Essays Tagged: "Kyushu"

Japan

istället för att ta bort den. Den ligger ofta fyra meter djup.På den stora ön Kyushu är det varmare. Där finns också vulkaner. En av dem, Sakurajima, ligger n&aum ... jima, ligger nästan mitt inne I staden Kagoshima. Där regnar det ofta aska. Söder om Kyushu ligger qkekedjan Ryukyu som brukar kallas Okinawa efter den största öns namn. D&aum ...

(3 pages) 111 1 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Japan and her culture

ur large islands and thousands ofsmaller ones make up Japan. The four major islands-Hokkaido,Honshu,Kyushu andShikoku form a curve that extends for about 1,900 kilometres.TopographyJapan is a land of ... have a total land area of about 337,708 sqkm. The islands , inorder of size, are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. The sea of Japan washesthe country's west coast and the Pacific ocean lies to th ...

(10 pages) 520 1 3.8 Aug/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Battle of Okinawa

he Ryukyu Archipelago. The island was only 340 miles from Taiwan and the Japanese home land town of Kyushu; 900 miles from Leyte, and 1200 miles from the islands of Ulithi and Guam which earlier in 19 ... f the Strategic Air Command based in the Marians. The attacks included bombardments on airfields in Kyushu, skipping in Japan's Inland Sea and targets on Okinawa by the carrier-borne planes. The Super ...

(6 pages) 62 0 3.0 Dec/1995

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Japan country analysis- overview of Japan. geography, government, etc.

square kilometers. Japan has four main islands. The islands include Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. All of these islands are prone to earthquakes. The highest point of Japan is Mount Fuji, whi ...

(7 pages) 270 2 4.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Japan Assignment- reasons for strong Japanese economy, what problems Japan must overcome for Industial growth to be achieved and what problems has industrial growth caused.

Japan began to develop extra trades as exports exceeded imports. Japan is split up into 4 islands- Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido. Most of the trade occurs in the island of Honshu, Kobe is in t ...

(4 pages) 122 0 3.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

World's Largest Crustacean - Giant Spider Crab

and essentiually timid Macrocheira kaempferi is found only on Japan's Pacific coast from Honshu to Kyushu. They tend to prefer the deeper parts of the ocean, such as vents or holes, which makes them ...

(2 pages) 54 2 3.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Oceanography

Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions: Protection versus Prediction.

r pyroclastic flows are especially dangerous, as was demonstrated during the 1990 Unzen eruption in Kyushu, Japan. Ashfalls are concentrated in leeside areas of prevailing winds. An example is given i ...

(6 pages) 50 0 0.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Title: A Change in Power Plants...

orazak and John Brushwood). Geothermal was first discovered in Italy during the 1930's and later in Kyushu, Japan and California. The alternative energy source is still used today, but new systems are ...

(10 pages) 101 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Ambrose Essay On WWII In The Pacific

invasion going by the Code names of Operation Olympic and Operation Coronet, invading the cities of Kyushu and Honshu, respectively. This ground invasion would have been a climactic battle of race and ...

(2 pages) 1332 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Asian Archeology - Compare and Contrast Historic Evidence

to the Ban Chiang puzzle.In addition to Ban Chiang, Yoshinogari is an archeological site located in Kyushu, Japan. It also dates back between third century BC and third century AD and plays an extreme ...

(4 pages) 20 0 0.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History