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| | |  o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Meiji period - PoliticsMain articles: Meiji oligarchy, Government of Meiji Japan
The major institutional accomplishment after the Satsuma Rebellion was the start of the trend toward developing representative government. People who had been forced out or left out of the governing apparatus after the Meiji Restoration had witnessed or heard of the success of representative institutions in other countries of the world and applied gr ...
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - James Alfred Ewing - Life
James Alfred Ewing - Early Life.
Born in Dundee, Scotland, the third son of a minister of the Free Church of Scotland and educated at West End Academy and the High School of Dundee, Ewing showed an early interest in science and technology.
In a family whose chief interests were clerical and literary, I took my pleasure in machines and experiments. My scanty pocket money was spent on tools and chemicals. The domestic attic was put at my disposal. It became the scene of hair-raising explosions. There too the domestic cat found herself an unwilling instrument of electrification and a partner ...
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - Structure Education in Japan is a national, prefectural, and municipal responsibility. The MEXT has dozens of internal study groups that study how education should be done, and provide guidance and advice to prefectural governments based on this research. In the past, these "guidance" and "advice" have been something to be studiously observed and straying from them resulted in cuts in the budget and other difficulties. However, recent reforms have handed over more power to prefectural governments. The MEXT also checks textbooks to see that they are ne ...
See also:Education in Japan, Education in Japan - Education in the Japanese society, Education in Japan - History, Education in Japan - Primary and Secondary Education, Education in Japan - Structure, Education in Japan - Legal foundation, Education in Japan - The Ministry of Education, Education in Japan - Local boards of education, Education in Japan - Financing, Education in Japan - Teachers, Education in Japan - Reference Read more here: » Education in Japan: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - Structure |
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - Structure Education in Japan is a national, prefectural, and municipal responsibility. The MEXT has dozens of internal study groups that study how education should be done, and provide guidance and advice to prefectural governments based on this research. In the past, these "guidance" and "advice" have been something to be studiously observed and straying from them resulted in cuts in the budget and other difficulties. However, recent reforms have handed over more power to prefectural governments. The MEXT also checks textbooks to see that they are ne ...
See also:Education in Japan, Education in Japan - Education in Japanese society, Education in Japan - History, Education in Japan - Primary and secondary education, Education in Japan - Structure, Education in Japan - Legal foundation, Education in Japan - The Ministry of Education, Education in Japan - Local boards of education, Education in Japan - Financing, Education in Japan - Teachers, Education in Japan - Reference Read more here: » Education in Japan: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - Structure |
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Thomas Corwin Mendenhall - Life Mendenhall was born in Hanoverton, Ohio, and married Susan Allan Marple in 1870. Though he never attended or graduated college, he was teaching at Columbus Central High School by 1861 and, though he lacked a conventional academic formation, was appointed professor of physics and mechanics at Ohio State University in 1873, the first member of the original faculty.
In 1878, on the recommendation of Edward S. Morse, he was recruited to help the modernisation of Meiji Era Japan as one of the o-yatoi gaikokujin (hired foreigners). S ...
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - Education in Japanese society Japanese tradition stresses respect for society and the established order and prizes group goals above individual interests. Schooling also emphasizes diligence, self-criticism, and well-organized study habits. More generally, the belief is ingrained that hard work and perseverance will yield success in life. Much of official school life is devoted directly or indirectly to teaching correct attitudes and moral values and to developing character, with the aim of creating a citizenry that is both literate and attun ...
See also:Education in Japan, Education in Japan - Education in Japanese society, Education in Japan - History, Education in Japan - Primary and secondary education, Education in Japan - Structure, Education in Japan - Legal foundation, Education in Japan - The Ministry of Education, Education in Japan - Local boards of education, Education in Japan - Financing, Education in Japan - Teachers, Education in Japan - Reference Read more here: » Education in Japan: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - Education in Japanese society |
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - History Main article: History of Education in Japan
Formal education in Japan began with the adoption of Chinese culture in the 6th century. Buddhist and Confucian teachings as well as sciences, calligraphy, divination and literature were taught at the courts of Asuka, Nara and Heian. Scholar officials were chosen through an Imperial examination system. But contrary to China, the system never fully took hold and titles and posts at the court remained hereditary family possessions. The rise of the bushi, the military class, during the Kamakura period ended the influence of scholar officials, but Buddhist monaste ...
See also:Education in Japan, Education in Japan - Education in Japanese society, Education in Japan - History, Education in Japan - Primary and secondary education, Education in Japan - Structure, Education in Japan - Legal foundation, Education in Japan - The Ministry of Education, Education in Japan - Local boards of education, Education in Japan - Financing, Education in Japan - Teachers, Education in Japan - Reference Read more here: » Education in Japan: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - History |
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - Primary and secondary education Education is compulsory and free for all schoolchildren from the first through the ninth grades. The school year begins on April 1 and ends on March 31 of the following year. Schools use a trimester system demarcated by vacation breaks. Japanese children formerly attended school five full weekdays and one-half day on Saturdays, however this was phased out completely by 2002. Many teachers, however, work on weekends. The school year has a legal minimum of 210 days, but most local school boards add about thirty more days for school festivals, ...
See also:Education in Japan, Education in Japan - Education in Japanese society, Education in Japan - History, Education in Japan - Primary and secondary education, Education in Japan - Structure, Education in Japan - Legal foundation, Education in Japan - The Ministry of Education, Education in Japan - Local boards of education, Education in Japan - Financing, Education in Japan - Teachers, Education in Japan - Reference Read more here: » Education in Japan: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - Primary and secondary education |
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Meiji period - Society On its return, one of the first acts of the government was to establish new ranks for the nobility. Five hundred persons from the old court nobility, former daimyo, and samurai who had provided valuable service to the emperor were organized in five ranks: prince, marquis, count, viscount, and baron.
It was at this time that the Ee ja nai ka movement, a spontaneous outbreak of ecstatic behaviour, took place.
In 1885, the intellectual Yukichi Fukuzawa wrote the influential essay Leaving Asia, arguing that Japan should orie ...
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - History Main article: History of Education in Japan
Formal education in Japan began with the adoption of Chinese culture in the 6th century. Buddhist and Confucian teachings as well as sciences, calligraphy, divination and literature were taught at the courts of Asuka, Nara and Heian. Scholar officials were chosen through an Imperial examination system. But contrary to China, the system never fully took hold and titles and posts at the court remained hereditary family possessions. The rise of the bushi, the military class, during the Kamakura period ended the influence of scholar officials, but Buddhist monaste ...
See also:Education in Japan, Education in Japan - Education in the Japanese society, Education in Japan - History, Education in Japan - Primary and Secondary Education, Education in Japan - Structure, Education in Japan - Legal foundation, Education in Japan - The Ministry of Education, Education in Japan - Local boards of education, Education in Japan - Financing, Education in Japan - Teachers, Education in Japan - Reference Read more here: » Education in Japan: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - History |
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - Education in the Japanese society Japanese tradition stresses respect for society and the established order and prizes group goals above individual interests. Schooling also emphasizes diligence, self-criticism, and well-organized study habits. More generally, the belief is ingrained that hard work and perseverance will yield success in life. Much of official school life is devoted directly or indirectly to teaching correct attitudes and moral values and to developing character, with the aim of creating a citizenry that is both literate and a ...
See also:Education in Japan, Education in Japan - Education in the Japanese society, Education in Japan - History, Education in Japan - Primary and Secondary Education, Education in Japan - Structure, Education in Japan - Legal foundation, Education in Japan - The Ministry of Education, Education in Japan - Local boards of education, Education in Japan - Financing, Education in Japan - Teachers, Education in Japan - Reference Read more here: » Education in Japan: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - Education in the Japanese society |
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - Primary and Secondary Education Education is compulsory and free for all schoolchildren from the first through the ninth grades. The school year begins on April 1 and ends on March 31 of the following year. Schools use a trimester system demarcated by vacation breaks. Japanese children formerly attended school five full weekdays and one-half day on Saturdays, however this was phased out completely by 2002. Many teachers, however, work on weekends. The school year has a legal minimum of 210 days, but most local school boards add about thirty more days for school festivals, ...
See also:Education in Japan, Education in Japan - Education in the Japanese society, Education in Japan - History, Education in Japan - Primary and Secondary Education, Education in Japan - Structure, Education in Japan - Legal foundation, Education in Japan - The Ministry of Education, Education in Japan - Local boards of education, Education in Japan - Financing, Education in Japan - Teachers, Education in Japan - Reference Read more here: » Education in Japan: Encyclopedia II - Education in Japan - Primary and Secondary Education |
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Meiji period - The Meiji Restoration and the Emperor Main articles: Meiji Emperor, Meiji Restoration
On February 3, 1867, fifteen-year old Mutsuhito succeeded his father, the Emperor Komei, taking the title Meiji, meaning "enlightened rule." The Meiji Restoration of 1868 ended the 265-year-old feudalistic Tokugawa shogunate.
The first reform was the promulgation of the Five Charter Oath in 1868, a general statement of the aims of the Meiji leaders to boost morale and win financial support for the new government. Its five provisions consisted of
establishment o ...
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| | | | o-yatoi gaikokujin: Encyclopedia II - Meiji period - Military Main articles: Modernization of Japanese Military 1868-1931, Imperial Japanese Army, Imperial Japanese Navy
Undeterred by opposition, the Meiji leaders continued to modernize the nation through government-sponsored telegraph cable links to all major Japanese cities and the Asian mainland and construction of railroads, shipyards, munitions factories, mines, textile manufacturing facilities, factories, and experimental agriculture stations. Much concerned about national security, the leaders made significant efforts at military m ...
See also:Meiji period, Meiji period - The Meiji Restoration and the Emperor, Meiji period - Politics, Meiji period - Society, Meiji period - Economy, Meiji period - Military, Meiji period - Foreign relations, Meiji period - Observers and Historians, Meiji period - Japanese era name to Gregorian calendar system conversion:, Meiji period - Literature Read more here: » Meiji period: Encyclopedia II - Meiji period - Military |
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