Articles for tag: Album Reviews, Japanese Kanji

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Top Ten English Web Sites About Japanese Music

I’m not going to rank the top ten sites because people may find each site useful in their own way, as the sites sometimes focus on different things regarding Japanese music. They will be numbered, but are simply listed in alphabetical order. 01. centrigrade-j: http://www.centigrade-j.com/ Centrigrade-j offers reviews, news, and a forum on the latest ...

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Early Japanese Imperialism: From Meiji to Manchukuo

When the term “imperialism” is mentioned, we most often think of Europe and the United States with their territories in Asia, Africa, and the South Pacific. However, there was one Asian nation that joined in this Western personified imperialistic boom. Japan was opened up under Western influence, and under Western pressure and the need to ...

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My Favorite Nintendo DS Game

Time and time again I am asked to help intermediate learners of Japanese to help them freshen up on the one of the nations’ most popular modern languages. According to the “Japan Foundation”, 1 in approximately 2,500 people studied the Japanese language in 2006. Considering that the United States Census Bureau is predicting the nations’ ...

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Zen Gift Ideas

Zen Board Help a man or woman live in the moment with this magical Japanese board. The Zen Board comes framed in a waterproof mat. Accessories include a natural bristle paint brush with 100 Japanese kanji symbols listed on a reference sheet. Users can dip the paint brush in water and created images on their ...

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Japanese Treaties After World War II

After World War II, the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco officially declared peace between the Allied Powers and Japan. In this treaty, the war was officially ended, Japan was stripped of its military power, and reparations were awarded to countries that had been subject to Japanese war crimes. However, Japan executed several other treaties with ...