Essays on Japan

Japanese Cuisine Ethnography Japanese cuisine ethnography is one of the world's few excellent cultures today. Their kind of feeds has received a lot of attention. Some of their distinguishing characteristics have been their feeding habits. This has shaped the most significant part of their legacy and is thought to be unique....

Obasan by Joy Kogawa Obasan by Japanese-Canadian author Joy Kogawa was first published in 1981 by Lester and Orpen Dennys. It recounts the internment and persecution of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. In 2005, it was chosen as a One Book, One Vancouver selection. While it may not be...

Education Systems in the United States and Japan Education in Japan is not meant to produce people skilled in the arts and sciences, but rather to produce the people needed by the state. Japan's first Education Minister, Arinori Mori Mori's Perspective on Education Mori (2001) asserts in his introspective and thought-provoking essay that...

The Records of Japanese Ceramics The records of the Japanese ceramics started with the Jomon earthenware, which was later observed by the Yayoi that integrated most of the thoughts that began in the first period. The third length that followed was the Kofun, which existed round third and seventh centuries, and...

March 11, 2011: A Dark Day in Japanese History March 11, 2011, will go down in Japanese history as one of the country s darkest days. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Tohoku, causing a huge tsunami and a nuclear disaster that swept homes, bridges, and other facilities about six miles inland....