Japan to Americ

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE REAL CHARACTER OF THE JAPANESE RACE SH1MPEI GOTO Baron Shimpei Goto, ex-Minister of Communications and ex-President of the Imperial Railway Board; born Miyagi Prefecture, July, 1857; was graduated from the University of Berlin with degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1892; at the early age of 20, he was...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE REAL CHARACTER OF THE JAPANESE RACE SH1MPEI GOTO Baron Shimpei Goto, ex-Minister of Communications and ex-President of the Imperial Railway Board; born Miyagi Prefecture, July, 1857; was graduated from the University of Berlin with degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1892; at the early age of 20, he was physician at the Aichi Prcfectural Hospital, also instructor at the Prefectural Medical School; after four years of distinguished services, was promoted director of the hospital as well as the school; in 1883 became acting Director of the Sanitary Bureau, Home Department; on his return from an official tour to Germany, he was appointed Director of the Sanitary Bureau, 1892; during the Japan-China War, was on the Sanitary Commission of the Army; after the war, was singled out by the late General Kodama and appointed Director of the Civil Administration Bureau of the Formosan Government; during his tenure of the directorship, he made large contributions to the Insular development; was created baron in 1906 and given a seat in the House of Peers: in 1906 became the first president of the South Manchuria Railway Co.; in 1908 Minister of Communications; resigned August, 1912; held the portfolio again, Dec. 12, 1912-Feb. 13, 1913. He is the translator of several German books on politics.]] The real character of the Japanese race is not yet understood by the world. It is a trite saying that Occidental civilization is based on Christianity, while the Oriental has Buddhism andConfucianism as its foundation. Geographically, Japan belongs to the Orient, but she is no common Oriental country. Every nation in the world has its general characteristics and its peculiarities, and Japan is richest in the latter, presumably as a result of her insular position, which allowed her to grow up...