Abstract: Japan and China are both featured by small-scale farming, whereas Japan has experienced rapid industrialization and urbanization earlier than China. Japan’s experience relating to ...

I love how the Japanese revere and show appreciation for a humble three-inch (7.6-centimeter) soft-bodied worm that becomes a moth. It is called okaikosama, expressing respect with the honorific “o” ...

The spectacular story of the decline in Japan's population growth continues with that regularity in the extraordinary which has characterized the country over the past hundred years. Death rates are ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Annals of the Hitotsubashi Academy was established in October 1950 for globally disseminating the results of the studies ...

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In many world history curricula, the study of modern Japan moves from the Meiji Restoration (1868) directly to the beginnings of World War II. If time allows, a quick overview of the Sino-Japanese and ...