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11 hours ago · Kaihatsu-yunyū (開発輸入, literally translated as “develop-and-import”) was once a widely used policy instrument and financing mechanism that characterised the early years of Japan’s post-war “aid” to and economic cooperation with developing countries. 1 In the absence of an official definition and clear criteria, kaihatsu-yunyū has been used to refer to a mechanism ...
11 hours ago · The Antarctic Treaty, enacted in 1959 and enforced in 1961, designates Antarctica as a zone dedicated to peace, scientific collaboration, and environmental preservation. Over 56 countries have ratified the Treaty, showcasing global support for its principles.
11 hours ago · The Treaty of Peace with Japan, signed in San Francisco in 1952, required that Japan make available “the services of the Japanese people in production, salvaging and other work for the Allied Powers in question,” thereby stipulating that reparations take the form of “services” (Okano 1958). This policy was based on the lessons learned ...
11 hours ago · e. The separation of church and state is a philosophical and jurisprudential concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the state. Conceptually, the term refers to the creation of a secular state (with or without legally explicit church-state separation) and to disestablishment, the changing ...
11 hours ago · Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
11 hours ago · South Sudan (/ s uː ˈ d ɑː n,-ˈ d æ n /), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa.It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Kenya, and includes the vast swamp region of the Sudd, formed by the White Nile and known locally as the Bahr al Jabal, meaning "Mountain Sea".
11 hours ago · Anti-Japanese sentiment in the Philippines can be traced back to the Japanese occupation of the country during World War II and its aftermath. An estimated 1 million Filipinos out of a wartime population of 17 million were killed during the war, and many more Filipinos were injured. Nearly every Filipino family was affected by the war on some ...
