In 1954 Japanese peace movements converged to form a unified " Japanese Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs ".

He called the Japanese " one of the cleanest people on earth ", and was impressed not only by neatness of their streets and dwellings but also by their movements, attitudes and gestures, all of which he found to be " picturesque ".

Certain sects of Taoism, Korean Shamanism, Shinto, some Japanese new religious movements, and other East-Asian religions feature spirit-possession.

is a modern Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard or saya, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard.

Beginners study a range of basic movements as well as three short kata which are based on traditional Japanese bojutsu practice.

( Japanese Dance Association Inc .) Nihon Buyo takes a few key elements from Noh such as the circular movements and the tools that they incorporate in the dances.

Although the association was formally organized on September 18, 1948, political movements among Japanese college students can be traced back to much earlier times.

As a Rear Admiral, Nagumo commanded the 8th Cruiser Division to support Imperial Japanese Army movements in China from the Yellow Sea.

The concept of slow motion may have existed before the invention of the motion picture: the Japanese theatrical form Noh employs very slow movements.

The strait was sufficiently narrow that steel chains could be laid across its entire width, which Admiral Yi could use to restrict the Japanese fleet's movements.

It is always difficult for Englishmen to admit that Nelson ever had an equal in his profession, but if any man is entitled to be so regarded, it should be this great naval commander of Asiatic race who never knew defeat and died in the presence of the enemy ; of whose movements a track-chart might be compiled from the wrecks of hundreds of Japanese ships lying with their valiant crews at the bottom of the sea, off the coasts of the Korean peninsula ... and it seems, in truth, no exaggeration to assert that from first to last he never made a mistake, for his work was so complete under each variety of circumstances as to defy criticism ... His whole career might be summarized by saying that, although he had no lessons from past history to serve as a guide, he waged war on the sea as it should be waged if it is to produce definite results, and ended by making the supreme sacrifice of a defender of his country.

Peng blamed the mistakes of the Party on a culture of " petty bourgeois fanaticism ", a tendency to believe in achieving change through blindly encouraging mass movements, and claimed that the acceptance of this culture had led to the Party leadership forgetting " the mass-line and the style of seeking truth from facts ", which Peng believed had led to the Communist victories over the Japanese and Kuomintang.

Nationalist movements did appear in these East Asian countries during this period and these nationalists did, to some extent, cooperate with the Japanese.

This system of observers consisted of civilians and some military volunteers who radioed reports on Japanese ship movements.

The Russians observed these movements with trepidation, and General Kashtalinsky informed General Zasulich that the Japanese were about to assault the position in force and his position was in danger of being flanked.

Limited visibility masked the Japanese movements from Russian observation.

The movements of the Japanese routine are based on Japanese classical dance.

The system of Kenpo Karate taught by founder James Mitose employed hard linear direct movements similar to Okinawan Karate and also some ground fighting from classic Japanese Jujitsu.

However, it was not until after the Second World War that Japanese architects made an impression on the international scene, firstly with the work of architects like Kenzo Tange and then with theoretical movements like Metabolism.

Callaghan apparently intended to attempt to cross the T of the Japanese, as Scott had done at Cape Esperance, but — confused by the incomplete information he was receiving, plus the fact that the Japanese formation consisted of several scattered groups — he gave several confusing orders on ship movements, and overall, just delayed too long in acting at all.

He built a formidable intelligence network of sympathetic Chinese informants, supplying Chennault with information on Japanese troop movements and shipping, often performing dangerous incognito field assignments, during which he would brazenly hold Sunday church services for Chinese Christians.

This has been characterized as having a very Japanese influence, including the use of linear and circular movements, " focused " techniques and jujutsu-style locks, holds, and throws.

The Japanese, controlling the puppet-state of Manchukuo and much of China's eastern seaboard, appointed Wang Jingwei as a Quisling-ruler of the occupied Chinese territories around Nanjing.

The mountainous islands of the Japanese Archipelago form a crescent off the eastern coast of Asia.

Japanese emigrants can also be found in Peru, Argentina, Australia ( especially in the eastern states ), Canada ( especially in Vancouver where 1. 4 % of the population has Japanese ancestry ), the United States ( notably California, where 1. 2 % of the population has Japanese ancestry, and Hawaii ), and the Philippines ( particularly in Davao and Laguna ).

In early September 1942 Japanese marines attacked a strategic Royal Australian Air Force base at Milne Bay, near the eastern tip of Papua.

Due to the increased threat of Japanese and Chinese expansion during this period, British Indian troops secured the town as part of the defence of India's eastern border.

After years of Japanese control of Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia, war broke out between Japan and China in 1937 in the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.

Meanwhile, in eastern Tennessee, a car accident involving two Japanese vehicles leads to the deaths of six people.

The rest of Burma was to be under Japanese control, On 10 May 1942, the Thai Phayap Army entered Burma's eastern Shan State, which had been claimed by Siamese kingdoms.

After discussions broke down in 1904, the Japanese Navy attacked the Russian eastern fleet at Port Arthur, a naval base in the Liaotung province leased to Russia by China, which led to war.

Glasgow ’ s link with the eastern country became particularly close with shipyards building at the River Clyde being exposed to Japanese navy and training engineers.

The Japanese army mounted its assault on the Nanking walls from multiple directions ; the SEF ’ s 16th Division attacked three gates on the eastern side, the 6th Division of the 10A launched its offensive on the western walls, and the SEF ’ s 9th Division advanced into the area in-between.

Manchukuo () or Manshū-koku ( Japanese: ) was a puppet state in Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia, governed under a form of constitutional monarchy.

But with a mixed command he was reorganizing and training up on the fly ( Many Australian units were drilling with wooden mockups of rifles in August 1942 ) before MacArthur's people could set up his planned defensive bases on the north coast of eastern Papua, the Japanese Army had moved in and taken both north-coast villages he'd targeted for bases as reinforcements and war materials finally began to trickle in from the States in July — Buna and Gona — several weeks before the forces and transports his staff was organizing could have reached them in strength — at a time when Japan's Navy and Air forces were dominant every where they chose to go.

The good news was some of those allocated forces were already forward at Milne Bay, where he was setting a trap with the veteran mid-East blooded 7th Australian Division, for he fully expected the Japanese would continue trans-coastal landings in an attempt to out flank Port Moresby, bringing ground forces in and around the point, in an end-around past the eastern tip of New Guinea and land on undefended beaches there.

The difficulty of accessing the region overland from the eastern part of China and the foggy climate hindering the accuracy of Japanese bombing of the Sichuan Basin, made the region the stronghold of Chiang Kai-Shek's Kuomintang government during 1938-45, and led to the Bombing of Chongqing.

This longitude passes through the eastern end of the main north Japanese island of Hokkaidō and through the eastern end of New Guinea, which is where Frédéric Durand placed the demarcation line.

The next major period in Japanese history was the Muromachi Period, pointing to the rise of, centered around the gorgeous cultural world of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and his villa in the northern hills of Kyoto ( Kinkaku-ji ), and later during this period, the rise of Higashiyama Culture, centered around the elegant cultural world of Ashikaga Yoshimasa and his retirement villa in the eastern hills of Kyoto ( Ginkaku-ji ).

The American Persimmon ( Diospyros virginiana ) is native to the eastern United States and is higher in nutrients like vitamin C and calcium than the Japanese Persimmon.

Approximately 250, 000 Chinese civilians were massacred by the Japanese Army in eastern China in retaliation for helping the attacking American aviators escape capture.

Japanese military superiority over a weak and demoralized Chinese Republican army allowed for swift advances down the eastern coast, leading to the fall of Shanghai and Nanjing ( Nanking, then capital of the Republic of China ) the same year.

In another study, the mtDNA of a sample of 100 modern Japanese individuals from Miyazaki Prefecture of eastern Kyushu was tested and assigned to the following haplogroups: 30 % D ( 25 / 100 D4, 5 / 100 D5 ), 22 % M7 ( 15 / 100 M7a1, 5 / 100 M7b2, 2 / 100 M7a ( xM7a1 )), 12 % A ( 4 / 100 A4, 4 / 100 A5, 4 / 100 A ( xA4, A5 )), 9 % B ( 3 / 100 B4b1a1, 2 / 100 B4a, 2 / 100 B4 ( xB4a, B4b1 ), 2 / 100 B5b ), 6 % F, 6 % G, 6 % N9, 2 % M *, 2 % M8 ( xCZ ), 1 % C, 1 % M9a, 1 % M10, 1 % M11, and 1 % Other.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Yuyao was one of China ’ s 19 bases against Japanese invaders, and was the center of anti-Japanese bases of eastern Zhejiang province.