Asian Status in the Dominican Republic
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This 10 page paper discusses the history of the Dominican Republic and its struggles with its neighbor Haiti, and how these incursions led the Dominican dictator Trujillo to invite first Spanish, and then Japanese, immigrants to settle on the island. It also discusses the fact that the conditions that the newcomers found were substantially different from those they had been promised, and that both the Japanese government and that of the Dominican Republic failed to given the newcomers the support they needed. Finally, it discusses the fact that most of the Japanese were repatriated or encouraged to settle in other Latin American countries; this included those that were born on the island. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVDomRep.rtf

Battle Of Nomanhan, Mongolia (Khalkin-Gol River) / Analyzed
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This 5 page research paper examines the 1939 Battle of Nomanhan border dispute between the Soviet and Japanese armies. Specifically discussed are the causes of the underlying causes of the battle, what took place, and its impact. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Nomanhan.rtf

Best Foreign Film of 1950 -- Roshomon
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This 5 page report discusses Akira Kurosawa's movie "Roshomon" and gives a summary of the movie and the reasons it has remained a compelling film even after nearly fifty years.
Filename: BWrosho

Bibliography/Role of Japanese Wives
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A 3 page annotated bibliography that is in reference to the topic of how the role of married Japanese women in family life has changed as the Japanese economy has developed, covering the period from 1950 to present.
Filename: khjpgen.rtf

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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A Reconsideration of the Facts Surrounding the U.S. A 4 page discussion of the reasons surrounding the U.S. use of A-bombs during World War II. The author points out reasons that a growing body of individuals are considering that use unjustified since our knowledge of the circumstances of the war now reveals that it is quite likely that the war would have ended quickly without the use of such drastic measures. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPjapBm2.rtf

Buddhism
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5 pages in length. The writer provides a detailed description of Buddhism, as well as touches upon Confucianism, Taoism, Falun Gong and Shintoism. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: TLCBuddh.rtf

Bunraku: Costumes and Wigs
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A 6 page paper which examines possible costumes and wigs for the Bunraku production of Love Suicides at Sonezaki involving the character of Tobukei. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAbunku.rtf

Buying a house in Japan
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A 5 page research paper that discusses the processes involved in buying a home in Japan. This paper has been translated into rough Italian. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khhouita.wps

Canada: Little Tolerance For Hybridized Identity
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8 pages in length. Pearl Harbor created fear in the hearts of all North Americans; in order to quell that fear and maintain control over its political, social and economic concerns, Canada worked hard to harshly dissuade any hybrid Japanese residents from becoming spies. These tactics, considered to be over-reactive at best and downright inhumane at worst, included the complete and utter downgrade of a once-participatory and mainstreamed population by forcing Japanese Canadians to forfeit their property, and, after being deprive of liberty, the men "were impressed into forced labor and the women and children transported to ghost towns and abandoned mining camps in the interior of the country to fend for themselves" (Milton 8). The disturbing sting of this sudden intolerance for an individual's hybrid identity has lasted long after the initial reason for its original existence, rendering Canada yet another in a long list of countries where the melting pot of multiculturalism has become an unwelcome entity, an element of modernity painfully portrayed in Wayson Choy's "Jade Peony" and Joy Kogawa's "Obasan." Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLChybrd.rtf