Show far eastern civilizations civilization the civilization of china goes much farther back than that of japan As a matter of fact chinese civilization vias vaa introduced into japan about the first century AD in modern times however japan hns has outstripped china in many respects japan having adopted western standards of living to a much greater degree while japan has shown a capacity equal to that of any ether knonk people and while their manners and customs and certain institutions were modified in ancient times by chinese culture they have kept pace with european and american civilization civillia tion |