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Japanese war crimes - Japanese military culture and imperialism. Military culture, especially during Japan's imperialist phase had great bearing on the conduct of the Japanese military before and during World War II. Seven centuries of bushido (the militaristic samurai warrior code) taught unquestioning obedience to the Emperor, and fearlessness in battle. During the so-called "Age of Empire" in the late 19th century, Japan followed the lead of other world ...

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There is debate as to the extent of the war atrocities in Nanking, especially regarding estimates of the death toll. The issues involved in calculating the number of dead lay in defining the geographical range and time period of killing as well as the question of what "type" of killing is to be included in the definition of the term "massacre". Nanking Massacre - Geographical Extent and the Killing Duration. On one side is the view that the geographical area of the incident should be limited to the few squ ...

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Many terms have been and are used for the sex industry in Japan. Baishun (売春), literally "selling spring", has turned from a mere euphemism into a legal term used in, for instance, the name of the 1956 Anti-Prostitution Law (売春防止法 Baishun-bōshi-hō); the modern meaning of the word is quite specific and is usually only used for actual (ie. illegal) prostitution. Mizu shōbai (水商売), the "water trade", is a wider term that covers the entire entertainment industry, including t ...

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Main article: Resistance during World War II Resistance during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns. Resistance movements are sometimes also referred to as "the underground". Among the most notable resistance movements were the French Maquis, the Polish Home Army, and the Yugoslav Partisans. The Communist resistance was among the fiercest since they were already organised and militant even before the war and their ideology was in many respe ...

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Main article: Participants in World War II The belligerents of the Second World War are usually considered to belong to either of the two blocks: the Axis and the Allies. A number of smaller countries participated in the war, some of them under occupation or as proxies of one of the large powers. Some nations participated on different sides at different times. The Axis Powers consisted primarily of Germany, Italy, and Japan, which split the Earth into three spheres of influence under the Tripartite Pact of 1940, and vowe ...

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Main articles: Causes of World War II, Events preceding World War II in Europe, Events preceding World War II in Asia [2]The causes of World War II are naturally a debated subject, but a common view, particularly among the allies in the early post-war years, ties them to the policy of appeasement, which was directed by Britain and France after the First World War and expansionism of Germany and Japan: Germany had lost wealth, power and status ...

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There are differences from one country to another regarding the definition of Japanese war crimes. Japanese war crimes - Japanese definitions. Many of the alleged crimes committed by Japanese imperial personnel were also violations of the Japanese code of military law, which the military either wilfully ignored, or failed to enforce. However, in Japan itself, the term "Japanese war crimes" generally refers to cases tried by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, also known as the Tokyo Tr ...

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The nature of the Japanese rule of Korea, especially its role in contribution to the modernization of the Korean penninsula, is a topic of heated discussion. In South Korea and North Korea, the Japanese rule in the early twentieth century is widely regarded as some of the most ruthless attempt to exploit the Korean people comparable to Hitler's treatment of the Jews under Nazi Germany (cf. Holocaust). This perception of ...

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Korea is located on the Korean Peninsula in North-East Asia. It is bound by two countries and three seas. To the northwest, the Yalu River separates Korea from China and to the north, the Tumen River separates Korea from Russia. The Yellow Sea is to the west, the South China Sea is to the south, and the Sea of Japan (East Sea) is to the east of Korea. Notable islands include Jeju-do, Ulleung-do, and Liancourt Rocks (Dok-do). The southern part and western part of the Korean mainland have well developed plains, while the eastern and nor ...

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Main article: Culture of Korea During the 7th and 8th centuries, land and sea trading networks connected Korea and Arabia. Koreans used wooden printing blocks by 751. Metal movable type was invented in Korea as early as 1232 (although clay prints were earlier invented in China), before Johann Gutenberg developed metal letterset type (Cumings 1997: 65). Hangul was created by King Sejong in 1443. During the Koryo period, Korean silk was considered by China to be the best in the world; Korean pottery made with blue-green celadon w ...

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Main article: Names of Korea "Korea" derives from the Goryeo/Koryŏ (고려) period of Korean history, which in turn referred to the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo/Koguryŏ (고구려). In the Korean language, Korea as a whole is referred to as Han'guk (한국, Han Nation) by South Korea and Chosŏn (조선) by North Korea. ...

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South Korea hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, giving the country an economic boost through increased tourism and greater world recognition. At the time, North_Korea boycotted the event on the grounds that it was not made co-host. A unified Korean team competed under the Unification Flag in 1991 in both the 41st World Table Tennis Championship in Chiba, Japan and in the 6th World Youth Soccer Championship in Lisbon, Portugal. A unified Korean team marched under the Unification Flag in the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Summer O ...

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On August 22, 1910, Korea was annexed by Japan under a Governor-General of Korea with the Korea-Japan Annexation Treaty signed under duress by Lee Wan-Yong: Prime Minister of Korea, and Masatake Terauchi: Japanese Resident-General in Korea who became the Governor-General of Korea. Korea continued to be ruled by Japan until Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces on 15 August 1945. This treaty was never ratified and lacked the Imperial Korean seal making it unofficial. This period of annexation and colonization explains why anti-Japanese sentiment is still strong throughout both North and South Korea. See also:

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Starting in 1938, Koreans located in Korea were allowed to volunteer for the Japanese military and the first Korean Voluntary Unit was formed. Among notable Korean personnel in the Imperial Army was Hong Shi-Yok (洪思翊), a lieutenant general. Many volunteers later gained administrative posts in the government of South Korea, one well-known example being Park Chung Hee (朴正熙; 박정희). Starting in 1941, Japan started conscription of Koreans into the armed forces. All Korean males were drafted to either join the Imperial Japa ...

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Residents of the Korean peninsula, whether ethnic Korean or Japanese, did not have the right to vote or right to hold office in Japan's House of Representatives (衆議院). The election law was amended in 1945 to allot 18 seats of the House of Representatives to the Korean peninsula, but this did not go into effect because of the end of the war later in the same year. Koreans living in Japan did, however, have both a right to vote and a right to hold office. Park Choon-Geum (박춘금, 朴春琴) was the first Korean to be elected into the ...

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Modern transport and communication networks were established across the nation in order to facilitate industrial exploitation and mining systems. An industrial base was established in Korea under Japanese rule for the production of weapons and military arms for use in the First World War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Pacific War. The average lifetime expectation rose from 26 years to 42 years (1945) and the population increased twofold, despite widespread economic poverty and malnutrition caused by the annual confiscation of Korean ...

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Main article: Home Front during World War II Home front is the name given to the activities of the civilians in a state of total war. In the United Kingdom, women joined the work force in jobs that the men used to occupy. Food, clothing, petrol and other items were rationed. Access to luxuries was severely restricted, though there was also a significant black market. Families also grew victory gardens, small home vegetable gardens, to supply themselves with food. Civilians also served as Air Raid Wardens, volunteer emerg ...

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Main article: Technology during World War II [8]The massive research and development demands of the war, including the Manhattan Project's efforts to quickly develop the atomic bomb, had a great impact on the scientific community, among other things creating a network of national laboratories in the United States and new sciences like cybernetics. In addition, the pressing need for numerous time-critical calculations for various projects like ...

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Second Sino-Japanese War - Battles. Battle of Lugou Bridge (Marco Polo Bridge Incident) Battle of Shanghai Battle of Nanjing (also known as the Defense of Nanjing) Battle of Taierzhuang Battle of Xuzhou Battle of Wuhan Battle of Changsha Retreat of Xianggui Battle of Hengyang Hundred Regiments Offensive Battle of Sinkow Battle of Hsuchow Battle of Wuchang and Hankow Battle of Nanchang< ...

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The question as to which political group directed the Chinese war effort and exerted most of the effort to resist the Japanese still remains a controversial issue. In the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War of Resistance Memorial near the Marco Polo Bridge, the People’s Republic of China emphasizes that it was the Communist Party that directed Chinese efforts in the war and did everything to resist the Japanese invasion. Recently, however, with a change in the political climate, the CCP has admitted that certain Nationalist generals ...

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To this day the war is a major point of contention between (both People's Republic and Republic of) China and Japan. A small but vocal group of Japanese nationalists and/or right-wingers deny a variety of crimes attributed to Japan. The Japanese invasion of its neighbours is often glorified or whitewashed, and wartime atrocities, most notably the Nanjing Massacre, comfort women, and Unit 731, are frequently denied by such individuals. The Japanese government has also been accused of historical revisionism by allowing the approval of school textboo ...

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Sexual slavery - Sexual slavery in North America. In the mid-19th century in the U.S., there was a white slavery scare which suggested that large numbers of white women were being kidnapped and forced into prostitution. The prevalence of this practice was greatly exaggerated due to xenophobia, and this phenomenon is generally regarded today as having been an example of a moral panic. In fact, at that time, the US victims of sexual slavery were overwhelmingly women of African descent, held as slaves, often ...

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