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                        REPORT: JAPAN

     Japan is a chain of four main islands located off the coast of East

Asia. The people of Japan live a very remarkable lifestyle. With about

80% of the land mountainous, Japanese must live in tiny areas of

coastal land. Over 125.9 million people live together on these small

islands. Japanšs total area is roughly the size of Montana. It is

remarkable how the Japanese have adapted to the topography of the land

to create a huge industrial nation. The following essay is composed of a

video and current article about Japan.

     The video I watched about Japan discussed a brief history of

Japan. The video contained three parts. The first part discussed the

isolation period of Japan and the role the United States played in ending

itšs isolation. The second part discussed Japanšs territorial expansion

and itšs role during WWII. The last part of the video talked about the

reconstruction of Japan and the United States influence towards the

island nation.

     The video was very informative of Japanšs history in part 1. It

discussed the U.S. influence in ending itšs isolation with the world. In

1853, the U.S. sailed into Japan with most of the Navyšs Pacific Fleet

and demanded that Japan end itšs isolation. Within a few days Japan

opened itšs markets to the world. However Japan has very limited

resources. For itšs economy to grow Japan had to acquire raw materials


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through trade. Without these materials Japan would starve to death.

     Unfortunately for Japan nobody would supply them with the

materials they needed. Nations refused to trade with Japan because they

knew Japan turned these raw materials into junk. Being in isolation for

200 years, Japan had no skilled workers to produce anything. Not even

the United States helped Japan out. I donšt understand why the United

States wanted to open Japan to the world and then they almost starved

it to death. If the U.S. really wanted Japan to excel they could have

supplied them with the workers they needed. If the U.S. had done this

maybe Japan would have become allies with the United States. There

would have been no Pearl Harbor, no Midway, and no Okinawa.

Thousands of Americans and Japanese would have lived and they would

have been able to defeat Germany with no problem. The U.S. would have

had access to most of South Asiašs markets. Instead, little thought was

given to the future, or if it was offered the J...

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