer of Russian interests in the area of southern Manchuria.  Japan then establishes itself as an imperial power in Taiwan and Korea.\nThese proceedings, of course, came after the Sino-Japanese War, which lasted from 1894 to 1895.  In this earlier war, China and Japan fought over control of Korea; Japan won.  In the resulting Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895, Japan becomes an imperial power after ceding Taiwan and the Pescadores from China.\nAfter the Meiji Restoration and the fall of samurai and the traditional feudal class system, with Commodore Perry's arrival as a catalyst, Japan began rapid modernization and Westernization.  These events see the establishment of Japan as an ultra-nationalist, imperial power, with relatively equal standing amongst the great Western powers of the time.\nJapan controlled Korea during World War II, and they killed 35 million Chinese, 6 million Koreans, and 1 million Filipinos during their occupation of East Asia.
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Yeah Japan and S. Korea are it. Other than that, the other countries are 2nd class.
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Natural resources. The islands of Japan have very few natural resources and depend on most being imported. By building an empire, Japan secured supplies of those resources to continue to supply its own internal needs and desires.
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Are you joking?\n\nDon't generalize.\n\nTake a look at Japan and South Korea.
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There is a real sign of intelligence writing you to tell you they don't know or giving you a stupid answer.  The Japanese culture was made up of honor, heritage and rituals. The helmets of that time did little more then hold your hair and ear pieces in place. They wore their helmets as they did their short swords because it was part of their uniforms.\n\nNote: Are you aware the Russians, Germans and even the US to an extent had a Kamikaze group? The Russians used to use their props to cut into the tails of German fighters. \n\nThanks for the chance to help. God Bless You and the Southern People.
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Japan´s population has very low population growth, and has been going on for 20-25 years. \n\nChina is not overcrowded. Have you seen the amount of land they have? But yes, population grew at very high rates, so since the 1970, goverment has been teaching about birth control and forcing just 1 child per family.
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Quickly:\nEach are headed out by a leader. Japan has an emperor and Europe has a king. Neither controlled a huge amount of power for small regions and so that power was handed down to others.\n\nIn Japan there was the shoguns and in Europe they had their lords. Working under the lords were knights and the Japanese version of a knight is the samurai.\n\nAt the bottom were peasants for both Europe and Japan, though merchants were even below that in Japanese feudal society.
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Japan and Russia didn't finish their war yet (no peace treaty after 1945). So, politically they still argue about these Kuril islands (урильские острова). Economically Japan is one of the biggest partners of Russia.\n\nI think for Korea and China relations with Japan are similar - politically they are sometimes tense from time to time (remember the "history textbook" outrage?), but economically they are very advanced.
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European feudalism and Japanese feudalism were very similar. They were both looking for land masses to conquer. For example, the Japanese were looking to capture Manchuria (in China), islands in the Phillapeans, and other land masses. They fought multiple wars over those land masses including the First Sino-Japanese war, and the Russo-Japanese war (look them up in google for more information) At the same time (late 1800's) the Europeans were going for Africa. Africa was split up into territories of many of the European countries. \nThey were different in the way that they treated the people they conquered. The Japanese ruled by scare-tactics, bayonetting and killing thousands of women and children and babies, and even tortured them first. Although the Europeans did do some of that, it was much more limited.
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the U.S. stopped trading with Japan because Japan was an imperialist power which means they wanted to take control of China's resources and/or goods for their own profit.
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I have just finished working in Korea for a year, and I have some friends who worked in Japan. If your a united states citizen, and the gaps that small, they're not going to call you on it, unless your conducting some sort of large scale business transaction.
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Seems like they were around during the time of Ghengis Khan (c. 1162–August 18, 1227) but are inhabited by more than just mongolian decendents.. their customs are noted as mostly japanese, vietnamese, and indonesian.  Only vietnam was conquered by the Mongols but not until a little after Ghengis Khan's death.  I'd imagine there is some of his blood running around in the marianas islands but probably seldom and rare.  Europe did not discover the islands until the 16th century when Ferdinand Magellan of Spain landed there (and had a little bit of ethnic conflict too).  Asian History is hard to come by unless it is a european script since the majority of history we know today as a society (especially in the States) is based on european accounts.
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Shito shrine is place for native Japanese religion.\nTemple is place for Buddhism, religion originated in India in the 6th century BC. Buddhism in Japan was imported to through China and Korea.
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Personally... not a lot.\n\nThe CIA World Factbook could tell you a lot though!\n\nTake a look:\nhttp://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ja.html\n\nIf you still crave more Japan knowledge then check out the Wikipedia article:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan\n\nand if that's still not enough - have a look at Lonely Planets travel guide:\nhttp://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/japan\n\nHave Fun!
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That's a logical fallacy. You're assuming the Japanese companies closed factories in Japan before opening a factory in the US.