What is the difference between China& Japan?
China and Japan are two independent sovereign nations in eastern Asia. Each country has been enormously influential in the region. China is located on the mainland of the continent, while Japan is primarily comprised of four main islands (Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku) in the Pacific Ocean.HistoryChina’s recorded history dates back 3,500 years, and Japan’s earliest recorded history dates from around A.D. 405.CultureChina is the oldest Asian culture, and Japan acquired cultural influences and tenets from China, including Buddhism.LanguageJapan adopted China’s writing system as one of its three writing systems, which are hiragana, katakana and kanji (Chinese symbols). However, Japan’s and China’s spoken languages are entirely separate and distinct.HostilitiesChina and Japan have gone to war with each other twice since the 1890s, the first time in 1894 over control of Korea, and the second time with Japan’s invasion of Manchuria in 1931.SignificanceBecause of the perception that Ja
