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February 1 General Strike
The was a general strike planned by Japanese labor unions for February 1, 1947, with the goal of fighting for the implementation of the ten demands of the previous December, including the abolition of the income tax. The strike was eventually stopped by order of SCAP. Background The Empire of Japan was defeated in World War II and was occupied by Allies of World War II. The occupation authorities, known as SCAP (Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers) or GHQ (General Headquarters), initially introduced a series of reforms in Japan, such as the release of a large number of political prisoners and support for left-wing forces and workers, which led to a resurgence of the workers' movement in Japan. Both left-wing parties and Japanese labor unions, once banned, have been unbanned and are growing rapidly. By the end of November, nearly five million workers joined the labor unions. Japanese workers began a wave of strikes, led by the Japanese Communist Party, left-wing socialis ...
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Yashiro Ii
Yashiro is a Japanese surname and a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yashiro can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *社, "company" *矢士呂, "arrow, knight, backbone" *矢白, "arrow, white" The name can also be written in hiragana やしろ or katakana ヤシロ. Yashirō or Yashirou is a separate Japanese given name, though it may be romanized the same way Yashiro. Some examples: *矢四郎, "arrow, four, son" *弥四郎, "more and more, four, son" *野四郎, "field, four, son" *夜史郎, "night, history, son" *八史朗, "eight, history, clear" *耶司郎, "question mark, administer, son" The name can also be written in hiragana やしろう or katakana ヤシロウ. Notable people with the given name Yashiro * , Japanese samurai Notable people with the surname Yashiro * , Japanese enka singer and painter * , Japanese composer * , Japanese samurai * , Japanese businessman * , Japanese gravure idol, ac ...
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University Of Hawaii Press
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, H ...
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Labor Disputes In Japan
Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour movement, consisting principally of labour unions ** Labour Party or Labor Party, a name used by several political parties Literature * ''Labor'' (journal), an American quarterly on the history of the labor movement * '' Labour/Le Travail'', an academic journal focusing on the Canadian labour movement * ''Labor'' (Tolstoy book) or ''The Triumph of the Farmer or Industry and Parasitism'' (1888) Music * ''Labour'' (song), 2023 single by Paris Paloma Places * La Labor, Honduras * Labor, Koper, Slovenia Other uses * ''Labor'' (album), a 2013 album by MEN * Labor (area), a Spanish customary unit * "Labor", an episode of TV series '' Superstore'' * Labour (constituency), a functional constituency in Hong Kong elections * Labors, f ...
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1946 In Japan
Events in the year 1946 in Japan. Incumbents * Emperor: Hirohito * Prime Minister: Kijuro Shidehara, Shigeru Yoshida * Supreme Commander Allied Powers: Douglas MacArthur Governors *Aichi Prefecture: ** until 25 January: Ryuichi Fukumoto ** 25 January-9 July: Saburo Hayakawa ** starting 9 July: Mikine Kuwahara *Akita Prefecture: ** until 25 January: Kinsaburo Ikeda ** 25 January-9 July: Iwao Isobe ** starting 9 July: Hasuika Kosaku *Aomori Prefecture: Motohiko Kanai (until 25 January); Renichi Ono (starting 25 January) *Ehime Prefecture: Shotaro Toshima (until 4 October); Juushin Aoki (starting 4 October) *Fukui Prefecture: ** until 25 May: Eminai Miyata ** 25 May-4 October: Saito Takeo ** starting 4 October: Harukazu Obata *Fukushima Prefecture: Masuda Kashinanatsu (until 25 April); Kanichiro Ishihara (starting 25 April) *Gifu Prefecture: Yoshihira Nomura (until 16 February); Naomi Momoi (starting 16 February) *Gunma Prefecture: Toshio Takahashi (until 25 Janua ...
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The Asahi Shimbun
is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition and 1.33 million for its evening edition as of July 2021, was second behind that of the ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. By print circulation, it is the third largest newspaper in the world behind the ''Yomiuri'', though its digital size trails that of many global newspapers including ''The New York Times''. Its publisher, is a media conglomerate with its registered headquarters in Osaka. It is a privately held family business with ownership and control remaining with the founding Murayama and Ueno families. According to the Reuters Institute Digital Report 2018, public trust in the ''Asahi Shimbun'' is the lowest among Japan's major dailies, though confidence is declining in all the major newspapers. The ''Asahi Shimbun'' is one of the five large ...
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Australian Associated Press
Australian Associated Press (AAP) is an Australian news agency. It was established by Keith Murdoch in 1935. AAP employs around 80 journalists who work in bureaus in all states and territories of Australia except the Northern Territory. It also maintains correspondents in New Zealand and London as well as using a network of contributors from the US, Europe, Asia and Africa. AAP's domestic news coverage is complemented by alliances with the major international news agencies. AAP's main focus is on breaking news but is also known for its court reporting, sport, political coverage, feature stories, and photographs. It also produces video and visual explainers. AAP is one of the few remaining non-government newswires in the world. History Australia was first linked to international telegraph services by a submarine cable that linked Java to Darwin, which was laid by the British-Australian Telegraph Company, and completed on 18 November 1871. The Eastern states were connected ...
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The Mercury (Hobart)
''The'' ''Mercury'' is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, by Davies Brothers Pty Ltd (DBL), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. The weekend issues of the paper are called ''Mercury on Saturday '' and ''Sunday Tasmanian''. The current editor of ''The'' ''Mercury'' is Craig Warhurst. History The newspaper was started on 5 July 1854 by George Auber Jones and John Davies. Two months subsequently (13 September 1854) John Davies became the sole owner. It was then published twice weekly and known as the ''Hobarton Mercury''. It rapidly expanded, absorbing its rivals, and became a daily newspaper in 1858 under the lengthy title ''The Hobart Town Daily Mercury''. In 1860 the masthead was reduced to ''The Mercury'' and in 2006 it was further shortened to simply ''Mercury''. With the imminent demise of the ( Launceston) '' Daily Telegraph'', ''The Mercury'', from March 1928, used the opportunity to increase their penetration ...
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Bulletin Of Concerned Asian Scholars
The Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) was founded in 1968 by a group of graduate students and younger faculty as part of the opposition to the American participation in the Vietnam War. They proposed a "radical critique of the assumptions which got us he United Statesinto Indo-China and were keeping us from getting out". The caucus was held at the Association for Asian Studies convention in Philadelphia, but was a radical critique of that professional association's values, organization, and leadership. The group was largely formed due to the Association for Asian Studies lack of public stance on the Vietnam War. Most of the original members were graduate students or junior faculty in Area Studies programs at Harvard, Stanford, University of Michigan, University of California at Berkeley, and Columbia University, although there were also independent scholars and those with no affiliation in the field. On 30 March 1969, the group passed the following Statement of Purpose: ...
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Kodansha
is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines '' Nakayoshi'', '' Afternoon'', '' Evening'', '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' and '' Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'', as well as the more literary magazines '' Gunzō'', '' Shūkan Gendai'', and the Japanese dictionary '' Nihongo Daijiten''. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1910, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation. History Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1910 as a spin-off of the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai'' (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine '' Yūben'' () as its first publication. The name ''Kodansha'' (taken from '' Kōdan Club'' (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged with the ''Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai''. The company has used its current leg ...
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Kotobank
Kotobank is a website that allows users to search across dictionaries, encyclopedias, and databases provided by publishers and others. It is operated by Voyage Marketing Co. When the service was first launched in 2009, the name "kotobank" was used, but now it is written in katakana. History In June 2008, the Asahi Shimbun and EC Navi Inc. launched the "Minna no Chiezo" service, an online version of "Chiezo," a dictionary of modern terms that was once published. The service was rebuilt as a dictionary platform in which various companies could participate. The "kotobank" service was launched on April 23, 2009, under the management of the Asahi Shimbun and EC Navi Inc. At the time of its launch, it claimed to cover a total of 430,000 entries in 44 dictionaries and encyclopedias, the core of which were provided by Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Asahi Shimbun Publishing. In its early days, the site had strong ties with the Asahi Shimbun, with related news from the Asahi Shimbun's website, ...
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University Of California Press
The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. It was founded in 1893 to publish scholarly and scientific works by faculty of the University of California, established 25 years earlier in 1868, and has been officially headquartered at the university's flagship campus in Berkeley, California, since its inception. As the non-profit publishing arm of the University of California system, the UC Press is fully subsidized by the university and the State of California. A third of its authors are faculty members of the university. The press publishes over 250 new books and almost four dozen multi-issue journals annually, in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and maintains approximately 4,000 book titles in print. It is also the digital publisher of Collabra and Luminos open access (OA) initiatives. The University of California Press publishes i ...
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The Journal Of Asian Studies
''The Journal of Asian Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Association for Asian Studies, covering Asian studies, ranging from history, the arts, social sciences, to philosophy and cultural studies of East, South, Inner, and Southeast Asia. In addition to research, current interest, and state-of-the-field articles, a large section of the journal is devoted to book reviews. The journal was established in 1941 as ''The Far Eastern Quarterly'', changing to its current title in September 1956. Editors-in-chief The following are or have been editor-in-chief of the journal: * Donald Shively (1956–1959) * Roger F. Hackett (1959–1962, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) * David D. Buck (1990–1994, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee) *Anand A. Yang (1995–2000, University of Utah) * Ann Waltner (2001–2004, University of Minnesota) * Kenneth M. George (2005–2008, University of Wisconsin–Madison) * ...
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