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Aspects of Japanese Shipping History

http://ideas.repec.org/p/cep/stijsp/376.html
Outlines trends in the development of Japan's commercial shipping prior to World War I. Argues that the promotion of the industry was undertaken primarily not for commercial, but for strategic imperialist reasons.
Business and Politics in Early 20th Century Japan

http://ideas.repec.org/p/cep/stijsp/429.html
Seeks to clarify the contributions and limitations of Japanese business diplomacy. Argues that Japanese business diplomacy, was insufficiently influential to prevent political and military conflict.
Dancing People are Happy People

http://www.uwosh.edu/home_pages/faculty_staff/earns/niblo.html
Essay on the introduction of square dancing to the people of Nagasaki in 1946 and its increase of social mixing between sexes and cultures.
Emperor Hirohito in 20th Century History: The Debate Rekindles

http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp92.html
Examines a new debate on Hirohito and his role in WWII and history, and as at once a product and an active agent of Japan's modern historical process.
Fukuzawa Yukichi

http://www.zombiezodiac.com/rob/fukuzawa.htm
Short college essay on Fukuzawa, who was one of the Meiji Era's most influential figures.
Great Japanese Inventors in History

http://www.batfa.com/greatjapanese.html
List and description of several Meiji Era Japanese inventors, with descriptions of in their creations and biographies.
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

http://www.jpri.org/publications/occasionalpapers/op17.html
Essay on Hirohito and the Japanese government coming to grips with Japan's decision to go to war and their post-war relationship with the United States.
History Textbook Controversies in Japan

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED464010.pdf
Provides full-text access to the ERIC Digest of this name which looks at Japanese textbooks and how they cover Japanese history from the early 20th Century.
Imperial Japanese Navy Page

http://www.combinedfleet.com/
Contains pictures of former vessels in the wartime navy, as well as information on their guns, torpedoes, sensors, names, and officers.
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records

http://www.jacar.go.jp/english/
Provides electronic access to digital images of historical records about modern Japan-Asia relations held by Japanese national institutions. Includes records held by the National Archives of Japan, the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the National Institute for Defense Studies of the National Defense Agency. Time period: early Meiji (1867-1912) era through World War II. In English and Japanese.
Japanese History

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e641.html
History of Japan. Overview, and ancient to modern Japan
Japanese Militarism & Diaoyutai (Senkaku) Island

http://www.skycitygallery.com/japan/diaohist.html
Essay by a Kyoto University professor attacking Japanese nationalism and asserting that the Diaoyutai islands are rightfully China's.
Largest Cities in Japan: Population from 1890

http://www.demographia.com/db-jp-city1940.htm
Shows populations in major Japanese cities every decade from 1890.
MIT Visualizing Cultures -- Japan

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/home/
Visual culture (art, photography, video, etc) of Japan since the mid-19th century. The aim of the collection, created by Pulitzer-Prize winner John Dower, is to gain new perspectives on "cultures" in the broadest sense. "Cultures" include Westernization, modernization, changing modes of technology and mass communication, imperialism, nationalism, militarism, racism, commercialization and consumerism. Begins with the black ships of Commodore Perry and ends with pictures by A-bomb survivors.
Nengo Dates

http://www.lioncoins.com/dates.htm
Offers quick conversion from the traditional Japanese calendar system from 1868 to the Gregorian calendar.
Politics and the Economy in Pre-War Japan

http://ideas.repec.org/p/cep/stijsp/381.html
Discusses the influences that led to the economic policies pursued in the interwar period.
Secret of Sakhalin Island (Karafuto)

http://www.karafuto.com/
Overview of history and discovery of Sakhalin Island (Karafuto), one of the territories still disputed between Japan and Russia.
The Confusion Era

http://smithsonianeducation.org/migrations/sackler/salthome.html
Describes postwar American involvement in remodeling Japanese society, along with pictures of several posters used for information and propaganda.
Timeline of Japanese History

http://www.askasia.org/teachers/essays/essay.php?no=131/
Brief outline of historical periods from the Jomon Period to the present.
Whale Meat in the Traditional Japanese Diet

http://luna.pos.to/whale/jwa_trad.html
From the Jomon period to 1987.

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