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early all of the country's inhabitants belong to the same ethnic group and share the same racial background and cultural characteristics.

Within the villages, households consist of large families. This usually includes a farmer, his wife and children, grandparents, and grown sons and their families.

Yayoi culture originally developed in northern Kyushu, the western and southernmost of Japan's main islands.

Japanese city life is much more Westernized than that of the countryside.

ayoi culture spread into Honshu (Japan's largest island) and present-day Tokyo in the Middle (100 BC-100 AD) to Late Yayoi (100-300AD) period.

Modern entertainment is also active in the cities of Japan.

The Japanese celebrate many holidays and practice many customs throughout the year.

On May 5 Kodomo-no-Hi (Children's Day) is celebrated. This is a day set aside to honor all children.

Perhaps the most important development of the Yayoi period was the cultivation of rice, probably introduced from the area near the Yangtze River delta in southern China.

November 23 marks Kansha-no-Hi (Labor-Thanksgiving Day). On this day, the Japanese give thanks to laborers and for a successful harvest.

apanese men and women did not choose their marriage partners based on love. Instead, marriage was arranged by families who paired couples based on their social and economic status.

At the end of the day a large bathtub is filled with hot water. Then, each family member, in turn washes and rinses thoroughly before getting into the tub.

In addition to pottery and iron and bronze tools, archaeologists have depended largely on burial remains to uncover Yayoi culture.

For years, the Japanese have taken great pride in their performing arts. Dance and theater are essential parts of Japanese culture.

n northeastern Japan, secondary burials were conducted in which the bones of the dead were exhumed, painted decoratively, and placed in ornamental clay jars.

"No plays" are other types of theatrical performances common in Japan.

The gagaku, for example, is classical music that was introduced into Japan from China in the 8th century A.D.

Western music is also popular in Japan.

For many years the Japanese style of dress consisted of long, flowing robes called kimonos.

The climate of Japan varies a great deal from heavy snows and extreme cold along the west coast to warm and humid summers in the rest of the country.

The burakumin (people of the village) are ethnically the same as the majority of Japanese. However, their ancestors were members of the former outcast class. The burakumin are often treated unfairly.

Shinto is based on the worship of local spirits in nature.

Japan has a rich and complex culture. Native Japanese traditions have been mixed with cultural styles adapted from China and, later, from the West. Japanese culture and art emphasize understated simplicity, elegance, and grace. For example, the traditional Japanese tea ceremony, flower arranging, and garden design are highly stylized and refined. On the other hand, contemporary Japanese society fully embraces Western-style popular culture—influenced by television, motion pictures, and advertising.

modern Japanese writers include Soseki Natsume, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Osamu Dazai, Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, and Yukio Mishima.

Poetry plays a central role in Japanese culture.

The carefully composed paintings used few brush strokes to suggest a scene in nature.

Japanese No plays are generally short, stylized, and heroic.

Today the martial arts are more important as competitive sports and as aids to physical and mental fitness.

The Japanese economy grew remarkably throughout the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.

Historical records, however, show that Japan was not united as one state until the late 4th or early 5th century AD. It was ruled by the Yamato dynasty.

Meanwhile, Japan was developing trade contacts with the outside world.

By the mid-19th century the Tokugawa shogunate was unable to keep European and United States traders away.

A new government was established under the young emperor Mutsuhito, who took the name of Meiji, meaning “enlightened government.”

Japan soon sought to build an empire. It successfully fought a war with China (1894–95) and with Russia (1904–05).

The Japanese government believed that expansion through military conquest would help the economy.

Under the terms of surrender, Japan had to give up all the territory it had acquired since 1895.

Japan rebuilt its ruined economy, using new technology in every major industry.

urricanes cause do billions of dollars in damage, diseases cost money to treat and control and conflicts exacerbate all of these.

The ice caps melting is a four-pronged danger.

First, it will raise sea levels.

Second, melting ice caps will throw the global ecosystem out of balance

Third, temperature rises and changing landscapes in the artic circle will endanger several species of animals. Only the most adaptable will survive.

ourth, global warming could snowball with the ice caps gone

Skydiving is a natural sport to develop from army training.

many expert skydivers found their passion after joining the army.

So it seems army skydiving has gone from being a skill developed to get into enemy territory quickly and efficiently, to a spectator sport appreciated by the masses.