Research of Japan

Diego Alejandro Munévar Pérez

Saint Viator School

English

Bogota D.C

2019

Territory:

First, Japan is an island country located in East Asia, the country only borders the Pacific Ocean

and the Sea of Japan, Japan is formed by 4 main islands which are: Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū

and Shikoku, these islands make up 97% of the total area of the country, the other 3% of the

country are made by 6,848 minor islands.

    Japan is formed by 8 regions, these regions are:Hokkaidō, Tōhoku, Kantō, Chūbu, Kinki,

Chūgoku, Shikoku y Kyūshū and Okinawa, this division was established by the government of

Meiji in 1871 these was known as the abolishment of the Han system.

    Finally, The country has a total population of 127 million of people, The capital city of Japan

is Tokyo, this city has a population of 30 million people, it's the second country most populated

after China.
Etymology:

    The Japanese word for Japan is 日本, which is pronounced Nihon or Nippon and literally

means "the origin of the sun",

History:

    First, Japan was funded in the century VII B.C by the Emperor Jimmu, during the V and VI

was introduced the chinese calligraphy system and other chinese traditions.

Then in the XVI century, merchants from Portugal, Spain, Netherlands and England funded

Christian missions.

     Then in 1549 the Spanish missioner San Francisco Javier arrived to preach the Christianism

in Japan.At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the shogunate (a Japanese title that literally

designated the "commander-in-chief for the destruction of the barbarians") became suspicious of

the Christian missions, considering them precursors of a military conquest by European forces

and, as a protection measure, ordered the closure of  Japan to all relations with the outside world

except for restricted contacts with Chinese and Dutch merchants in the city of Nagasaki, this

enclosure durated 251 years until the year 1854.

    Finally, For a long period, the restored contact with the West caused changes in Japanese

society. After a strong civil conflict called Boshin War, the shogunate was forced to resign and

the power was returned to the emperor.La Restauración Meiji de 1868 inició varias reformas.

    The Meiji Restoration of 1868 initiated several reforms. The feudal system was abolished and

numerous Western institutions were adopted, including a Western legal and governmental

system, along with other economic, social and military reforms that transformed Japan into a

medium-high world power.

References:
Conoce Japon (2011-2012). Japón. Tokyo,Japan.

Taken from:http://www.conocejapon.com/japon/

Photography from: https://www.imagenesmy.com/imagenes/map-of-chugoku-region-japan-

00.html