JAPAN

Matters of interest from Japan

Our ambition is to make all visitors of our pages more familiar with the host country of EXPO 2005 - Japan. That is why we offer you articles and interesting information from the areas of the science, technology, culture or the life style of this country, which is so interesting and exotic to us.

Last samurai

Japan is the country with incredibly developed sense of the honour and tradition. When the young emperor, Meiji, tries to establish the new order, the samurais, who defend the traditional codices and values, rebel against him and his only option is to kill them all. This is the reason, why he asked the captain Algren for help. In Last Samurai movie Algren starts to train his army but when captured by samurais he starts to be fascinated with their ancient culture...

Christmas abroad

The Christmas are formed by rituals, which are repeated every year and bring us to the sacred time in between. However is it the same everywhere in the world?
The Christmas are the Christian religious holidays, which remind us of the birthday of Jesus Christ. In various countries, the Christmas have much in common, but sometimes there are differences between them. Let us look at what KUMIKO OHASHI - from TOKYO, JAPAN tells.

Manga

You could hardly find anyone, who does not know the Japanese animated series called Pokemon. Nevertheless, few people know that dozens of other animated series are made in Japan every year, which are very popular among both children and adults.
And it is not just movies - comics account for about forty per cent of sold issues of the Japanese publishing industry. It is called manga.

Formula on the track

Japan Railways started to operate the regular traffic of high-speed trains as the first in 1964 on the line from Toko to Osaka, which was 515,4 km long. At that time the highest speed there was 210 km/h. From the outset, the lines in Japan go under the name of Shinkansen, which can be translated as "new direct (backbone) line". However, this name has also been used for the high-speed trains themselves since than.

Articles are taken from the ABC magazine.

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