The appointment of these two high-ranking members of the Seiyūkai political party heralded a new era in Mantetsu’s history in which factional politics in Tokyo would increasingly dictate policy for managing Manchuria. Over the next two decades, ...
On the basis of the MOA, Japan's modern armed forces were organized: laws were enacted setting up the Japan Defense Agency (JDA) , equivalent to a ministry of war in all but name, and the Self-Defense Forces; the police system was recentralized to bolster internal security; a Defense ...
Laos strongly supports China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and the initiative has been producing tangible benefits for the country, a high-ranking Lao official has said. Internet cooperation benefits countries along the Belt and Road "The Belt and Road brings us together, and we address challen...
Multiple women competing for a top political office is still rare in Japan, which has a terrible global gender-equality ranking, but Koike’s win highlights a gradual rise in powerful female officials and a society more open to gender balance in politics. That said, even if a woman eventually...
Multiple women competing for a top political office is still rare in Japan, which has a terrible global gender-equality ranking, but Koike’s win highlights a gradual rise in powerful female officials and a society more open to gender balan...
The samurai (or bushi) were the warriors of premodern Japan. They later made up the ruling military class that eventually became the highest ranking social caste of the Edo Period (1603-1867). Samurai employed a range of weapons such as bows and arrows, spears and guns, but their main ...
The samurai (or bushi) were the warriors of premodern Japan. They later made up the ruling military class which eventually became the highest ranking social caste of the Edo Period (1603-1867). Samurai employed a range of weapons such as bows and arrows, spears and guns, but their main ...
This inequality has meant that Japan has consistently been near the bottom of the ranking table of female representation in national parliaments around the world compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In 113th place out of 150 countries surveyed, Japan ranks just below Jordan, Armenia, Cyprus...
Set in the final days of the Edo Period (the 1860s), Yoji Yamada’s “Twilight Samurai” tells the tale of a low-ranking Samurai, Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada), who is caught amidst the winds of economic and cultural change. It’s not a conventional Jidaigeki (period dramas) film bu...
Notes: Abbreviation: R: Ranking. P1, P2, P3, and P4 correspond to the periods from February 1 to March 10, March 11 to April 6, April 7 to May 25, and May 26 to July 31, respectively. The figures in the table are as follows: (1) Fishery, Agriculture & Forest, (2) Foods, (...