History of Japan

There are so many holidays that Japan has and celebrates. Some of the holidays include Setsubun which is the beginning of spring, Shogatsu which is New Year's, Valentine's Day, and many more.

Well, that depends on a few things. first, and foremost, is it actually a police sword. army officer's dress swords are often mistaken for police swords, and there are even sites where people seem to have done their research that are mistaken about it. the aforementioned dress Sabre will be roughly the size of a standard military Sabre having a blade which is 29-32 inches in length and chrome plated. army swords will also have either a Kiku or Sakura badge on the backstrap of the hilt. the kiku being a flower with 16 petals, the sakura having 5. the police badge is harder to describe, it is a five pointed star with an angled ray coming over each of the points. like i said, hard to describe, but if you have that on your sword, you will know exactly what i mean when you read it. either of those swords are not worth a whole ton, i would pay maybe $300-400 for one in decent shape [hilt in good repar, sheath intact, no scratches on the blade, etc.]. unless in HORRIBLE condition, i would not let one go for less than about $75-100. the other type of police sword i have encountered is much shorter, having a blade length of 16-18 inches. it will also have the police badge that i previously mentioned. these swords are older, and better made than the previous examples. they are usually hand forged blades, some are signed, some are not, they have chromed sheaths, and wire-wrapped leather hilts without a knuckle guard. depending mostly on the condition of the blade [a good blade should be bright, reflective, have no pitting or chips, and most importantly, have a visible temper line near the edge.] one of these could go for $150 on the the low end, and i really good one, i would pay 800+ for. if you would like to send me pictures so i may make a better distinction, email me at pfc.mason@hotmail.com

Predictably, it is rice, down from a maximum of 14 million metric tons annually in the 1960's, but still nearly 12 million metric tons in 1999. Importation is heavily taxed, and as late as 2005, the Japanese government was subsidizing rice production at up to ten times its actual world market value.

Mostly Samurais in training practiced calligraphy, practiced the rituals of tea ceremonies, wrote poetry (usually haikus), practiced swordsmanship and archery, and occassionally had lessons on seppuku and Bushido.

North and South Korea remained separated. North Korea=Communist and South Korea=Democratic

From F.S. (aka Gas Station Owner

it depends, often they are made from steel or modern ones stainless steel but there are a few swords used for decoration which are finished or made of silver or even gold.

Before the end of World War II, Shinto was the state religion.

Atilla the hun

Up until the 1850's and 1860's Japan had a political system similar to that of medieval Europe but did not keep this when it made contact with Western governments and later changed to a Democracy as a result of the American occupation of Japan after WWII. Today it has a made special democracy for itself by mixing Japanese and American cultures and ideas

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Prince Shotoku came into power in 593 A.D. when Empress Suiko ascended the throne. He was her regent but as the ruler of Japan until his death in 622! He married Empress Suiko's daughter, Princess Udodonokaidako. I got this information from the New World Encyclopedia. The Website is: www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Prince_Shotoku. I hope that helped!

Russia, in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905

first he finished japans unification, and then he finished off their enemies in the 1600's. He also gave the Daimyos their land, to make sure the Daimyos stayed true to him he made a system called sankin-kotai.

The Great Depression had not affected Japan as severely as it had other nations. In the late 1930s, she began to flex her muscles. The war with China in 1937 was just the beginning. Japan's military leader, General Hedeki Tojo, along with some other leaders, wanted to prove Japan was a world power.

Japanese immigration to America begain in 1819Japanese immigration to America begain in 1819

The Occidental (Western) race was over confident, knowing that not since the days of Attila the Hun or Ghengis Khan had an Oriental (Eastern) race defeated them. When it happened in 1905 they were stunned.

His hobbies were kendo, reading the bible, and even gambling

japan became a modern industrialized power

they are the positions in which a samurai serves his daimyo

Samurai were loyal to a diamyo in return for land. After a battle, the surviving samurai were given land as a reward for their loyalty.

Sakura is cherry blossom.桜の花is the Japanese letter translation.

yes it is they gained their independence a while back now

By hard work.

Constitutional Monarchy

Hideyoshi invaded Korea with designs of eventually conquering China. From the Korean's perspective, they didn't really care why they were being invaded. They just wanted to succesfully repel the invaders.