Plum blossoms!

日本へようこそ！ (Welcome to Japan!)

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March 7th 2012
When I decided to enroll in a Global Health Masters program at UCSF in the fall of 2011, Japan was one of the last places I thought I'd find myself six months later. As a person drawn to issues of poverty, development, and ethnic conflict, I assumed that I would end up doing my final project in a developing country in sub-Sarahan Africa or Latin America - not a first-world superpower like Japan. B ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more