Tag: infrastructure*
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South Korea Undersea Tunnel
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M155 Creator: Lamine Male ’21 Computer Science This map is about the Japan-Korea Undersea Tunnel Project. It shows in different colors and formats the different routes that have been proposed from the 1940s until recent times. The earliest routes proposed include a rail and road trajectory that would link Busan to Fukuoka…
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Philippines Economic Influence
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M150 Creator: Jason Cobert ’23 Undecided The Philippines, while only directly occupied by Japan for 3 years during the period between the bombing of pearl harbor and the surrender of Japan, have been immensely influenced economically by trade with Japan as well as implementation of Japanese business in the Philippines. The main…
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China ODA
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M149 Creator: Ning Wang ’19 Electrical and Computer Engineering The map shows two large-scale economic infrastructure construction projects funded by Japan’s Official Development Assistance loans during 1990s, Qinghuangdao Port construction project and Datong – Qinhuangdao Railways construction project. The completion of the two projects enabled a more efficient coal transportation from inland…
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Cambodia Water Facility
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M147 Creator: Anya Greenberg ’20 Data Science Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is a semi-governmental agency devoted to supporting socioeconomic development and economic recovery and stability in developing nations. In Cambodia, the agency is supporting economic development through different projects in multiple different sectors including health care, education, governance, and many others.…
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Thailand Railroads
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M146 Creator: Junyi Zhao ’21 Computer Science During WWII, Japan built Thai-Myanmar Railroad in favor of transporting necessary resources including rubber, steel and oil to fuel its war machine. This decade, Japan competed China for Bangkok-Chiang Mai HSR to nationally invest in Thailand and open the market in a larger scale to…
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Vietnam North/South Imports
ElyaDatabase ID Number: M145 Creator: Jade Seguchi ’22 International Relations During the Cold War period, especially between 1955 and 1975, Japan was a key economic partner to Vietnam. It is essential to point out that such relationship happened with both the North Vietnam (communist regime) and the South Vietnam (ally of the U.S.) regimes. The…