Yokohama Port is a top-class port in Japan, which has a long history over 150 years since it was opened to foreign trade in 1859. Japan's sharp economic boom changed the way many of its markets worked, including the Port of Yokohama. There are a variety of industries in Tokyo, Yokohama and its surrounding area. In fact, the area has a nearly 30 percent share of the shipment value of product of Japan. Typical cargo types for this port are nonferrous metals, crude oil, steel, cars. In addition, 40
annual ballast water in port of Yokohama. • Port of Yokohama has sewage disposal station in port area. Therefore, sewage water transfer from station to ship is able to use pipe line easy. Acknowledgements This work was supported by Kakenhi(20656143). References (1) Endresen et al (2003): How much ballast water?, Ballast Water News 14, September 2003, Grow ballast, 6-7 (2) Ministry of land infrastructure and transport (2003-2007): Port statistics (3) Yokohama City (2007): Report of sewage
acquired a passion for writing from reading dime novels. His main influences were Chekov, Stephen Crane, Sherwood Anderson and William Saroyan. Mori would enjoy writing after spending the day tending the flowers. It all culminated in to his first novel, Yokohama California. Mori is heavily influenced by the community he in which he lived. Kim writes “In choosing to write stories about ordinary events in the lives of ordinary people, Mori paid tribute to the struggles of these people, showed their humanity
lives were affected in all. It wasn’t the earthquake itself that caused so much destruction, but the disasters that occurred after. As a result of the earthquake, multiple fires, a tornado, a typhoon, and a tsunami broke out and destroyed Tokyo, Yokohama, and all of its surrounding areas. The Great Kanto Earthquake was the deadliest earthquake in Japanese history and caught the city by surprise. The population of Tokyo was hit at 11:58am on September 1st, 1923. This was a time when families were
of opposing ideals, contrasting the weight and solidification of the port and land with the open and free sailor life that Ryuji has been living. This realm of opposites is bolstered by the physical environment in which the characters are placed. Yokohama, a busy Japanese shipping town, is an ideal representation of conflicting spheres. As the city is the ideal connection amidst land and sea, the ocean plays a vital point in connecting the differing ideologies present in the novel. As the plot begins
The Great Kanto Earthquake also known as the Tokyo-Yokohama Earthquake of 1923 hit the metropolitan area of Kanto on September 1st, 1923 around 11:58 pm. It was a 7.9 on the Richter magnitude scale, killing over one-hundred and forty thousand people due to its high magnitude and the time it happened. The earthquake struck around lunch time, when many Japanese people were at home cooking at their charcoal or gas fueled stoves. At the moment the earthquake hit, it knocked down buildings that caught
Every year my school, Point Grey Secondary, sends a handful of students to Japan for a quick one-week exchange. This year I was fortunate enough to be allowed to go on the trip with six other students. Before the trip I had never travelled to Asia, regardless, I was excited, and nervous, about the different culture I would soon experience. After coming back from the trip I can say that it was the best choice I have ever made. I would recommend anyone to go on an exchange program, even if it is a
The setting of a story is important since it sets the stage for the novel, but can often be overlooked when analyzing literature, especially in Yukio Mishima’s novel The Sailor Who fell From Grace with the Sea. The description of the setting in the novel is subtle that readers would not notice his thoughts about Japan and westernization. There are many images of the sea that are described with the image of land. There are descriptions of the land, most are industrialized images, but some show the
Nearly 6 years have passed from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, but many areas in Fukushima still remain abandoned as ‘ghost towns’, according to DailyMail. Residents of those areas have remained evacuated from their hometowns because of continuing high radiation levels, and most buildings have been left untouched since the accident occurred. This proves that nuclear accidents are extremely destructive for people and future generations. Japan must stop using nuclear power energy because it’s
Cultural Differences in The Regions of Japan Japan is a country made from four major islands. Though its area is small, each region has different tastes. The country has the population of 123.6 millions according to the 1990 census, or 2.5 % of the world total, and it is the seventh most populated nation according to The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Japan.(5, p.25). Japanese political and economical world power has been one of the success stories of the twentieth century. Though small in geographic
Japan is located in East Asia on the Pacific Sea. The currency in Japan is the Yen (JPY). It has four main islands, and a large number of active volcanoes that partially cause the country to have earthquakes frequently. Japan has a prime minster that is in charge of operating the whole country. The main economic strength Japan possesses, has been their foreign trade capabilities. They have two main religions and also two main languages, with many different dialects. Japan does not have a military
We almost visited every tourist spots in Tokyo. We visited two major temples and the garden of the emperor of Japan. And as my sister insisted, we went to Yokohama to see a baseball game. It was a good game. Both of us enjoyed it. We also went to the Tokyo skytree and the Tokyo tower. And of course, we didn't miss the fish market and our ramen (as attached)! This Monday, we joined a one day trip to Mt. Fuji
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“Please, please, please just one more story and then I promise to go to sleep!” “Alright,alright,just one more” It has been exactly 1000 years since the U.S dropped an Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima on August 6,1945,and defeating the Axis Powers during WWII.Unfortunately,the U.S thought there would be nothing to worry about,but they spoke too soon.Today's date is August 6,2945,and a tragic incident occurred.The leaders of the Axis Powers were somehow resurrected and have done the same damage to us
temperatures on the world’s food supplies was a key issue for climate experts that met in Japan because a changing climate is one of a number of issues pushing Japan towards a food crisis. Dr. Raquel Moreno Panaranda, from the United Nations University in Yokohama said, “The whole food system is not secure at all.” Japan is working to counteract the effects of climate change, not only regionally, but also worldwide to ensure that a food crisis does not occur in the immediate future. With Climate change
Chapter – 1 Introduction Automotive industry is rapidly growing. Approximately one in ten jobs in industrialized countries are the jobs related to automobile. For developing countries, they evaluate the condition of local automotive sector for grasping the economic growth opportunities because the auto sector has the wide linkages with the other sector of their economy (Encyclopedia, 1997). Then, this industry makes 60 million cars and trucks per year worldwide. Therefore, it can support jobs
this passage is a sad mood. It talks about the terrible childhood and early life of Perry. It is clear that no one ever cared for Perry and it affected him dramatically. Pages 30-31 “The two young men had little in…the art contrived by Honolulu and Yokohama masters.” When first describing Dick and Perry, Capote describes dick as “an athlete constructed on a welterweight scale. The tattooed face of a cat, blue and grinning, covered his right hand…More markings…ornamented his arms and torso.” The metaphor
Confucius said: “Isn’t it a pleasure when you can make practical use of the things you have studied? Isn’t it a pleasure to have an old friend visit from afar? Isn’t it the sure sign of a gentleman, that he does not take offense when others fail to recognize his ability?” “ Confucius Lives Next Door” is a book written by T.R. Reid, the book is based on Reid’s experience with his family living in East Asia, namely Tokyo, Japan. This quote recurs throughout the book. Reid uses his knowledge of East
Kosodes as a symbol of their upper class. Towards the end of the Kamakura period, there was another type of kimono garments known as hakama; which was worn by women who were in the military class and in the courts. The year 1336 and 1573 was dominated by the Muromachi Era and, during the rise of the merchant and at the end of the period, Japanese people from all social classes wore Kosode as their principle outer garment except during formal occasions. For formal occasions, uchikake, which was a
occupation of Japan. “President Harry S. Truman tapped MacArthur to oversee the occupation, rebuilding and democratization of Japan [...] By late 1945, 430,000 of MacArthur’s troops were garrisoned across Japan, two-thirds of them flooding the Tokyo-Yokohama area. At the general’s directive, signs and street names in the area were rendered in English as well as Japanese, while in the Americanized city center English alone prevailed. Display of the Rising Sun flag was drastically limited. Buildings that