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A New Woman of Japan: A Political Biography of Katō Shidzue is a 1996 book about Shidzue Katō by Helen M. Hopper, published by Westview Press.. Barbara Molony of Santa Clara University described it as the first "critical biography" of Katō, [1] and that the work "captured the importance of" Katō's relationships.
Japan has the second highest median age in the world (behind only Monaco). An improved quality of life and regular health checks are just two reasons why Japan has one of the highest life expectancies in the world. The life expectancy from birth in Japan improved significantly after World War II, rising 20 years in the decade between 1945 and ...
A new constitution took effect in 1947 according to which the emperor became largely a symbolic head of state. Japan regained its sovereignty in 1952, and in 1972 the US gave back some islands, the Ryukyu, that included Okinawa. Japan's economic growth was swift, relying on new technologies, manufacturing and a protectionist attitude.
Japan is the world's fastest aging country and has the highest proportion of elderly citizens of any country, comprising one-third of its total population; [234] this is the result of a post–World War II baby boom, which was followed by an increase in life expectancy and a decrease in birth rates. [235] Japan has a total fertility rate of 1.4 ...
Table illustrating the kami that appeared during the creation of Heaven and Earth according to Japanese mythology.. In Japanese mythology, the Japanese Creation Myth (天地開闢, Tenchi-kaibyaku, Literally "Creation of Heaven & Earth") is the story that describes the legendary birth of the celestial and creative world, the birth of the first gods, and the birth of the Japanese archipelago.
[4] [5] In 2016 her 10th novel, Konbini ningen (Convenience Store Woman), won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, [6] and she was named one of Vogue Japan's Women of the Year. [7] Konbini ningen has sold over 1.5 million copies in Japan [8] and in 2018 it became her first book to be translated into English, under the title Convenience Store Woman. [9]
At the same time, the people drew inspiration from new ideas and fields of study. Dutch books brought into Japan stimulated interest in Western learning, called rangaku or "Dutch learning". [155] The physician Sugita Genpaku, for instance, used concepts from Western medicine to help spark a revolution in Japanese ideas of human anatomy. [156]
Japan's foreign policy in an era of global change (A&C Black, 2013) Iriye, Akira. Japan and the wider world: from the mid-nineteenth century to the present (Longman, 1997) Jung-Sun, Han. "Rationalizing the Orient: The" East Asia Cooperative Community" in Prewar Japan." Monumenta Nipponica (2005): 481-514. in JSTOR; Lafeber, Walter.