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Modern Japan
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Contact
• 1853- US sent Commodore Perry with several warships convince shogun to open Japanese ports to western countries– Shogun opened ports– Rise of $ economy• Wealthy merchants, poor shoguns
– Restored power to emperor
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Restoration
• Meiji Restoration– 1889 Constitution based on western model• Legal code, Diet
– Modern economy• Studied industry abroad• Improved infrastructure
– Social classes• Abolished• Swords, military, education, voting
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Empire Building
• As Japanese power grew, it began building an empire– 1895- gained control of Korea– 1905- Manchuria from Russia• Economic depression, militarism
– 1931- invaded China– 1941- attacked Pearl Harbor in Japan
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Pearl Harbor
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Tora, tora, tora
• Attempt to wipe out American Pacific Fleet• 755 am– Two waves• 183, 170 planes
– 2403 killed• War declared December 8th, 1941
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USS Arizona
1,177 killed
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Tough Fighting
• Japanese army occupied islands– US Marines, one at a
time
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Divine Wind
• Kamikaze pilots• USS Columbia– 13 killed
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Decision
• Manhattan Project
• Truman: two options– Mainland invasion– Atomic bomb
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Hiroshima
• Japanese rejected unconditional surrender– Fat Man
• Enola Gay
– July 26th, 1945– 80k dead instantly
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Nagasaki
• After Hiroshima, Japanese still refused to surrender– 40k
• August 6th, 1945
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Post ‘45• General MacArthur
to fix Japan– Punish and
demilitarize– Reform– Leave