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IMT Special Exhibition “Naval Architecture in Imperial University” (University of Tokyo)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Apr 2016
(Source. University of Tokyo). * End date listed above is tentative. After the Meiji Restoration, following its slogan fukoku kyōhei(enriching the country, strengthening the military) and shokusan kōgyō(encouragement of new industry), Japan promoted the rapid modernization of its social system and industrial techniques in order to rank with powerful Western countries ... ［Organizer］The University Museum, the University of Tokyo (UMUT)....

Learning Japanese from the news / Satcho alliance marks 150th anniversary

Edit The Japan News 16 Mar 2016
Stay abreast of current events and learn Japanese at the same time through articles originally printed in The Yomiuri KODOMO Shimbun. ＝＝＝＝＝ ... ＝＝＝＝＝. SpeechThis year marks the 150th anniversary of the Satcho alliance between the Satsuma and Choshu domains ... Citizens from the two domains played important roles in the central government after the Meiji Restoration, and contributed to the modernization of Japan ... ＝＝＝＝＝ ... 藩（はん）主（しゅ）： domain lord ... ....

Toshio Nishi Returns To Hoover Institution As The Tadahiro Ogawa Fellow (Hoover Institution)

Edit Public Technologies 10 Mar 2016
(Source. Hoover Institution). Hoover Institution research fellow Toshio Nishi, a groundbreaking historian of the US occupation of Japan and author of the Hoover Institution book Unconditional Democracy ... The hardships of war had a defining impact on Nishi's generation ... Nobody believed me ... 'Until I started on the US occupation of Japan, American scholars were focused on the Samurai Edo period or the Imperial Meiji restoration period ... (noodl....

Peter Ryland, NSW architect who inspired a generation of travellers

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 03 Mar 2016
... on architectural restorations ... The courses also included "Shoguns, Tea and the Floating World", an architectural and cultural review of Japan from the first Kamakura Shogunate to the Meiji Restoration, and a full day on the Architecture of Bath and Cheltenham, as well as four other courses on Heian Japan, Florence, Ferrara and Venice....

How Hitler And Hirohito Lead Their People Off A Cliff During A Depression

Edit World History Online 26 Feb 2016
By 1942, what started with the Meiji Restoration, peaked when the Japanese Empire stretched over one-fifth of the Earth’s Surface ... The beginning of the transformation of the island nation into a vast power was the Meiji Restoration which, among other changes, instituted the rule of an Emperor over local Daimyos ... To the Japanese, the Meiji Restoration was a return to the rationality of a balanced way of applying power....

Eating out / Kagurazaka sweet parlor serves richly flavored zoni soup

Edit The Japan News 11 Feb 2016
The Yomiuri ShimbunZoni soup containing mochi is the perfect dish to convey the history of Kinozen, a cafe in Tokyo’s Kagurazaka district that is famous for its anmitsu and matcha-flavored Bavarian cream ... The business transformed into a restaurant of the same name after the 1868 Meiji Restoration, and soon became popular with gourmands, particularly with its sushi and boiled clam dish ... *Kinozen. Open . 11 a.m.-8 p.m ... Closed ... Address ... Tel ... ....

Inada vows LDP push for reforms under Abenomics

Edit The Japan News 10 Feb 2016
“Japan is now at a crossroads as to whether it will return to a deflationary mind-set or achieve a recovery. It’s in a phase of major change like it faced before the Meiji Restoration and postwar reconstruction,” Inada said during a lecture meeting of the Yomiuri International Economic Society at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. “We’d like to push forward reforms humbly, unflinchingly and boldly ... Click to play ... + -. Generating speech ... ....

Samurai Secrets: 1888 Martial Arts Manual for Cops Revealed

Edit Yahoo Daily News 08 Feb 2016
"Life is precious ... In 1868, the Japanese shogun (a hereditary ruler) was overthrown and Japan's government became centralized under the emperor in an event known as the Meiji Restoration. A series of military reforms followed the restoration and included the samurai class gradually losing its privileges. "Works like Kenpo with step-by-step illustrations weren't really around until after the Meiji Restoration....

Together with Foreigners / Foreigners drawn to traditional culture

Edit The Japan News 21 Jan 2016
The Yomiuri ShimbunThis is the fourth installment in a series. When Kyokudo Nanshun appeared in hakama kimono trousers at the Global Kodan event in Osaka in December last year, the audience erupted in applause ... Nanshun’s real name is Carol Ann Rhoads ... The performance dovetailed with her historical interest in the final days of the Tokugawa shogunate and the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), a key figure in the Meiji Restoration ... + - ... ....

Beloved Akita dogs / Long-haired Akitas finally win recognition

Edit The Japan News 29 Dec 2015
Once called “Odate dogs,” Akitas were fighting dogs in the Meiji era (1868-1912) ... Fluffy long hair is considered to be the result of crossbreeding with Sakhalin huskies in the Meiji era and thereafter ... After the Meiji Restoration, dog fighting (see below) became popular, and Odate became its home ... Progress in restoring the pure breed was back at square one....

Nengajo for happiness: One postcard embodies family ties, friendship, affection

Edit The Japan News 24 Dec 2015
The Yomiuri Junior PressWith only one week remaining this year, it’s time to finish up writing nengajo New Year greeting post cards so they can be mailed before the end of the year, an annual tradition for many Japanese ... The exchange of New Year’s greetings became a common practice after the Meiji Restoration in 1868 with the launch of the national postal system ... 1 if post offices received them before year-end ... Slide 1 of 2. PrevNext ... 11....

Address to Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Australian Government)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Dec 2015
(Source. Australian Government). Ladies and Gentleman, ... Some nations have grown faster than others ... I'm told that one of Prime Minister Abe's intellectual heroes is the famous 19th century teacher YOSHIDA (Yo-shee-da) Shoin, who helped to spark the Meiji Restoration ... Today, like Yoshida in the prelude to the Meiji Restoration, and Prime Ministers Menzies and Kishi in the 1950s, we are once again standing on the brink of a brave new world....

Address to Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Prime Minister of Australia)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Dec 2015
(Source. Prime Minister of Australia). Ladies and Gentleman, ... But we also have differences ... I'm told that one of Prime Minister Abe's intellectual heroes is the famous 19th century teacher YOSHIDA (Yo-shee-da) Shoin, who helped to spark the Meiji Restoration ... Today, like Yoshida in the prelude to the Meiji Restoration, and Prime Ministers Menzies and Kishi in the 1950s, we are once again standing on the brink of a brave new world ... (noodl....
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