Japan & the Koreas Chapter #28. I. Japan A. Physical Geo: Four main islands: Hokkaido Shikoku Kyushu Honshu –Most populated island in Pacific 70% of area.

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Japan & the Koreas Chapter #28

I. Japan A. Physical Geo: Four main islands: Hokkaido Shikoku Kyushu Honshu –Most populated island in Pacific 70% of area is mountainous Commercial forestry is LIMITED! Lies on a subduction zone Earthquakes that lead to… Tsunamis = –Large sea waves (“Harbor wave”) No major natural or energy resources Oil & Coal? Led to empire expansion (WWII)

Earthquake: March 11, 2011, 8.9 magnitude w/tsunami Video

B. Modern History Portuguese, Spanish, & Dutch (1500s) Missionary activity led to Euro dismissal Closed Door Policy ( ) 1853: Matthew C. Perry (U.S. Navy)

Modernization of Japan (early 1900s) Japan’s sphere of influence spread Took Taiwan, Korea, Manchuria, & others Needed RAW MATERIALS & military bases Japan’s WWII allies: Germany & Italy

Attacked Pearl Harbor (1941) Hiroshima & Nagasaki (Aug. 1945) Post WWII Japan American occupation ( ) US technology patents to Japan (transistor) Japan improved these technologies Japanese economic miracle = post WWII economic growth Acted as counterweight to USSR influence Adopted democratic govt. constitutional monarchy w/Diet

World’s 3 rd largest economy 3rd in automobiles & 1st electronics Work ethic: Belief that work has moral value Employee loyalty = lifetime employment Success & failure of company is reflection of its workers Karoshi: Death from overwork Export economy: Goods are produced for export, not domestic use Trade surplus: When a country exports more than it imports

II. Korea Post WWII Korea? North = communist (USSR) South = democratic (US) Border = 38 th parallel Korean War 1950: North invades South US pushed North back 1953: armistice was signed 38 th parallel became the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Buffer zone in which no opposing armies may enter fortified & tense

A. North Korea People are isolated Strict communist country under Kim Jong Un (Supreme Leader) Command economy Inefficient state owned farms & factories b/c of… Large military spending (>33% of GDP) Most people live in poverty (rely on UN aid since USSR collapse)

Cult of Personality of Kim Il-Sung

B. South Korea Democratic govt. w/free market economy Post WWII: received aid from US “Asian Tiger” (export economy)