1. History & Culture: Japan and Korea

2. Early History Japan and Korea were influenced by China
Ex.: Chinese missionaries brought Buddhism to Japan & Korea

3. Emperors (Japan)
The 1st governments in Japan had emperors (sound familiar?)
The capital was Kyoto
Emperors were often more concerned with art than running the country – power slipped away

4. The Japanese Feudal System- 1200 – 1800 AD
Emperor Shogun – “Great General” Daimyo – Land owners Samurai- warriors Peasants – 90%

5. Shoguns (Japan) Power fell to the shoguns
Shogun- Japanese military leader
Each shogun ruled in emperors name

6. Samurai (Japan) Samurai- highly trained Japanese warriors
Samurai = “Those who serve”
Were very respected in society
Followed an honor code – Bushido – “Way of the Warrior”

7. Qualities of a Samurai Justice Courage Mercy Politeness Honesty Honor
Loyalty
Self-Control

8. Samurai - Japan Training begins in childhood
Combination of poetry, physical
training, & Buddhism
Wore kimonos
Hair in a topknot
“Obi” or belt that held the
samurai’s sword was worn
on the left side

9. Samurai - Japan
Seppuku – Japanese ritual of suicide performed by samurai
Used voluntarily by the samurai to prevent capture
Used to punish a samurai for serious offenses
Believed to restore honor

10. Closing the door on the rest of the world…
~1600 AD, Tokugawa rulers begin ruling – distrust foreigners
Tokugawas ended almost all foreign trade
Kicked out foreigners
No Japanese allowed
outside Japan
(Sound familiar?)

11. World War II & the Korean War

12. Later Japan
In World War II who did the Japanese side with? The Axis Powers
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii – Dec. 7, 1941
2,500 Americans killed, 18 ships, 300 planes destroyed

13. Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 - America is brought in WW2

14. The Manhattan Project-the Atomic Bombs
American plans for bomb begins in 1942
1st nuclear weapons created

15. Atomic Bombs Dropped August 6 & 9, 1945 Hiroshima & Nagasaki
185,000 immediate deaths
Japan surrenders Aug. 15