Saturday, November 12, 2011

Age of Exploration: Japan?

Question:


What was the impact of Europeans In Japan?
Analysis?
Warfare, Religion, etc
Thanks 10 points to best answer
Please help

Answer:


Well, besides obvious modern Westernization of culture and technology, European impact is actually pretty limited.

- There are a couple hundred (if even that) cathedrals from when Catholic missionaries came to Japan with the intention saving souls - they had very few takers and now most of them are pretty much abandoned. The vast majority of Japanese are non-religiously Bhuddist/Shintoist/Taoist.
- Just about every young Japanese person knows a few random words in English and can read it, but very few know what they're reading and overall profeciency is low.
- After WWII, the American government occupied and controlled the Japanese government for awhile. Since they refused to get rid of their emperor, they eventually worked out an agreement to where Japan would work unger a system more like Britain (which is why they're now a constitutional monarchy).
- And most Japanese doctors follow German and Dutch medical training, rather than their own.

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