Chief among these groups were the Kwantung army in Manchuria, young army and navy officers, and various organizations such as the Amur River Society, which included many prominent men. Militarist propaganda was aided by the depression of 1929, which ruined Japan's silk trade. In 1931 the Kwan...
Japan Navy Warns Apparent Spy Ships
Facing them is a traditional painting depicting the Battle of Sekigahara. As soon as we entered the museum, we were transported into the world of Japan’s samurai culture. Armor Sewn with Navy-Blue Thread (End of Muromachi Period) At the first floor (or “second floor” in Japanese) are ...
The Imperial Army and the Imperial Navy are the pride of the nation: hundreds of thousands of men, thousands of tanks and airplanes, and hundreds of ships, from humble destroyers to imposing battleships and fearsome carriers, ensure that the Empire of Japan can project a staggering amount of ...
I also liked the atmosphere uphill road leading to the temple, especially at night where it is lit up by street lamps and the mountains cast a strong silhouette in the navy evening sky. At the halfway point of my trip in the Japanese alps I visited Matsumoto Castle, one of the most ...
In 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry and the "Black Ships" of the United States Navy forced the opening of Japan to the outside world with the Convention of Kanagawa.[41] Subsequent similar treaties with other Western countries brought economic and political crises.[41] The resignation of the ...
Our ships have always been rather small and unremarkable. It is time we built true warships, real floating fortresses big enough to transport armies, and we could even cover them with iron plates to make them truly invulnerable. The ratio of heavy ships to total navy size is at least 10%...
In addition, this vehicle could be airlifted to any other theater of war without a need for them to be transported by ships, which were by this time, seriously endangered by the US Navy. The Maeda Ku-6 The project was initiated by the Army Head Aviation Office in collaboration with the...
designated target and thus provide necessary firepower to otherwise weakly armed paratrooper formations. In addition, this vehicle could be airlifted to any other theater of war without a need for them to be transported by ships, which were by this time, seriously endangered by the US Navy. ...
In its biannual report published on Thursday, the Treasury Department said Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Vietnam all met the criteria for having a significant trade surplus with the US, as well as an outsized current account surplus. In other words, "Bad Japan! Bad Germany! Bad Taiwan! Go ...