Geographically, the country is Eastern obviously but her economy is a capitalist and shares a lot of values with those of western nations like Germany, UK and US. It is also a democratic country though it has a very rich traditional culture. Do you consider Japan a west or eastern economy?
Asian tiger supreme. Australia na NZ ndio uangalie huko kwingine
hio G4 Napenda sana.
Sometime back, Japan was a communist state upto 1945 when Americans dropped Atomic bombs. Ever since Japan adapted Western Capitalism,they chose to associate only with the West…They gave the USA a leeway to establish a base in their country,they started teaching English as a secondary language…They incorporated western lifestyle and mannerism e.g in dressing…They even allowed importation of American brand of Cars eg Chevy and Ford yet they had their own car plants…Talk of infreriority complex…Now it’s just another state of the USA
Asia-Pacific/ Pacific Rim something something ndio kwenye Japan iko. It is actually a thing :D:D:D:D. Na US iko hapo, so…
Come on… Najua mmeona ni vile hamtaki ku-comment…
@Unataka kujua ili? o_O
SAITAN!!!
Nenda soma history yako vizuri. They did not allow, it was put into the surrender treaties which they signed. To say that they ignored the nations around them is ignorance of the highest order and that it is another us state!!! Nenda katolewe mapepo kwanza
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Excuse me if I like Asian babes…:rolleyes:
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[SIZE=6]China Tells Japan To Stay Off Its Second Continent, Africa [/SIZE][SIZE=4](Interesting article, appeared today on Forbes news )[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3] http://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2016/09/07/china-tells-japan-to-stay-off-its-second-continent-africa/#5ff8a1422f70 [/SIZE]
[SIZE=4]After drawing a red line for Japan in the South China Sea last June, China is now telling Japan to stay off its second continent, Africa. Ideologically that is.
In a recent statement, following the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) held in Kenya, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Japan of “attempting to impose its will on African countries to gain selfish interests and drive a wedge between China and African countries.”
In essence, China is telling Japan to stay off Africa, its “second continent” (to useHoward W. French’s term).
China’s and Japan’s race to expand their presence in Africa is good news for investors, as it will help Africa’s frontier economies like Nigeria and Kenya catch up with emerging markets of Asia and Latin America in a globalizing world.
But it could be bad news for Africa if it ends up as another form of colonialism that exploits rather than develops the resource rich continent.
For years, globalization – the increasing integration and interdependence of national and local markets – skipped Africa. For a number of reasons: poor infrastructure, low income, and political instability — to mention but a few.
Then came China – hungry for energy and raw materials for its growing manufacturing capacity – to place Africa on the map. The globalization map, that is. Next to Shangha[/SIZE]i – in terms of Beijing’s business priorities, that is.
Africa became an easy, convenient target, topping the Beijing economic agenda. Year after year, Chinese leaders headed business delegations to every major African capital, landing infrastructure projects and trade deals, which turned Africa into China’s “second continent.”
Finally, globalization began to touch Africa, with trade between China and its second continent reaching close to $200 billion in 2013 – double the trade level between the United States and Africa.
Now Japan is trying to catch up with China, committing $30 billion in private and public support for African infrastructure projects, executed together with the African Development Bank.
Obviously, Tokyo has a great deal of catching up to do before it can be on parwith China.
But does it have the resources, the political will and determination to do so?
The article is somewhat bias but I agree… Tunakubali ku-coloniziwa kama mababu zetu in the name of Globalization… Tuta-end up kama S. America, where kuna parts zime-develop lakini wameshikwa makende politically.
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nobody is being colonized. ujinga wa waafrika ni kudandia tu narrative yoyote anapewa na mzungu. are you personally colonized?
that story of china colonizing africa originated from the west when the chinese overtook them as the dominant trading partner of africa. they are trying to create an antagonistic relationship between the chinese and africans by making africans see the chinese as colonisers.
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on the matter of japan, they may technically be an ally of the west but japan is an eastern country through and through. and they are very proud of their culture mpaka wazungu hucomplain japanese have a superiority complex because they just dont accept everything that comes from the west unlike other countries. japanese see wazungus as kinda dirty and disorganised.
japan and china may have historical beef but they are culturally very similar. despite being an ally of the west, have you ever heard japan lecturing kenya on democracy? hao ni kama china tu. they dont believe in interfering in internal politics. europeans and americans are the opposite.
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I partially agree… Although it was more of a “if we can’t have Africa, then no one will” scenario.
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“Japan is a less radical version of China” is what methinks you are saying.
Yes they told us to put our house inborder when Uhuruto wanted to pull off from the Rome Statue…Only Russia and China voted in favour…
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Japan’s the ONLY Developed (1st world) country outside Northern America and Western Europe. Economically and developmentwise, they’re ‘western’ but culturally they’re oriental, as they dearly hold on to their culture.
How do you ask a question that you have provide the answer in the first instance?
Japan is more western than Eastern. After the world war, they adopted a more liberal government supported by the economic support they received for the United States . There are many factors that determine how we view economies as Western or Eastern but a major one is the style of government - whether conservative or liberal. Japan falls into the latter.