Essays and Research Papers on Japan & Japanese Issues

This 5 page paper delves into assimilation in America. The relationships that governed external and internal life amongst Japanese-Americans and Spanish-speaking Americans are discussed in the context of two works: Translation Nation by Tobar and Growing Up Nisei by Yoo. Some quotes are included. No additional sources are used.

In five pages this paper examines this famous Second World War battle of February to March 1945 and includes the events that led up to it, the importance of controlling the island, and the combat conditions confronting the U.S. Marines. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography.

This 3 page paper discusses Yoshiko Uchida's memoir about her time in a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Her crime and that of her family was simply being of Japanese descent. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4-page paper focuses on the challenges that Asian companies face as they go global. The companies highlighted are Toyota and Honda. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper examines an article on manga and anime. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the themes of coming of age in Farewell to Manzanar by James Houston. There are no additional sources.

In a paper of three pages, the author writes about the book Confucius Lives Next Door, by T. R. Reid. The author of this paper discusses how the book is not a very good representation of Confucianism in Japanese culture. There are two sources cited in this paper.

This 3 page essay draws upon the scholarship of Gluck (1998) to reports on social reform occurring in Japan in the late 1990s. Bibliography lists 1 source.

In a paper of three pages, the author writes about an article focused on the use of social media and the earthquake in Japan in 2011. The author of this paper uses a form to critique the article that was read and the study results. There is one source cited in this paper.

This 4 page paper discusses the Japanese trend favoring virtual relationship over real ones and what this means for women and for Japan. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

In a paper of six pages, the author writes about periods in Japan where the government, culture, and identity was warrior-based. The author of this paper discusses the Kamakura bakufu and the Tokugawa era. There are five sources cited in this paper.