HISTORY OF JAPAN
GOOD JAPANESE HISTORY WEBSITES: History of Japan by William Gilmore-Lehne stockton.edu/~gilmorew ; Wikipedia article on History of Japan Wikipedia ; Outline Chronology of Japanese Cultural History www4.ncsu.edu ; Samurai Archives samurai-archives.com ; National Museum of Japanese History rekihaku.ac.jp ; Famous Personages in Japan kyoto-su.ac.jp ; Monumenta Nipponica, Respected Journal on Japanese History and Culture monumenta.cc.sophia.ac.jp Links and Sources Japanese History Documentation Project openhistory.org/jhdp ; Cambridge University Bibliography of Japanese History to 1912 ames.cam.ac.uk ; Sengoku Daimyo sengokudaimyo.co ; English Translations of Important Historical Documents hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/iriki ; WWW-VL: History: Japan (semi good but dated source ) vlib.iue.it/history/asia/Japan ;History Links oceanindex.net/index ; Forums Delphi Forums, Good Discussion Group on Japanese History forums.delphiforums.com/samuraihistory ; Tousando tousando.proboards.com ;
EARLY HISTORY OF JAPAN
Links in this Website: FIRST JAPANESE Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; AINU Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; EARLY JAPANESE HISTORY Factsanddetails.com/Japan NARA PERIOD AND HEIAN PERIOD Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; CLASSICAL JAPANESE ART AND SCULPTURE Factsanddetails.com/Japan ;
FIRST JAPANESE: Good Essay on Early Japan aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Origins of the Japanese People nakasendoway.com ; Japanese Archeology www.t-net.ne.jp/~keally/index.htm ; Ancient Japan Washington State University ; Ancient Japan Links on Archeolink archaeolink.com ;Essay on Rice and History aboutjapan.japansociety.org Women in Ancient Japan www.wsu.edu ; Links in this Website: FIRST JAPANESE Factsanddetails.com/Japan ;
Jomon and Yayoi Sites Jomon Japan.org jomonjapan.org ; Wikipedia article on the Jomon Wikipedia ; Memories of the Jomon um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/dm2k-umdb ; Dogu Exhibition at the British Museum britishmuseum.org ; Back to the Future furutasigaku. ; Yayoi Period on Yamasa History site yamasa.org/history/english/yayoi
AINU: Ainu Museum ainu-museum.or.jp ; Smithsonian Site mnh.si.edu/arctic ; Literatures and Materials of Ainus Language jinbunweb.sgu.ac.j ; Wikipedia article on the Ainu Wikipedia ; Ainu Association of Hokkaido ainu-assn.or ; Ainu-North American Similarities molli.org.uk/explorers ; Foundation for Research and Promotion of Ainu Culture frpac.or.jp ; Boone Collection of Ainu Images and Artifacts fieldmuseum.org/research_collections ; Ainu Language and Japan’s Ancient History List of Resources /www.dai3gen.net ; 18th and 19th Centuries Ainu Documents digicoll.library.wisc.edu ; Links in this Website: AINU Factsanddetails.com/Japan ;
Historical Parks Sannai Maruyama Jomon Site in Northern Honshu sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp ; Yoshinogari Historical Park (between Tosu and Saga on the JR Nagasaki line south of Fukuoka) is an interesting historical park that brings to life the Yayoi Period (400 B.C. to A.D. 300). Website: yoshinogari.jp/en ;Good Photos of Jomon, Yayoi and Kofun Sites at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de
EARLY JAPANESE HISTORY : Japanese Archeology www.t-net.ne.jp/~keally/index.htm ; Ancient Japan Washington State University ; Ancient Japan Links on Archeolink archaeolink.com ;Good Photos of Yamato, Nara and Heian Sites at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Links in this Website: EARLY JAPANESE HISTORY Factsanddetails.com/Japan
Yamato Period Wikipedia article on the Yamato period Wikipedia article ; Japanese Creation Myth Washington State University ; Kojiki, Nihongi and Sacred Shinto Texts sacred-texts.com ; Paekche Korea and Yamato Japan gias.snu.ac.kr/wthong/publication/paekche ; Buddhism and Prince Shotoku onmarkproductions.com ; Essay on the Japanese Missions to Tang China aboutjapan.japansociety.org Women in Ancient Japan www.wsu.edu ;
Asuka Wikipedia article on Asuka Wikipedia ; Asuka Park asuka-park.go.jp ; Asuka Historical Museum asukanet.gr.jp ; Asuka and Astronomy 2.gol.com ; UNESCO World Heritage sites ; Map: Asuka Park asuka-park.go.jp
NARA PERIOD AND HEIAN PERIODS: Essay on Nara and Heian Periods aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Ancient Japan Washington State University ; Ancient Japan Links on Archeolink archaeolink.com ; Wikipedia article on the Nara Period Wikipedia ; Wikipedia article on the Heian Period Wikipedia ; Essay on the Japanese Missions to Tang China aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Kusado Sengen, Excavated Medieval Town mars.dti.ne.jp ; Kojiki, Nihongi and Sacred Shinto Texts sacred-texts.com ; Women in Ancient Japan www.wsu.edu ; Good Photos of Yamato, Nara and Heian Sites at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Links in this Website: NARA PERIOD AND HEIAN PERIOD Factsanddetails.com/Japan
NARA Nara Prefecture site pref.nara.jp ;Nara City site narashikanko.jp Map: Japan National Tourism Organization JNTO ; Nara City site narashikanko.jp Temples and Shrines in Nara Park Kofukuji site kohfukuji.com ; Yamasa yamasa.org ; UNESCO World Heritage site: UNESCO website; Kasuga Taisha Shrine (in Nara Park) Wikipedia Wikipedia ; Japan Guide japan-guide.com ; UNESCO World Heritage site: UNESCO website Todaiji Temple Wikipedia Wikipedia UNESCO World Heritage site: UNESCO website Toshodaiji Japan Guide japan-guide.com UNESCO World Heritage site: UNESCO website Shosoin Treasury Repository and Nara Museum aris.ss.uci.edu ;
Mt. Hiei and Enryaku-ji Temple Websites: Enryaku-ji Temple official site hieizan.or.jp ; Kyoto Travel Guide kyoto.travel ; Photos taleofgenji.org ; Marathon monks Lehigh.edu
Tale of Genji Sites: The Tale of Genji.org (Good Site) taleofgenji.org ; Murasaki Shikibu Biography womeninworldhistory.com ; Murasaki Shikibu — Bio, Quotes and Links infionline.net ; Tale of Genji Summary and Characters mcel.pacificu.edu ; Tale of Genji Links meijigakuin.ac.jp ;
Heian Art Sites at the Metropolitan Museum in New York metmuseum.org ; Heian Art at the British Museum britishmuseum.org ; Heian Art at the Tokyo National Museum www.tnm.jp/en ;
SAMURAI PERIOD
Links in this Website: SAMURAI AND DAIMYO Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; NINJAS Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; KAMAKURA PERIOD AND ASHIKAGA PERIOD Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; MONGOL INVASION OF JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; FIRST EUROPEANS IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; HIDEYOSHI TOYOTOMI AND MOMOYAMA PERIOD Factsanddetails.com/Japan
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Good Photos at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Samurai Archives samurai-archives.com ;The Age of the Samurai taots.co.uk ; Bushido, the Way of the Warrior /mcel.pacificu.edu ; Artelino Article on Samurai artelino.com ; Wikipedia article om Samurai Wikipedia Sengoku Daimyo sengokudaimyo.co ; List of Shoguns and Emperors of Japan friesian.com ; Samurai Women on About.com asianhistory.about.com ; Classical Martial Arts koryu.com ; Delphi Forums, Good Discussion Group on Japanese History forums.delphiforums.com/samuraihistory ; Links in this Website: SAMURAI AND DAIMYO Factsanddetails.com/Japan
Samurai Armor, Weapons, Swords and Castles Gallery Samurai gallerysamurai.com ; Samurai Arms and Armor artsofthesamurai.com ; Kinokuniya Samurai Armor Shop www.kinokuniya.tv; Sokendo Samurai Armor Shop www.sokendo.net Armor from Clan Yama Kaminari f yamakaminari.com ; Putting on Armor chiba-muse.or.jp ; Castles of Japan pages.ca.inter.net ; Enthusiasts for Visiting Japanese Castles (good photos but a lot of text in Japanese shirofan.com ; Good Photos of Thousand Warrior Procession at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de
Seppuku Wikipedia article on Seppuku Wikipedia ; Seppuku Ritual Suicide fortunecity.com ; Seppuku — A Practical Guide kyushu.com/gleaner
Tale of 47 Loyal Samurai High School Student Project eonet.ne.jp/~chushingura and Columbia University site columbia.edu/~hds2/chushinguranew Sengakuji Temple is a modest temple dedicated to the 47 samurai who committed ritual suicide in 1702. Website: Japan Guide japan-guide.com
Japanese Swords Japanese Sword Guide earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto ; Blade Diagrams ksky.ne.jp ; Making the Blades www.metmuseum.org ; Wikipedia article wikipedia.org ; Katana Swords coldweapon.org ; Tokugawa Art sanmei.com/en-us ; Nihonto nihonto.ca ; Seto Cutlery Sword Site setocut.co.jp ; Bushido Japanese Swords bushidojapaneseswords.com
NINJAS: Book: “Secrets of the Ninja” by Hiromitsu Kuroi (DH Publishing, 2003) Websites: Iga-ryu Ninja Museum site iganinja.jp ; Wikipedia article on Ninjas Wikipedia ; About.com on Ninjas asianhistory.about.com ; Ninjas and Film illuminatedlantern.com ; Shaolin Society on Ninjas shaolin-society.co.uk ; Links in this Website: NINJAS Factsanddetails.com/Japan
KAMAKURA PERIOD AND ASHIKAGA PERIOD: Essay on Kamakura and Muromachi Periods aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Middlebury College article middlebury.edu ; Wikipedia article on the Kamakura Period Wikipedia ; Minamoto Yoritomo Ninpo.org ; Samurai Archives article on Minamoto Yoritomo samurai-archives.com ; Wikipedia article on Muromachi Period Wikipedia ; Tale of Heike site meijigakuin.ac.jp ; Links in this Website: KAMAKURA PERIOD AND ASHIKAGA PERIOD Factsanddetails.com/Japan
Kamakura City Websites: Kamakura Today kamakuratoday.com ; Wikipedia Wikipedia ; Kamakura City site city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp Map: Japan National Tourism Organization JNTO Kamakura Today ,aps kamakuratoday.com ; Good Photos at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de
MONGOL INVASION OF JAPAN: The Age of the Samurai taots.co.uk ; Scrolls of the mongol Invasion of Japan bowdoin.edu/mongol-scrolls ; Historic Spots of the Mongol Invasion yokanavi.com/eg/landmark ; 2010 Book on The Mongol Invasion of Japan historyofwar.org ; Myth of Kamikaze asianresearch.org ; All Experts.com en.allexperts.com ; Links in this Website: MONGOL INVASION OF JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
Kublai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty Wikipedia Yuan Dynasty Wikipedia ;Mongols afe.easia.columbia.edu Mongols Wikipedia Wikipedia ; Mongol Empire allempires.com ; Ghengis Khan, National Geographic National Geographic.com ; Wikipedia Kublai Khan Wikipedia ; Kublai Khan notablebiographies.com ; YUAN DYNASTY Facts and Details Factsanddetails.com/Japan
FIRST EUROPEANS IN JAPAN : Good Photos at Japan-Photo Archive of Christianity japan-photo.de ; Wikipedia article on Christianity in Japan Wikipedia ; Catholic Encyclopedia Article on Japan (scroll down for info on Christianity in Japan) newadvent.org ; History of Japanese Catholic Church english.pauline.or.jp ; Early History of Christianity in Japan nestorian.org ; Artelino Article on the Dutch in Nagasaki artelino.com ;Essay on Use of the Term Orient aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Links in this Website: FIRST EUROPEANS IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
HIDEYOSHI TOYOTOMI AND THE MOMOYAMA PERIOD: Essay on Epoch of Unification (1568-1615) aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Essay on Kamakura and Muromachi Periods aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Wikipedia article on the Momoyama Period Wikipedia ; Samurai Archives Article on Oda Nobunaga samurai-archives.com/nobunaga ; Oda Nobunaga Site odanobunaga.com ; Samurai Archives Article on Hideyoshi Toyotomi samurai-archives.com/hideyoshi ; Hideyoshi Toyotomi bio zenstoriesofthesamurai.com ; Wikipedia article on Battle of Sekigahara Wikipedia ; Good Photos at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Links in this Website: HIDEYOSHI TOYOTOMI AND MOMOYAMA PERIOD Factsanddetails.com/Japan
Christianity in Japan: Good Photos at Japan-Photo Archive of Christianity japan-photo.de ; Wikipedia article on Christianity in Japan Wikipedia ; Catholic Encyclopedia Article on Japan (scroll down for info on Christianity in Japan) newadvent.org ; History of Japanese Catholic Church english.pauline.or.jp ; Early History of Christianity in Japan nestorian.org ; Artelino Article on the Dutch in Nagasaki artelino.com
TOKUGAWA IEYASU AND THE EDO PERIOD
Links in this Website: TOKUGAWA IEYASU AND THE EDO PERIOD Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPAN, THE WEST AND THE EDO PERIOD Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; LIFE AND CULTURE IN THE EDO PERIOD Factsanddetails.com/Japan
TOKUGAWA IEYASU AND THE EDO PERIOD: Books : “Edo, The City That Became Tokyo: An Illustrated History” by Akira Naito (Kodansha Press, 2003) and “Giving Up the Gun, Japan’s Reversion from the Sword “ by Noel Perrin. Websites Essay on Epoch of Unification (1568-1615) aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Essay on the Polity opf the Tokugawa Era aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Wikipedia article on the Edo Period Wikipedia ; Samurai Archives on Tokugawa Ieyasu samurai-archives.com ; Wikipedia article on the History of Tokyo Wikipedia; Making of Modern Japan, Google e-book books.google.com/books
Culture in the Edo Period Edo-Tokyo Museum edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp ; Edo Virtual Tour us-japan.org/edomatsu ; ; Edo Castle us-japan.org/edomatsu Tokugawa Art Museum tokugawa-art-museum. ; Good Photos at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ;
Ukiyo-e Viewing Japanese Prints viewingjapaneseprints ; Ukiyo-e Pictures of te Floating World ukiyo-e.se ; Jim Breen’s Ukiyo-e Gallery csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/ukiyoe ; Art.com www.art.com ; Artelino Japanese Prints artelino.com ; Gallery Sakura gallery-sakura.com ; Asian Collector’s Internet Auction woodblockprint.com ; Ukiyo-e from the Sweetbriar Collection artgallery.sbc.edu/ukiyoe ;
MEIJI PERIOD AND BEFORE WORLD WAR II
Links in this Website: PERRY, BLACK SHIPS AND JAPAN OPENS UP Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; MEIJI PERIOD Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPAN BEFORE WORLD WAR II Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; EMPEROR HIROHITO Factsanddetails.com/Japan
PERRY, BLACK SHIPS AND JAPAN OPENS UP : Perry Visits Japan, a Visual History brown.edu/japan/images ;U.S. Navy Museum on Perry history.navy.mil ; Black Ships and Samurai MIT Visualizing Culture ; U.S. Navy Museum on Perry in Japan U.S. Navy Museum Making of Modern Japan, Google e-book books.google.com/books ; Links in this Website: PERRY, BLACK SHIPS AND JAPAN OPENS UP Factsanddetails.com/Japan
Shimoda (near southern tip of the Izu Peninsula) is where Commodore Matthew Perry's black ships arrived in Japan Good Websites: Escape from Tokyo mikesblender.com ; Shimoda Tourist Association shimoda-city.info Map: Shimoda City PDF file shimoda-city.info ;
MEIJI PERIOD Books: “The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics and the Opening of Old Japan” by Christopher Benfey (Random House, 2003); “Inventing Japan: 1853-1964" by Ian Buruma (Modern Library, 2003). Other books by Buruma include A Japanese Mirror and The Missionary and the Libertine. Good Websites: Images of the Westernization of Japan MIT Visualizing Culture ; Wikipedia article on the Meiji Restoration Wikipedia ; Tokugawa Period Influence on the Meiji Restoration wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu ; Essay on Meiji Restoration aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; 1889 Constitution history.hanover.edu/texts ; Noichi Ryoma Historical Museum (for Sakamoto Ryoma) baobab.or.jp/~ryoma ; Japan Conflicts Between 1800 and 1999 on Wars of the World onwar.com/aced/nation/jay/japan ; Japan Industrial Archeology Society museum.kyoto-u.ac.jp ; Meiji Taisho http://www.meijitaisho.net Making of Modern Japan, Google e-book books.google.com/books ;
Meiji Shrine (in Yoyogi Park) is a popular and impressive shrine, dedicated Emperor Meiji, the 19th century ruler
Website: Meiji Jingu site meijijingu.or.jp ; Good Photos at Japan-Photo Archive japan-photo.de ; Links in this Website: MEIJI PERIOD Factsanddetails.com/Japan
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR : Sino-Japanese War Sino-Japanese War.com sinojapanesewar.com ; Wikipedia article on the Sino-Japanese War Wikipedia ; Sino-Japanese War Images MIT Visualizing Culture Making of Modern Japan, Google e-book books.google.com/books ; Links in this Website: RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR Factsanddetails.com/Japan
Russo-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War Research Society russojapanesewar.com ; Treaty of Portsmouth Text net.lib.byu.edu ; Library of Congress Article frontiers.loc.gov ; Wikipedia article Wikipedia ; Japan Conflicts Between 1800 and 1999 on Wars of the World onwar.com/aced/nation/jay/japan Russo-Japanese War Images MIT Visualizing Culture and MIT Visualizing Culture ;After the Russo-Japanese War Images MIT Visualizing Culture ; Essay on Humor, China and Japan aboutjapan.japansociety.org
JAPAN BEFORE WORLD WAR II: Essay on 20th Century Japan aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Essay on Imperial Japan 1894-1945 aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Another Essay on Imperial Japan aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Wikipedia article on Empire of Japan Wikipedia ;Axis History axishistory.com ; Making of Modern Japan, Google e-book books.google.com/books ; After the Russo-Japanese War Images MIT Visualizing Culture ; Japan Conflicts Between 1800 and 1999 on Wars of the World onwar.com/aced/nation/jay/japan ;1923 Tokyo Earthquake Images eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center ; Great Kanto earthquake of 1923 dl.lib.brown.edu/kanto ; 1923 Tokyo Earthquake Photo Gallery japan-guide.com ; Links in this Website: JAPAN BEFORE WORLD WAR II Factsanddetails.com/Japan
EMPEROR HIROHITO: Book: “Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan” by Herbet P. Bix (HarperCollins, 2000) is a critically acclaimed 800-page work that won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2000. Bix worked on the book for 10 years while he was professor history at Hitosubashi University in Tokyo. Good Websites and Sources: Book on Hirohito amazon.com/Hirohito-Making-Modern-Japan ; Hirohito and Japan cidc.library.cornell.edu ; PBS Article pbs.org/wgbh ; Spartacus Educational Article spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk ; Wikipedia article Wikipedia ; Rotten.com Piece rotten.com/library/bio ; Hirohito’s World War II Surrender Speech mtholyoke.edu/acad ; Links in this Website: JAPAN BEFORE WORLD WAR II Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; EMPEROR HIROHITO Factsanddetails.com/Japan JAPAN AFTER WORLD WAR II Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPAN’S ECONOMIC MIRACLE AND THE 1950s, 60s, AND 70s Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPAN’S BUBBLE ECONOMY AND COLLAPSE Factsanddetails.com/Japan
JAPAN AFTER WORLD WAR II
Links in this Website: JAPAN AFTER WORLD WAR II Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPAN’S ECONOMIC MIRACLE AND THE 1950s, 60s, AND 70s Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPAN’S BUBBLE ECONOMY AND COLLAPSE Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPAN’S POST BUBBLE RECESSION IN THE 1990s Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; SHINZO ABE, YASUO FUKUDA AND TARO ASO Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; YUKIO HATOYAMA AND A NEW GOVERNMENT IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
JAPAN AFTER WORLD WAR II: Books: “Making of Modern Japan” by Marius Jansen (2000);”Inventing Japan: (1853-1964)” by Ian Buruma (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2003). “Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II” by John Dowser of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1999. Good Websites and Sources: U.S. Army in Post-World-War-II Japan army.mil/postwarjapan ; Post World-War-II Japan hartford-hwp.com Essay on Allied Occupation of Japan aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Essay on Postwar Japan 1952-1989 aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Essay on 20th Century Japan aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Birth of the Constitution of Japan ndl.go.jp/constitution ; Constitution of Japan solon.org/Constitutions/Japan ; Takazawa Collection at the University of Hawaii on Social Japanese Social Movements takazawa.hawaii.edu ; Documents Related to Postwar Politics and International Relations ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp ; Japan Echo, a Journal on Japanese Politics and Society japanecho.com ; Links in this Website: JAPAN AFTER WORLD WAR II Factsanddetails.com/Japan
JAPAN’S ECONOMIC MIRACLE AND THE 1950s, 60s, AND 70s: Books: “Making of Modern Japan” by Marius Jansen (2000);”Inventing Japan: (1853-1964)” by Ian Buruma (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2003). Good Websites and Sources: Wikipedia article Wikipedia ; Jref Article wa-pedia.com ; Long Blog Report dostoevskiansmiles.blogspot.com ; Yale Paper on the Economic Miracle econ.yale.edu ; Book on The Economic Miracle amazon.com/Allied-Occupation-Japans-Economic-Miracle ; Essay on Japan’s Rebirth at the 1964 Olympics aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Essay on Age of the Middle Class aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Center for Defense Information on the Japanese Red Army cdi.org/friendlyversion/printversion ; Wikipedia article on the Japanese Red Army Wikipedia ; Yukio Mishima's Suicide dennismichaeliannuzz.tripod.com/finalDay ; Wikipedia article on the Lockheed Scandal Wikipedia ; Links in this Website: JAPAN’S ECONOMIC MIRACLE AND THE 1950s, 60s, AND 70s Factsanddetails.com/Japan
JAPAN’S BUBBLE ECONOMY AND RECESSION : Essay on Contemporary Japan 1989 to Present aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Wikipedia article on Nakasone Wikipedia ; Nakasone on Hatoyama New York Times ; The Japan Bubble Economy lewrockwell.com/thornton ; Bubble Economy and the Bank of Japan allacademic.com ; IMF Paper on the 1980s Asset Price Bubble pdf fileimes.boj.or.jp/english ; Land Prices Between 1974 and 2007 tochi.mlit.go.jp ; Global Property Report on Japan foreclosured.blogspot.com ; Lessons the Recession in Japan in the 1990s rjones2818.blogspot.com ; Book; The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics, Lessons from Japan’s Great Recession wiley.com/WileyCDA ; Bubble Burst and Recession — 1990s grips.ac.jp/teacher/oono ; Essay on 20th Century Japan aboutjapan.japansociety.org ; Links in this Website: JAPAN’S BUBBLE ECONOMY AND COLLAPSE Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; JAPAN’S POST BUBBLE RECESSION IN THE 1990s Factsanddetails.com/Japan
JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI: Japanese Government Profile kantei.go.jp and kantei.go.jp ; Wikipedia article Wikipedia ; New York Times articles nytimes.com ; Yasukuni Shrine homepage yushimatenjin ; Links in this Website: JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; SHINZO ABE, YASUO FUKUDA AND TARO ASO Factsanddetails.com/Japan ; YUKIO HATOYAMA AND A NEW GOVERNMENT IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
SHINZO ABE,YASUO FUKUDA AND TARO ASO : Japanese Government Profile on Shinzo Abe kantei.go.jp and kantei.go.jp ; Wikipedia article on Shinzo Abe Wikipedia ; New York Times articles on Shinzo Abe nytimes.com ; Japanese Government Profile on Yasuo Fukuda kantei.go.jp and kantei.go.jp ; Wikipedia article on Yasuo Fukuda Wikipedia ; New York Times articles on Yasuo Fukuda nytimes.com ; Japanese Government Profiles of Taro Aso kantei.go.jp and mofa.go.jp/abou ; Wikipedia article on Taro Aso Wikipedia ; New York Times articles on Taro Aso nytimes.com ; Google E-Book: Japan in the 21st Century, Environment, Economy and Society (2005) books.google.com/books ; Links in this Website: SHINZO ABE, YASUO FUKUDA AND TARO ASO Factsanddetails.com/Japan
YUKIO HATOYAMA AND A NEW GOVERNMENT IN JAPAN : Japanese Government Articles kantei.go.jp ; Wikipedia article Wikipedia ; New York Times articles nytimes.com ; Hatoyama Speech huffingtonpost.com ; CIA List of Current World Leaders /www.cia.gov/library ; Japan Politics Central jpcentral.virginia.edu List and Links to Government Agencies on Adminet admi.net/world/jp ; Nakasone on Hatoyama New York Times ; Links in this Website: YUKIO HATOYAMA AND A NEW GOVERNMENT IN JAPAN Factsanddetails.com/Japan
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