Summary of Londo's lecture

Mr.Londo's lecture mainly introduces the history of Japan and mentions its social issues and conflicts existing in Japanese society. This enables me to be able to have a better understanding how Japanese's culture could have affects towards my study of global supply chain management in Japan.
In the beginning of the lecture, Mr. Londo mentions two primarily important events in early history of Japan. Takugawa samurai family took control of Japan in 1600 and Emperor Meiji was installed in 1868 as well as following significant historical events such as Sino-Japansese War, Rosso-Japansese War as well as annextion of Korea, which have great influences on the Japanses history. Mr.Londo generally describes Japan's geography, social issues, political system, religion, and its relationship with world. His lecture also emphasizes on Samurai's position and how it have influences the Japanese history and society. It also focuses on Tokugawa regime in relation to its origin, society, emperor, culture and the rest of the world. Mr.Londo also explains the reason why and how the Takugawa regime ended. After Takugawa regime, Mr.Londo focuses on Meiji reform in details which includes egalitatrian society, pursuit of western technology, universal education, taxation, infrastructure, and constitution. The next lecture was about the current economy and society. Which introduced the cycle of boom and bust, city life, modern infrastructure development and increasing political activity. At the end of the lecture, Mr.Londo explains descent of militarism , mentions the allied occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952 and the developments from 1960s to the present.
Although Mr.Londo's lecture can not reflect the whole situation of Japan, this will provide valuable information for us when we study in Japan. When studing abroad in Japan ,we will not only learn the academic knowledge, but also the culture and history of Japan, which will diversify our life experirence.