japan - a new era
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Japan
Fahad AlatasGrade 11
A NEW ERA
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Covering• Brief
Introduction• Modernization• Industrialization• Military Success
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Brief Introduction• Modernization in mid 1800’s• Reestablishment of imperial
rule• Meiji (enlightened rule)• Emperor Mutsuhito
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Modernization• Change of the capital city• Kyoto to Edo (Tokyo)• Formation of a new government• Introduction of Industrialization
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• Education; highly trained people• Contact with Europe and
America• Formation of banks, buildings,
roads, factories, etc.• Private businesses (Zaibatsu)
controlled the economy• Mixture of the western and the
Japanese culture
Industrialization
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Military Success• Expansion to east Asia and the Pacific Ocean
regions• War against the China; controlling the Korea • Rivalry against the Russia resulting war• Korea under control of Japan, again• Recognition of military power by the world• Joined WWI, sought of expansion of their
empire
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References• World War I U.S. Library of Congress, Available:
http://countrystudies.us/japan/29.htm Last accessed: 30st August, 2010• Explore Japan: Government Web Japan, Available:
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/government/ Last accessed: 30st August, 2010
• Unit 3 Japan Section 1: A New Era, page 268-272