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Transport To move around the country, you can use air and rail. lines (JR and private companies), subways, buses, taxis, rented cars, ferries, etc. In Japan, pedestrian traffic is on the right. In large cities, pedestrian traffic lights are installed…
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According to cheeroutdoor, Japan is the second largest economic power in the world after the USA. GDP 538,120.6 billion yen, per capita 4.2 million yen (2002). The share of the Japanese economy in the world economy in 2002 was 11.2%….
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After the return of Okinawa to Japan by the US military administration (1972), the land area of the country (372,839 km 2) has not undergone any change. According to government statistics, however, it is higher, because Japan claims four islands located…
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In the early years of the century. X is to be asked the origin of another very voluminous category of writings which, under the common title of monogatari (short story, history), include the most varied genre: novel, history, folklore, etc.,…
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The first 4 centuries following the transfer of the capital to Kyōto, called Heian-kyō (City of Peace) mark the true golden period of letters. Poetry, on the whole, is qualitatively inferior to that of the Nara era, but prose, by…
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According to BARBLEJEWELRY.COM, the poetry of this era, preserved for us by a series of official anthologies, also reveals a profound decay. Inspiration, feeble, yields to ornament, the genuineness of sentiment to artifice. However, even here, there are some notable…
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With the infighting between the Taira and the Minamoto, which ended up bringing Yoritomo to power (1186), a troubled era was inaugurated for the country that made it a contest, where power is the stake and weapons are cross, with…
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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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