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EAST ASIA – Part II JAPAN I. Intro Physical – A. topography B. Plate tectonics

Tokyo 1923 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami. EAST ASIA – Part II JAPAN I. Intro Physical – A. topography B. Plate tectonics   70 year cycle of earthquakes- 1633, 1703, 1782, 1853, 1923 1923- killed 140,000- firestorm, tsunami. DEMOGRAPHICS Settlement history

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EAST ASIA – Part II JAPAN I. Intro Physical – A. topography B. Plate tectonics

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  1. Tokyo 1923 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami • EAST ASIA – Part II • JAPAN • I. Intro • Physical – A. topography • B. Plate tectonics •   70 year cycle of earthquakes- 1633, 1703, 1782, 1853, 1923 • 1923- killed 140,000- firestorm, tsunami

  2. DEMOGRAPHICS • Settlement history • Jomon/Ainu (Caucasian) • 2. Chinese influence (200 BC-200 AD)

  3. 3. Racial/ethnic homogeneity Minorities – foreigners, social minorities (burakumin)

  4. Population density/distribution

  5. C. Urbanization • Tokaido Megalopolis • Kanto Plain • Tokyo (finance, service) • Yokohama (port) • Kawasaki (heavy indust)

  6. D. Population implosion

  7. IV. Resources and land use • Agriculture • Mineral resources

  8. V. Economic development • A. Isolationism • 16th cent - European colonists, missionaries • end 16th - emperor close country to foreigners/trade • 2. Meiji restoration1868 • Commodore Perry (American) in 1853 • begin to modernize, industrialize • 3. Shift from agriculture/fishing to heavy industry • expansion – Taiwan 1895, Korea 1911, SE Asia by early 40s • China 1895, Russia 1905.

  9. Post-WWII rebuilding • Hiroshima • Post 1990s decline • -global crisis – decline in exports • -aging pop • -high debt • -competition from Asian tigers • -property bubble

  10. KOREA • I. Political history • A. Japan • Division – DMZ • C. US military • Economic development • South – Asian Tiger • North – communism • Kim Jon-Il

  11. TAIWAN (Formosa)

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