Japanese*

=The Japanese: A Perspective on American History= By: Nadja Rose Terra Hotch

The Japanese are an Asian group that now live in an archipelago that is called Japan. Geographical features that would have limited this group’s ability to move include: The Pacific Ocean. Pre-1492, this group probably interacted with its neighbors, especially China and Korea. Eventually, the Japanese would shape American history in the following ways: trading with other countries and fighting in World War II.
 * Introduction:**

The Japanese don’t have one main religion; they have a choice of what religion of what they want to believe in like us. But the most common of religions is a variety Shinto and Buddhism. Shinto “mean’s way of the God’s”, it is a religion with respect for nature and in certain sacred sites. These site’s may have been originally been used to worship the sun, rock formations, tree’s and even sound’s. The deities in Shinto are called “Kami” which mean's either "Demon" or "God", in this case God. The worship of Shinto is done at "Shinto Shrine's" ,but, you have to do the act of purification before entering these shrines. People beleive the way of punishment from the "Kami" is storm's, bad weather or other natural disasters to show their displeasure. Buddhism has many forms; "Theravada Buddhism", "Vajrayana Buddhism", and " Mahayana Buddhism". Buddhism is a religion of salvation that you only find in the reality of nature. They give traditions and practices to "Siddhartha Gautama" more known as Buddha. They consider him as a teacher who helped " Sentient Being's" with his knowledge, stopped suffering, and escaped with a "cycle of suffering and rebirth".
 * Religion -- Shinto Buddhism:**

HISTORY:

1185:Zen Buddhism was introduced to Japan from China

1467: The Onin War (A Civil War) Erupted

1590: Major Nobunaga united the nation.

1855: First officail intake of Japanese migrants arrive in Hunolulu then started working for sugar plantations in Hawaii

1858: The U.S forced Japan to trade with the rest of the world

1869: Okei becomes the first recorded Japanese women to die and be buried in the U.S

1882: Akechi Mutsihide (Oda General) Betrayed Nobunaga and forced him to commit Seppuko ( The Samuria way of Suicide to Mainten honor)

1941:Japan attacked Pearl harbor

2007-08: Japan signed Security pack with Australia and India

Approximate Population Now: 127,590,000