Does anyone have information on when Japan ended it's isolation?
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Japan's isolation was ended in 1853 when the U.S. Navy under Commodore Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay and negotiated a trade treaty at gunpoint.
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here are some search engines for jobs in Japan.  Good luck with that!!  I spent 5 months working there until I got the hell out...
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Lecture delivered by Minister Hiroyuki Kishino at the Local Government Centre (CLAIR)'s Japan Day Seminar in Belfast \n(http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/japanUK/speech/060206_JLGC.html)\n\nJapan-UK Relations and Northern Ireland  \n\nDistinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, \n\nIt is a great pleasure for me to have come back to Belfast after a ten-year interval, the hometown of that great footballer, George Best. I really feel at home amid Belfast's splendid architecture and the beautiful scenery nearby. At the same time I sense that the buds of economic and social dynamism just visible ten years ago are really blooming now. I am most pleased to see you all at this Japan Day Seminar, which I believe provides an important occasion for me to learn more about Northern Ireland and to keep you updated on Japan-UK relations. \n\nAs Deputy Chief of Mission at the Japanese Embassy I have the agreeable duty of facilitating better mutual understanding between the British and Japanese peoples and of promoting the overall Japan-UK relationship. What does this mean? We often say that the main problem facing us here is that there is no pressing issue between Japan and the UK! This is not a joke, but witness to the fact that Japan-UK relations have never been better. The primary mission for us, therefore, is not necessarily to engage in trouble-shooting in the bilateral context but to formulate and coordinate policies on what Japan and the UK should do for the benefit of our two peoples as well as for the peace and stability of the world. This is a forward-looking and pleasant duty to fulfil - a real luxury only granted to those posted to a capital like London. \n\nOverall, Japan-UK relations today are solid and mature. They are functioning smoothly, based upon market mechanisms and subject to the rule of law. Government intervention is rarely required. In business, tourism, culture, education and most other respects, our ties are refreshingly free of major areas of concern. In this sense, the Thatcher government's determined approach to the Japanese government and business sector in the 1980s in pursuit of direct investment from Japan in the UK, notably by Nissan in Sunderland, has acquired anecdotal status. Meanwhile, it is seldom recalled these days that the Japanese and British governments quietly coordinated their efforts so as to come up with a final settlement of the liquor tax issue after the WTO panel had ruled against Japan in the mid-1990s. The records of these episodes are now filed away somewhere, gathering dust. \n\nMore relevant today is the fact that about 1,200 Japanese companies are operating in the UK as good corporate citizens, having put down deep roots in their respective communities. They have created around 90,000 jobs. Indeed, a number of these companies, some of them household names, go about their business as they always have done; therefore, few people are aware that they have Japanese owners. In the fashion world DAKS and Aquascutum come to mind, while Leicester-based Freed, a world-class manufacturer of toe shoes, is another example. The UK continues to be the most favoured destination in Europe for Japanese direct investment. Just last week, for example, the large pharmaceutical company Eisai announced a 75-million pound new investment in Hertfordshire. \n\nIn Northern Ireland four Japanese companies have business operations, and two of them are engaged in research and development in high-tech fields - a growing trend today. I am pleased to note that they have expanded their activities over the past decade through the enlargement of production facilities and in other ways. In addition, three Japanese companies have business tie-ups in research and development here. Yet I must say that, compared with the other regions in the UK, Japan's business presence in Northern Ireland is modest in scale even when the size of the region is taken into consideration. How come, one may ask? I do not have a s
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My best guess would be around the time of the Oslo Accords.\n\nDetails from the following link...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_accords
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Korea\nAfter the surrender of Japan in 1945, the parallel was established as the boundary between the Soviet (north) and American (south) occupation zones in Korea, as Dean Rusk and Charles Bonesteel had earlier suggested. The parallel divided the peninsula roughly in the middle. In 1948, the dividing line became the boundary between the newly independent countries of North and South Korea. At the end of the Korean War (1950-1953), a new border was established through the middle of the Demilitarized Zone, which cuts across the 38th parallel at an acute angle, from southwest to northeast.
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Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking for, please add some information to clarify.\n\n\nOk, how about the topic of " The Dominance of Japanese Management in the World in the 80's and it's Decline" or "The possible effects of a South American Trade Organization on NAFTA and the EU"\nor "EU trade restrictions on US agriculture"  or "The effects of OPEC on US production/trade/economy"  or "Ramifications of China's lack of enforcement of Copyright laws on US producers" or "US investment potential in Vietnam since Normalization in Relations"\n\nas to sites....search using google, dogpile, answers.com, yahoo, msn, Jeeves....all have different priorities of which documents will come up first....takes research, any way you cut it.
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You should get all the inf. you need by going to www.homework.com.Once you get there, type in Japan.
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Personally... not a lot.\n\nThe CIA World Factbook could tell you a lot though!\n\nTake a look:\nhttp://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ja.html\n\nIf you still crave more Japan knowledge then check out the Wikipedia article:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan\n\nand if that's still not enough - have a look at Lonely Planets travel guide:\nhttp://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/japan\n\nHave Fun!
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Japan was under American Occupation in 1951, you presumably mean the attack upon Pearl Harbour in 1941. To continue it's expanioist agenda, the Japaneses signed the Anti-Comitern Pact, joining with Germany and Italy to form the Axis, attacking the Chinese mainland in 1937, Pearl Harbour in 1941 and other Allied bases, such as those of the British, in South East Asia.
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Nice joke but we're not that global yet, my friend.  Anyone who answers this question seriously might want to think about one of your other questions about will there come a time when every possible question has been asked in every way, lol.  \n\nSure, it seems that we're headed to Hongcouver, Japanada, USA, but even if you're five years old, which I doubt, since you say you're a dad, it isn't going to happen in your lifetime.  But then again...\n\nLet's just say that you want me to play along with your question.  That could be fun.  Ok...you got it!\n\nFirst, the country is called USA because everybody knows that everyone and everything, especially the current administraton in the United States, is the absolute cat's meow, which, in turn, makes the USA the ultimate world leader.  And I do mean ultimate!\n\nJapanada...well, come on.  Again, everybody knows that Japan and Canada want to BE the world leaders.  Alas, they have placed second in a tie, so they had to combine their names and resolve themselves to never being better than their country, the USA.  They are now just very grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the great United States.  (Oh, btw, "Jap" goes before "Anada" because the two drew straws and Japan won.)\n\nHongcouver?  You're kidding, right?  You really don't know this?  Wow.  Okkkkk...it's kind of like the same thing as Canada and Japan.  But now we're talking about major cities.  They had to combine - Mr. Bush said so - even though the United Nations disagreed.  Again, "Hong" comes before "Couver" because Hong Kong and Vancouver played Paper, Scissors, Rock.  Vancouver said Paper; HK said Scissors...thus, Hong Kong won another victory for the Japanese.  (Scissors cut paper, right? Unless they're dull.)\n\nBtw, the society in Hongcouver, Japanada, USA is now a combination of collectivists and individualists.  Some are independent and some are interdependent.  All religions are practiced, although Buddhism reigns because of the obvious disinterest of the former citizens of Canada and USA.  Mr. Bush is extremely upset about this trend, and has called for a veto of any religion except fundamentalist Christianity.  The media is waiting to see what will happen.  This is a case of "Nobody knows." \n\nI am surprised you didn't ask the location of Hongcouver, Japanada, USA.  It exists, of course, in our right brains.\n\nI hope this all makes sense to you now, my friend.  And thank you so much for asking.  Thoughtful questions are always appreciated and welcomed, because I now live in a sociocracy, where everything is fair, except when it isn't.\n\n:)
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The last time I checked it was Japan with $37,075.00 per person\nThe least was Mozambique with $77.00 per person.\nUSA $24.996.00
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HELL, jp you can do a search in yahoo or google about it.
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Try these links. Looks like you might get the information you want.\n\nhttp://www.sg.emb-japan.go.jp/JapanAccess/women.htm\n\nhttp://ssjj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/citation/8/2/320\n(this one requires registration and is not free)
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Yes, if we were rebuilding Canadian government, economic, and infrastuctures.  Nice try, but apples and oranges dude.  How about this.....at the end of WW2 we occupied Japan into the 50's!\n\nRead a history book.
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island countries like japan, philippines, etc.
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Japan was duly warned by Pres. Truman, but the Emporer refused to back down.  I would say his callous disregard for diplomacy called for a squashing attempt to prove that an end was necessary.  However, it is sad that the technology used was so harmful to so many, and placed such a great limit on the longevity of the entire planet.
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Just to clarify for the other answerers, he/she is referring to the internment camps that the US used to detain thousands of Japanese-Americans during WWII.  They did'nt "free themselves."  They were released.  Korematsu v. United States made this internment constitutional.