Asia Current Event - "Police Say More Japanese Women Becoming Human Trafficking Victims"
The article goes into detail on how Japan's human trafficking has increased in the past years. The article also states that Japanese government had not recognize the acts of sex-slavery that was happening in the country. Other acts that the article refers to is the other cases were underage girls were found performing duress actions.
This is in relation to the human trafficking that we learned in the course, although it is in a different part of the world. This can be related to the drug cartel that we learn during South America, due to the fact that both are morally wrong and have a unfortunate good income for those who do practice these acts. Also to the favelas that we learned also in the South America portion, due to me feeling that the victims of human trafficking move from rundown area to rundown areas. This is sort of off topic but all this reading of human trafficking makes me want to watch "Taken", but not "Taken 2" that was a bad experience...
Clickety-Clack dat Link!
http://www.japansubculture.com/police-say-more-japanese-women-becoming-human-trafficking-victims/
This is in relation to the human trafficking that we learned in the course, although it is in a different part of the world. This can be related to the drug cartel that we learn during South America, due to the fact that both are morally wrong and have a unfortunate good income for those who do practice these acts. Also to the favelas that we learned also in the South America portion, due to me feeling that the victims of human trafficking move from rundown area to rundown areas. This is sort of off topic but all this reading of human trafficking makes me want to watch "Taken", but not "Taken 2" that was a bad experience...
Clickety-Clack dat Link!
http://www.japansubculture.com/police-say-more-japanese-women-becoming-human-trafficking-victims/
Crossing the Pop Culture Universe:
Takeshi's Castle vs. Wipeout
Takeshi's Castle is a show that is based on contestants ability to maneuver through various courses labeled as 'challenges'. A specific one is called 'Avalanche' where players run up a long chute to the top to Takeshi's Castle, while avoiding incoming stones. Wipeout has a course that has giant red balls that when contestants attempt to traverse usually most of the time fail Wipeout is similar to Takeshi's Castle by the sheer fact that they are both physical challenges revolved around being able to finish the course at all or in an amount of time.
Photoblog: 5 Themes of Geography - Japan
Web Archaeology - Samurai Weapons and 'Kit'
A possible primary source that is a very well-known samurai weapon is the katana. This can be used in the research of what metals were available to Japan in its early days. Along with the other materials that is comprised of an ancient katana. This will help us understand what Japan has as natural/traded resources during its early days/modern days. along with the possibility of what jobs were blooming in Japan such as blacksmiths or farmers as an example.
Another piece of samurai equipment that holds a potential for being a primary source is their armor. This would mainly help support the uses of the katana above. However it can provide more information on its own. These I believe could be used for finding how the samurai's were successful in battles. why the mask is represented in the way it is, such as if it were to be a religious or 'political' representation of a person.
Another piece of samurai equipment that holds a potential for being a primary source is their armor. This would mainly help support the uses of the katana above. However it can provide more information on its own. These I believe could be used for finding how the samurai's were successful in battles. why the mask is represented in the way it is, such as if it were to be a religious or 'political' representation of a person.