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Japan. By: AlDana AlThani. Events t hat happened to/within Japan more than 15 years ago. 1937- Japan launched the full scale invasion of China. 1945- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 1968- Japan surpasses West Germany to become the world's second largest economic power.
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Japan By: AlDana AlThani
Events that happened to/within Japan more than 15 years ago • 1937- Japan launched the full scale invasion of China. • 1945- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. • 1968- Japan surpasses West Germany to become the world's second largest economic power. • 1974- Japanese Prime Minister EisakySatō becomes the first Asian to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. • 1991- Japanese asset price bubble pop.
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:Pre-Event Hiroshima was built on a bunch of sandy islands on the delta of the Ota-gawa River. The strong economy developed quickly, and the city became an important military centre. The city was also important because there were many top-quality schools. The city was a military city and a city of education as well. Nagasaki began as a small fishing village, formerly part of Nishisonogi District.
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: During From the heat, nuclear radiation, and blast, at Hiroshima that day some 70,000 people died, and hey were mostly citizens. By the end of 1945 the death toll was 140,000. By the end of the year in Nagasaki there were some 78,000 dead. The dying continued and by 1950 the total for both cities may have exceeded 250,000, from these two small and primitive nuclear bombs.
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Post-Event Six days after the explosion over Nagasaki, on August 15, Japan announced its surrender to the Allied Powers, signing the surrender paper on September 2, officially ending the Pacific War and World War II. Not only did the atomic bombs dropped by the United States kill thousands of Japanese and demolish two major cities, but they spawned serious medical implications on both the survivors and future generations. For months after the explosions, in addition to the severe burns covering most of the victims’ bodies, survivors developed symptoms that puzzled doctors, such as blood cell abnormalities, high fevers, chronic fatigue, diarrhea, vomiting, hair loss, and depression. “Radiation sickness” and “Acute Radiation Syndrome” were terms used by doctors to describe these various symptoms in survivors that surfaced a few months later, sometimes within hours, after the blasts. Moreover, years later doctors noticed an increase in the incidence of cancer among the survivors.
Impact Of Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Japan People: The nuclear bomb affected the people of Japan a lot because a lot of the survivors soon died after it by radiation sickness. It caused them serious medical implications on both the survivors, as well as the future generation. Economy: The mostly wooden structures that had been burned so fiercely were replaced by highly modern structures. Culture: There is an area neara hypocenter is preserved as a symbol of peace. It is a park now. Inside the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum you can learn about the history of Hiroshima, its geography and the affects of the A-bomb. In and around Peace Memorial Park there are many monuments. There is the Cenotaph for the A-bomb victims, the A-bomb Dome and Sadako Sasaki's Monument, known as the Tower of Paper Cranes. Many Japanese classes come to visit Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.
