The textile sector still has a prominent place in the Japanese economy. Although the traditional silk mill has decayed, other textile industries are thriving. The decline of the silk factory can be seen from the reduced production of cocoons (see…
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With the resumption of the industrialization process following the war and post-war interlude, the well-known poverty of natural resources made itself felt especially in the sector of energy sources. Some coal production exists, but the ore is of poor quality….
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In the great electoral clash of October 1996 clear was the victory of the conservatives of Hashimoto (239 seats) over the Shinshintō of Ōzawa (156 seats) and, above all, the disastrous defeat of the Socialist Party (renamed Social Democratic Party) which paid dearly for…
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According to THENAILMYTHOLOGY.COM, the Nineties saw the end of the political system that had long guaranteed Japan economic growth and stability, defined by political scientists one and half party: a dominant conservative party, the Jimintō (Liberal Party), and a plurality…
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At the beginning of the nineties, a widespread stereotype in the West presented Japan as an ‘economic-political dwarf giant’. In reality, Japan was no longer a ‘political dwarf’: it now produced more than 15 % of the world’s gross product, conditioned any…
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According to SUNGLASSESTRACKER.COM, the support, that it would have been provided by the Chinese authorities to bandits expelled from the Manchu territory, the obstruction of Japanese initiatives, the murder of two Japanese journalists in T’ientsin, marked the resumption of the…
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From the conflict with China onwards, Japanese foreign policy has been very active and has recorded real successes. It basically pursued three objectives: the recovery of total freedom of action; the affirmation of the increased national power; the continuation of…
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The Manchurian enterprise (1931-32) revived the dominance of the military over the civilian element in the country and marked the resumption of the imperial expansion policy in a grand style, also imposed by the enormous and rapidly increasing demographic pressure….
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Over the centuries, until 1779 there are only the two voyages, of little importance, of the Russian captain M. Spanberg, who explored (1739) the eastern coasts of Hondo and the major islands of the Kuriles, and that of Count VM…
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The first information received in Europe on Japan consists of the well-known, fantastic description that Marco Polo makes of Cipangu, and the influence it had at the end of the Middle Ages is known, both on the geographical concepts of…
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