Setting the opera in Japan, an exotic locale far away from Britain, allowed Gilbert and Sullivan to satirise British politics and institutions more freely by clothing them in superficial Japanese trappings.

Today China, India, South Korea, Japan and Russia play important roles in world economics and politics. China today is second largest economy of the world and fastest growing economy.

See also: Industrial policy of Japan ; Monetary and fiscal policy of Japan ; Mass media and politics in Japan

Up to this time, North Korean politics were represented by four factions: the Yan ' an faction made up of returnees from China, the Soviet Koreans, native Korean communists, and Kim's own group, those who had fought guerrilla actions against Japan in the 1930s and 1940s.

In Japan, the Fujiwara clan dominated central politics by acting as imperial regents, controlling the actions of the Emperor of Japan, who acted merely as a ' puppet monarch ' during the Heian period.

Setting the opera in Japan, an exotic locale far away from Britain, allowed Gilbert to satirise British politics and institutions more freely by disguising them as Japanese.

The unconditional surrender of Japan, combined with fundamental shifts in global politics and ideology, led to the division of Korea into two occupation zones effectively starting on September 8, 1945, with the United States administering the southern half of the peninsula and the Soviet Union taking over the area north of the 38th parallel.

In terms of domestic policy, Katsura was a strictly conservative politician who attempted to distance himself from the Diet of Japan and party politics.

In retirement he distanced himself from politics, undertook some consulting work, and traveled to Japan and South Africa.

* Breen, John, " The Imperial Oath of April 1868: ritual, power and politics in Restoration Japan ," Monumenta Nipponica, 51, 4 ( 1996 )

Category: Far-left politics in Japan

St Antony's is the most international of the seven all-graduate colleges of the University of Oxford, specialising in international relations, economics, politics, and history of particular parts of the world — Europe, Russia and the former Soviet states, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, China, South and South East Asia.

In his book ' Broadcasting politics in Japan: NHK and television news ', ES Krauss states :' in the 1960s and 1970s, external critics of NHK news were complaining about the strict neutrality, the lack of criticism of government, and the ' self-regulation in covering events ' ' Krauss claims that little had changed by the 1980s and 1990s.

* Japan 7 Days-hosted by Minori Takao ; is a weekly news program that investigates what has been happening in Japan during the past week and presents up-to-the-minute reports on Japanese politics, economy, society and culture.

Many feel that they bear more than their fair share of the U. S .- Japan security alliance, and the presence of the military remains an issue in local politics.

His novels include: Shike, set in medieval Japan ; All Things Are Lights, a story that entwines the fate of Cathars of southern France with the occult traditions of Courtly Love and the troubadours ; The Saracen, describing the intricate politics of medieval Italy through the eyes of an Islamic warrior ; Shaman, tracing the fate of the survivors of the Black Hawk War in 19th century Illinois ; Lady Yang, a tragic story of an idealistic empress of medieval China.

After the death of Itō Hirobumi in 1909, Yamagata became the most influential politician in Japan and remained so until his death in 1922, although he retired from active participation in politics after the Russo-Japanese War.

In 1916, after a long argument with the Genrō, Ōkuma resigned as well, and retired from politics permanently, although he remained a member of the Upper House of the Diet of Japan until 1922.

Based on discussions Hara had with him on his views for the future of Japanese politics during a trip both men took to Korea in 1884, Inoue appointed Hara to become consul-general in Tianjin, and the first secretary to the embassy of Japan in Paris.

The enormous changes in world politics have, however, thrown it into confusion, so much so that it is safe to say that all international law is now in need of reexamination and clarification in light of the social conditions of the present era.

Harold Clurman is right to say that `` Waiting For Godot '' is a reflection ( he calls it a distorted reflection ) `` of the impasse and disarray of Europe's present politics, ethic, and common way of life ''.

But because it is the function of the mind to turn the one into the other by means of the capacities with which words endow it, we do not unwisely examine the type of distinction, in the sphere of politics, on which decisions hang.

The complexities of Venetian politics eluded him, but the story of the revolution itself is told in restrained measures, with no superfluous passages and only an occasional overemphasis of the part played by its leading figure.

That this is not good politics is underscored by the latest poll figures which show that 72 per cent of the people like the way in which the new President is conducting the nation's business.

The appointment of U Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary General -- at this writing, the choice appears to be certain -- offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends.

And the name Rayburn is one of the most dominant in the history of American politics for the last half century.

But this we know: Here is a great life that in every area of American politics gives the American people occasion for pride and that has invested the democratic process with the most decent qualities of honor, decency, and self-respect.

Udall, who comes from one of the Mormon first-families of Arizona, is a bluff, plain-spoken man with a lust for politics and a habit of landing right in the middle of the fight.

There is a tangible feeling in the air of revulsion toward politics.

This is all the more remarkable because the Kirov is to ballet what Senator Goldwater is to American politics.

And as an introduction to American politics it is highly educational.

`` The root question in American politics is always: Who's the Man to See??

To understand American politics is, simply, to know people, to know the relative weight of names -- who are heroes, who are straw men, who controls, who does not.

`` In the hard life of politics it is well known that no platform nor any program advanced by either major American party has any purpose beyond expressing emotion ''.

Since the adoption of a new constitution, early in 2010, the politics of Angola takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Angola is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.

The politics of Antigua and Barbuda takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, wherein the Sovereign of Antigua and Barbuda is the head of state, appointing a Governor-General to act as vice-regal representative in the nation.

There is also the traditional village politics of the Samoa Islands, the " faamatai " and the " faasamoa ", which continues in American Samoa and in independent Samoa, and which interacts across these current boundaries.

It is a humorous political critique, aimed squarely at the then ruling party Partido Revolucionario Institucional ( PRI ) and its paramilitary caciques, at a time when freedom of speech in politics was highly restricted.

The politics of Italy is conducted through a parliamentary, democratic republic with a multi-party system.

Historical revisionism is conducted to influence a target ’ s ideology and / or politics for a particular purpose.

The politics of Thailand are currently conducted within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government and a hereditary monarch is head of state.

* Interviews: The hosts conducted separate guest interviews ; Gibbs handled interviews related to specific investing issues, while Colvin handled interviews relating to politics and the overall economy.

Seldon becomes involved in politics when Eto Demerzel becomes a target for a smear campaign conducted by Laskin Joranum.

John Perry Barlow, Joichi Ito, and other US bloggers express a very strong support for anonymous editing as one of the basic requirements of open politics as conducted on the Internet.

The manner in which politics were then conducted was to change after Kwame Nkrumah created his Convention People's Party ( CPP ) in June 1949.

Brownlee adhered to a conservative view of how politics should be conducted, and was perhaps put off by the audacious telephone call ; despite an apology from Coldwell, Brownlee did not indicate any further interest in running for the CCF.

For one, he disagreed with the UFA's belief that politics should be conducted along class, rather than ideological, lines.

They both claimed to have concentrated mainly on music and to have ignored politics, but also to have conducted pieces in ways that were meant to be " gestures of defiance.

According to his book, this is extremely important since the politics, law and living are all conducted by human beings.

Hunt is also an expert on women in politics, having conducted research, training, and consultations with women leaders in some 60 countries.

As a result of the extensive corruption in city politics, and as part of the Federal and State government's efforts to curb the mob, several investigations were finally conducted against Curley's machine.

Hans-Jochen Vogel himself summed up his political attitude best in the following statement: " I am a Social Democrat who would like to reconcile something of a vision with the rather stringent and inexorable knowledge that politics cannot be conducted with clouds of words, but with solid work and craftsmanship.

There have been numerous studies and experiments conducted to evaluate the best way to encourage the involvement of youth in politics.

Goodman has also conducted interviews with leaders in both the fields of business and politics — ranging from Warren Buffett to Mikhail Gorbachev.

Consequently, although technically free and fair multi-party elections are regularly conducted, the political realities in Singapore ( including fear and self-censorship ) make participation in opposition politics extremely difficult, leaving the dominant ruling party as the only credible option at the polls.

He represented an era where politics was conducted with a dignified aura and he had a reputation as being a man of integrity and humility.

He has conducted extensive studies on the Iranian Islamic Revolution, Islamist movements in comparative perspective since the 1970s, the non-movements of the urban poor, Muslim youth, and women, and on the politics of fun.

Located in the nation ’ s capital, where decisions on policy and regulation regularly affect the ways business is conducted and technology is used around the world, Kogod ’ s curriculum is inspired by an appreciation of the strong ties between business and politics.

Zimbabwean politics since 1990 have therefore been conducted against a background of economic difficulty with the manufacturing sector ( in particular ) being ' hollowed out '.

Although green bans were conducted for only 3 to 4 years in Australia, they influenced international politics significantly because this movement is considered to have contributed to the integration of the word “ green ” into the world ’ s political idioms.