During the Meiji Restoration‚ rapid modernisation took place. Japan’s relatively small size‚ homogeneous population and centralised government allowed it to modernise quickly. By the late 1800s it had become the strongest of the Asian countries. This had a large impact upon Japanese society and its position in the Asian region. Japan managed to adopt modern ways whilst also being able to keep its unique culture and traditions. Modernisation in religion‚ education‚ the military‚ economics‚ and politics
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anything in their power to keep the "French plague" from infiltrating Russia. The "French Plague" was a gradual move towards freedom and a more influential say in government. Russia avoided the "French Plague" by a period of isolation and oppression of their people. Japan also had a long period of isolation. The Japanese believed in the Mandate of Heaven or that there culture was the best. Because of their ethnocentric culture‚ only one Japanese port‚ Nagasaki‚ was open to traders once a year. During
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spectacular growth in three different periods. The three periods have huge gaps between themselves. At first we will see the foundation of Edo (1603) with the whole inland economical developments‚ secondly we will see the Prewar period(1868-1945) and thirdly we will see Japan after the defeat of World War II (1945) (postwar period)when the island nation rose to become the world’s second largest economy. This report will inform you about these three different periods and how Japan developed economically
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lead to the Chinese suffering a defeat and the samurai still feeling betrayed by the Meiji leaders‚ which in turn lead to an uprising in Hizen and other areas of Japan. This was the start of the end for the Samurai (Schirokauer‚ 163). However‚ despite this rebellion‚ other leaders praised those in charge of the uprising for their spirit and enthusiasm. There was a great amount of discontent and opposition to the Meiji government at this time and antigovernment groups began to pop up everywhere. It is
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characterized by historians as a century of change all around the western hemisphere. In this period‚ the industrial revolution began‚ ideals of a republic government became more popular‚ and a new form of a modern monarchy began to replace the old traditional ways of ruling in various countries. Japan‚ though late into reconstructing their system of government‚ modernized in 1868 with the beginning of the Meiji Restoration‚ whereas Japans new leaders sought to embrace the ideas of modernity and drive
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01.05.2003 Social Studies Japanese military‚ social‚ political and economic reforms in the Meiji restoration Military: In 1872 the Japanese military started to use conscription. This is same as drafting in the U.S.A. All conscripts had to serve a three year period in military service‚ after which they were put to reserves for four years. This system was introduced by Yamagata Aritomo‚ and the next year this same man set up the Japanese Imperial army. He favored and used the army style of Germany
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no responsibility whatsoever for any consequence of their use. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research was made possible through valuable funding from IDE-JETRO. I am extremely grateful to IDE-JETRO for allowing me to carry out this research in the period August 2006-February 2007. This report has benefited substantially from inputs and insights from certain individuals and Research Institute Library Officers (IDE‚ OJI Museum‚ and FFPRI). I would like to thank Prof. FUJITA Masahisa and Dr. YOSHIDA
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a form preserving one ’s honor from the indignity of capture by the enemy. (Toyomasa‚ 1980) 3. Throughout the next two hundred years‚ seppuku remained central to Japanese society in its various forms until Japan began to modernize during the Meiji period in the late 1800s and early 1900s (Toyomasa‚ 1980) 4. The Japanese government attempted to adopt a more Western view on suicide and banned seppuku as a form of death penalty (Toyomasa‚ 1980) 5. Despite the ban on seppuku in official and political
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traditions of the Japanese society as a whole. Yet was it as it was stated in a 1941 pamphlet issued by the Japanese Ministry of Education entitled “The Way of the Subjects.” “this country has been widely seeking knowledge in the world since the Meiji Restoration‚ thereby fostering and maintaining the prosperity of the state. With the influx of European and American culture in this country‚ however‚ individualism‚ liberalism‚ utilitarianism and materialism began to assert themselves‚ so that
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Business Groups and the Big Push: Meiji Japan’s Mass Privatization and Subsequent Growth Assignment: Summarize the main points. How convincing do you find the paper? This paper discusses how and by whom a so-called “Big Push” should be operated. A big push is a flood of state-controlled investment across all sectors‚ sparking off industry (micro level) and economic (macro level) growth. It argues that a state-run big push is likely to fail and instead‚ pyramidal business groups can coordinate such
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