JAPAN, INDUSTRIAL

GIANT ASIA
GEOGRAPHY
 Nippon or “Land of the rising sun”
 Capital : Tokyo Population: 26.9million
 Archipelago: 4,233 island

 Language:Niponggo

 Largest city in the world

 Four main islands

a. Honshu (Largest) b. Hokkaido

c. Shikoku d. Kyushu
 Chief ports Osaka, Yokohama, and Kobe
 Climate: Temperate

 Consist mostly of mountains

 17% land arable and 60 active volcanoes

 2,000 earthquake shake the country per year

 September 1, 1923- Most devastating earthquake
destroy 375,000 homes and kills 143,000 people
 RELIGION – Shintoist or Buddhist and less than 1%
Christians
 THE JAPANESE- Aborigines calls Ainus

 Ainus, Mongolian and Malay- Japanese Race

CREATION MYTH

 Nihongi- Japan Chronicles

 Kojiki- Book of asian tradition

 Amaterasu-Sun Goddess

 Prince Ninighi- Grandson of Amaterasu, to rule the

country
 Jimmu Tonno- Great grandson of Ameterasu , First
Emperor of Japan and Founder of Imperial dynasty
YAMATO STATE
 Nucleus of Japanese Empire
 They reach the island Kyushu and Kanto

GREAT PERSONALITIES
 Wani- Introduced the analects and Confucious written
language
 Kimmei- Introduced Buddhism

 Soga Family- Court religion and foot binding

 Emperor Mommu-Transferred the capital Nara

NARA PERIOD (710-794)
AGE OF PROGRESS

 Todaiji- Most famous Buddhist temple

 Kibi-No-Mikibi- Invented the katana
TODAIJI
II. HEIAN PERIOD
JAPANESE CAPITAL WAS MOVED TO
KEIKYO “CITY OF PEACE” (KYOTO)

 Lady Murasaki- Greatest woman novelist in

Japan
 Taira and Minamoto- 2 military Clans
SHOGUNATE GOVERNAMENT

 YORIMOTO- New warlord

 Given the title of Sei-I-tai-Shogun

 He establish the capital in kamakura

 Mikado (emperor) Bafuku (Shogunate)

 He introduced feudalism

 Samurai (soldiers) Bushido (code of ethics)

 Divided the country into districts and gave the

retainers to daimyos.
 MIKADO
(EMPEROR)

BAKUFU
(SHOGUNAT
E)
 SAMURAI
(WARRIOR)
HOJO REGENCY

 Buddhist sect, Zen, Jodo, Shin and Nicheren

ASHIKAGA SHOGUNATE
PERIOD OF FEUDAL WARS

 Turbulent age of feudal struggles and civil wars

 Takauji- Transferred capital at Muromachi

 Christianity was introduced by St. Francis Xavier

“Apostle of Indies”
 The 1st European and Portuguese introduced 1st
firearms
GREAT SHOGUN OF JAPAN
1. NOBUNAGA- Son of daimyo overthrew the Ashikaga in
1575.
2. HIDEYOSHI- Son of poor peasant, unified Japan under his
rules
- Tried to invade Philippines and Korea
- When he died (1598) his dream empire died also
- Japanese hail him but Christians writer assailed him.
3. IYEYASU- Succeeded Hideyoshi
- Founded tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1867)
- Moved capital to Edo (Tokyo)
- Banned Christianity and persecuted Spanish missionaries
coming from manila
- Seclusion decree 1639- Closing Japan to world
PERRY TREATY
(COMMODORE MATHEW PERRY)

1. Shall be peace between Japan and U.S

2. Opening of Japanese ports of Nagasaki, Hokodate,
and Shimoda to American vessels
3. Good treatment of shipwrecked American sailors in
Japan
4. U.S will have consul Japan who would have
jurisdiction over American citizens
 HARRIS TREATY- Basis of Japan foreign relation
with western powers
 Townshed Harris- American consul in Japan

 Shogun Keiki- Last shogun Japan

MEIJI ERA (ENLIGHTENED)

 Emperor Mushishito gather the nobles and official at

his court at Kyoto
 Transferred the capital from Kyoto to Tokyo

 He Abolished Feudalism
MEIJI CONSTITUTION
INFLUENCED BY GERMAN

 Recognized Emperor as sacred and inviolable

 House of peer (nobles)

 House of representative ( Lower house)

 Contained Bill of Rights

CONTRIBUTION OF MEIJI ERA
 Compulsory military training
 Gregorian Calendar

 Decimal System

 Christianity and other religion

 Western system education

 Railways, steamship, harbor, banks and Printing press

CONTRIBUTION TO CIVILIZATION

1. Bushido- Code of chivalry

2. Shinto Religion
3. Kana- Alphabet written into 2 styles Haragdana
(curve) and Katana (angular)
4. Literally forms- Kabuki, Noh and Tanka
5. Dignified social customs- Cha-no-yu (tea drinking
ceremony) and Ikebana (flower arrangement)
6. Landscape gardening
7. Sports- Judo (self defense), Kendo (fencing) and
Sumo (wrestling)
GROWTH OF NATIONALISM

1. Tanaka Memorial- Provided the steps to be taken by

the Japanese in order to realize their ambition to
dominate Asia.
2. Anti-Comintern Pact in Berlin (November 25,
1936)
- Hitler promise to help Japan in case of Soviet
intervene.
 July 7, 1937- Accused the Chinese firing on Japanese
troop at Marco Polo Bridge
 Tripartile Pact- Creating Berlin, Tokyo, Rome axis
 Atlantic Charter- Counteract the Berlin

- Joint declaration of U.S and Great Britain

SINO-JAPANESE WAR (1894-1895)

 July 25, 1894- Japanese warship sank a vessel

carrying 1,200 Chinese soldiers.
 Treaty of Shimonseki ended the war

 Gave Japan the Liaotang Peninsula but Russia

jealously force her to return it to China.
 ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE
 1899 Japan became the 1st Asian country to be rid of foreign
extraterritorial rights.
 1902 Britain signed the alliance.

RUSSO JAPANESE WAR (1904-1905)

 Japanese Admiral Togo’s fleet attack the Russian navy port
 Pres. Roosevelt as mediator, The 2 country agreed to end the
war
 September 5,1905 at Potsmouth, Japanese interests at Korea
and Russia gave to Japan the Southern half of Sakhalin island
and al rights in Liaotang Peninsula Including port of Arthur.
 JAPAN AS GREAT POWER
 Gained more territory previously belonging to
Germany (Carolines, Marshalls and Palau)
 Japan Empire now include the Kuriles, Sakhalin,
Korea, Formosa, South Manchuria and German
island.

FASCIST JAPAN
 1930’s Ultranationalist and military cliques made
trouble for Japan
 MANCHURIAN INCIDENT
(1931-1933)
 Japan
created puppet state in Manchurian called
MANCHUKUO and made Henry Pu-yi its ruler.
CHINA INCIDENT
 July 7, 1937 Japan provoke other incident near Marco
Polo Bridge in Peking. Japanese troops precipitated
the undeclared war in china.
 December 1937 Nankling fell and Gen. Chiang Kai
Shek moved his capital to Chungking.
 JAPAN AND WORLD WAR II
 September 1, 1939 Japanese armies overrunning
China
 The victory of Nazi Germany impressed the Japanese
military
 President Roosevelt ordered the FREEZING of all
Japanese assets in the U.S and boycott the trade in
Japan
 December 8, 1941 made a sneak attack at U.S naval
base Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) destroyed the U.S fleet
following day the Allied powers declared war on
Japan.
 JAPAN’S DEFEAT AND SURRENDER

 By the middle of 1945 Japan was gradually leveled by  massive

U.S Air attacks & Naval Bombardments.
 July 26, 1945- Allied Potsdam Declaration on Japan to
surrender.
 Aug. 6, 1945 - Destruction of Hiroshima
 Aug. 9, 1945-   Destruction of Nagasaki
 Aug. 15, 1945 - Japan surrendered.
 Sep. 2, 1945  - Japan signed the documents amid solemn
ceremonies aboard the battleship USS Missouri n Tokyo Bay.

Gen. Douglas MacArthur- Supreme Commander of Allied

Powers in Japan.
 ALLIED OCCUPATION OF JAPAN
 September 2, 1945 allied occupation lasted Japanese cooperated
with SCAP (Supreme Commander of Allied Powers)
 Article 9 contained a unique provision whch pledge the
Japanese people to forever renounce war
 Japan was completely revolutionized with the following
achievements
 Democratization

 Demilitarization

 Reorientation of values

 Improvement of Economy

 Punishment of war criminals

 JAPAN AS INDUSTRIAL POWER
 Japan economic miracle has been attribute to
following factors:
 Industriousness and discipline

 Managerial skills and its industrialist and businessman

 Technical skills of people

 American technical and financial aid

 Savings and investment of the people

 JAPANESE POLITICS

 Japanese politics become so corrupt in modern era that have

been several changes of government involving resignation of
prime minister and minister involved public scandal graft,
corruption etc…
 ZAIBATSU- new millionaire composed of six families which
control the wealth and business of Japan.


QUIZ TIME
 1. Japanese language
 a. Nippon

 b. Niponggo

 c. Mandarin

 2. Largest island in Japan

 a. Shikoku

 b. Hokkaido

 c. Honshu
 3. Japanese aborigines called ______
 a. Ainus

 b. Malay

 c. Mongolian

 4. Sun Goddess
 a. Amaterasu

 b. Kojiki

 c. Ninighi
 5. Nucleus of Japanese state
 a. Heian Period

 b. Yamato state

 c. Wani state

 6. He introduced Buddhism
 a. Wani

 b. Soga

 C. kimmei
 7. He invented katana
a. Kibi-no-mikibi
b. Mekeni-no-miki
c.kimi-ni-kimi
 
 8. it is the most famous buddist temple.
a. takauji
b. hideyoshi
c. todaiji

9. she is the greatest women novelist in japan.
a. murasaki
b. mutsihito
c. minamoto
 10. feudalism was established in _______?.
a. Nara Period
b. Heian Period
c. Shogunate Government
 
 11. It is also called “Period of Feudal War”
a.Hojo Regency
b. Ashikaga Shogunate
c. Meiji Era
 
 12. Buddhist sec.

a. Hojo Regency
b. Yamato Regency
c. Muromachi
 13. One of the Great Leader in Japan who banned
Christianity and persecuted Spanish missionaries
a. Nobunaga
b. Hideyoshi
c. Iyeyasu
 
 14. American consul in Japan

a. Shogun keiki
b. Townshed Harris
c. Commodore Mather Perry
  
 15. Closing Japan to world

a. Seclusion decree 1639

b. Seclusion decree 1630
c. Seclusion decree 1631
 16. Japan created a puppet state in Manchuria called?
a. Manchukia
b. Manchukao
c. Manchukou
  
 17. In what year did ultra-nationalists and military cliques
made trouble for Japan.
a. 1980's
b. 1950's
c. 1930's
  
 18. When was the time Accused the Chinese firing on
Japanese troop at Marco Polo Bridge
  

a.July, 7,1937
b. July 8, 1937
c. August 9, 1937
 19. the exact date when the japanese warship sanked

a. january 17, 1865
b. july 28, 1892
c. July 25, 1894
  
 20. When was the time Hitler promise to help Japan in case of
soviet intervene
  
 a .November 25, 1936
 b. September 23, 1926
 c. August 25, 1936
 
 21. This became the magic word n Japan A. Demilitarization  
 B. Reorientation of values 
 C. Democratization
 22. What article contained a unique provision whch pledge
the Japanese people to forever renounce war.
   A. Article 8    B. Article 9 
 C. Article 10

 23. Tea drinking ceremony

 a. Tanka b. Cha-no-yu
 c. Kendo
  
 24. Treaty ended the Sino-Japanese war
 a. Perry treaty b. Shimonseki Treaty
 c. President Roosevelt Treaty
  
 25. Who is the Admiral who attack the Russian navy
port?
 a. Iyeyasu b. Togo
 c. Sakhalin
 1. the japanese capital was moved to keinkyo "city of
peace"(kyoto).

 2. bushido means "Code of Ethics"

 Nobunaga is the son of daimyo overthrew the

Ashikaga

 4. Opening of Japanese ports of Nagasaki, Hokodate,

and Shimoda to German vessels.

 5. Iyeyasu tried to invade Philippines and Korea

 6. Millions of Japanese immigrated to other countries in
search of better life during the war.

7. Hiroshima is a new millionaire composed of six
families which controlled wealth and business life in
japan.

 8. September 2, 1946 Japan signed the documents amid

solemn ceremonies aboard the battleship

 9. Gen. Douglas MacArthur s the Supreme Commander

of Allied powers in Japan

10. By the middle of 1940 Japan was gradually leveled
by massive of U.S air attacks
 11. Allied Potsdam  Declaration called on Japan to
surrender

 12. President Roosevelt ordered the FREEZING of all

Japanese assets in the U.S and boycott the trade in
Japan

 13. Aug. 6, 1947 - Destruction of Hiroshima

 14. ZAIBATSU is composed of five families which

control the wealth and business of Japan.

 15. Japanese politics become so corrupt in modern era

 16. july 19,1976 was the exact date the sino-japanese
war started

17. year 1902 britain signed the treaty of shimonseki

 18. The victory of Nazi Germany suppressed the

Japanese military

 19. December 1937 Nankling fell and Gen. Chiang

Kai Shek moved his capital to Chungking.

 20. American calendar is one of the contribution of

Meiji era
 21. kana is an alphabet written into 3 styles

 22. Meiji constitution was influenced by Chinese

 23. September 1, 1923- Most devastating earthquake

destroy 375,000 homes and kills 143,000 people

 24. Jimmu Tonno First Emperor of Japan and

Founder of Imperial dynasty
25. Give some contribution to
civilization