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Japan - Culture, Traditions, Religion: It is common for Western observers of contemporary Japan to emphasize its great economic achievement without equal regard to cultural attributes. Yet Japanese cultural distinctiveness and the manner in which it developed are instructive in understanding how it is that Japan came to be the first non-Western ...
Japan - Shintoism, Buddhism, Samurai: It is not known when humans first settled on the Japanese archipelago. It was long believed that there was no Paleolithic occupation in Japan, but since World War II thousands of sites have been unearthed throughout the country, yielding a wide variety of Paleolithic tools.
By Charlie Campbell. September 27, 2024 3:45 AM EDT. I shiba Shigeru is set to become Japan’s new Prime Minister after winning the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in a ...
Japan's incoming prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, signalled continuity this weekend in his early decisions on key posts for his government, suggesting a desire for stability after an unpredictable ...
Japan’s governing party has picked former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as its leader, setting him up to become prime minister next week. The party's leadership is a ticket to the top job because the Liberal Democratic Party’s governing coalition controls parliament.
Sept. 27, 2024 Updated 5:58 a.m. ET. The elite power brokers of Japan ’s governing party appeared to take public sentiment into account on Friday when they chose Shigeru Ishiba, 67, to become ...
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