The topic of telling whether there are similarities or differences between Japan, Korea, and China is very broad. There are notable differences between Korea, Japan, and China, but my major interest is on the similarities of these countries. This is because the countries have a lot of similarities which completely out way the slight differences noted. Therefore, my analysis is based on the similarities that exist between the three countries. There are a variety of differences and similarities that could be clearly cited between Japan, Korea, and china. All these similarities and differences could be perceived as three different societies or comprising one society. In comparing their religions, languages, and their family structures, an argument can be made that all these countries can be vied as only one country. One clear similarity that can be seen is Confucianism. This is a factor which plays a major role in the societies of Japan, Korea, and china. It stresses the need and importance of education, and tends to view individuals in a hierarchical manner (Krugman & Paul, 1994). All these views were proposed by a Chinese philosopher, Confucius. He looked back at the Chou dynasty and perceived it as a model for improving the autumn and spring period. After his death, many philosophers began to spread his philosophy all over Japan and Korea. Due to this, this philosophy impacted all the three countries where views were developed, such as the social hierarchy, women being oppressed and men being inherently good.
Japan speeding Korean education
A clear connection is seen by the determination of the phase of Japans administration through Japanizing of the people of Korea and making them as one. They are made as one their spiritual beliefs, cultural practises, and in other different ways. Currently, in all these countries, schools are being increased at a faster rate. The countries suffered a serious crisis of lack of schools at the time Japan definitely took over Korea. The Japanese and Korean people shared private institutions which were known to teach Chinese classics (Krugman & Paul, 1994). These institutions were insufficient to handle all the Chinese, Japanese, and young Koreans who were of school age. Current plans indicate all these countries have plan to expand the learning system within the next five years to accommodate one hundred percent of the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean population who are of school age. It is also observed that in the primary learning institutions of Japan, most teachers are Koreans and Japanese. At this school level, strong emphasis is put on inculcation of “Japaniism” of the Japanese loyalty and ethics to the specific throne and the emperor as the known father of all the Japanese and Koreans. The languages spoken by all of these countries have great similarities. The language of the Chinese is known not to be derived from any known source. The language is known to have around twenty thousand characters (Krugman & Paul, 1994). The Chinese language is well known to be monosyllabic and therefore, has no inflection. The languages of the Japan and Korea derived all their characters from the Chinese language, despite the fact that they have inflection and are monosyllabic. They used Chinese characters for a very long time even though they had their own. In addition to this, there are known areas in Korea which use characters that form combination of both Chinese and Korea. The pronunciation in all the three languages when they are spoken is also noted to be similar. A good example is the words used for showing directions, north and south, where there are many similarities in pronouncing these words. The similarities in pronunciation and tonal variations of the languages were about by the Chinese language.
Japanese colonialism and Korean Development
The traditional given for the explanation of Korea and Japanese rapid growth is similar. It focuses on policy reforms which were undertaken due to military coup in 1961. In both of these countries, macroeconomic stabilization formed the basis for devaluation and unification of the exchange rate. It resulted to linearization of selective trade, and a more open and clear stance to market foreign investors (Krugman & Paul, 1994). Another similarity is seen where the origin of the post-war of the Korean capital is directly traced to Japanese involvement in Korea All these countries are entrepreneurs and firms which made their start in interwar era. The family structures of the three countries are observed to be similar. All these countries, for instance, had patrilinear and descent, recordings of their ancestor workshop and family records. All their belongings and property were passed down to the sons in that were in the families of all these countries. Women were known as members of the clan until the time they got married. After they got married, they were then referred to as clan members of their husband’s clan. The clans of these countries could both be traced in the books and records that were kept by inhabitants of each country. Ancestry worship in all the three countries was treated as a very important activity in all the three countries. The family members who were still alive had a major responsibility of paying tribute to their ancestors who were deceased. These countries, therefore, had similar family systems.The three countries have a great similarity in the ways in which they were incorporated and assimilated in the world’s economy. All these countries were incorporated into the world’s economy without their own consent. East Asia was known to have a policy of isolation until in 1800s, when Britain emerged and fought hard against china in the War of Opium and in the end, it won. China was then forced to cede the Hong Kong to the Britain and let their ports open for them. This went ahead and happened despite the protests of anti-foreign against many people across China. Japan was incorporated into the world’s economy by the United States, who had their interest in Japan after seeing a lot of benefits in them. They colonized Japan nation in 1910. Due to this, Japan had a great improvement in their economy, jobs, and industries (Krugman & Paul, 1994). Japan tried to transform the Koreans at the same time by making them speak change their names and speak Japanese. The Koreans rebelled at this move and were very mad. Eventually, the Koreans fled the Island due to this pressure. Looking at the illustrations of these examples, it is clear that there was a similarity, because each of the countries was incorporated into the world’s economy against their consent and wish.
CONCLUSION
Looking at all illustrations, ranging from the religion, families, incorporation, and languages, it is easy to state that all the three countries are very similar. Even though there are slight differences, the article dwells much on similarities because they are many and they out way the differences between the three countries.
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