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Japan

Explore the overall pattern of Japan's economy from 1905-1930 and understand the changes in the banking system, rural Japan, landlord-tenant dynamics, city life, middle classes, women's roles, employment practices, minorities, and urban life.

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Japan

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  1. Japan empire to ashes

  2. Economy and society – 1905-30 • What was the overall pattern of the economy from 1905-1930? • why? • What happened to the banking system and why? • What was the situation in rural Japan? • How did the lives of landlords and tenants change? • What steps did tenants take to improve their lives? • Describe city life in Japan at this time. • What is the difference between the “old” and “new” middle classes? • What roles did women play? • What was a woman’s typical life course? • How did companies alter their employment practices at this time? • Why? • What was the situation for Japan’s minorities? Who were they? • What were some notable developments in urban life and culture at this time? • What was a “western clothes pauper”? Japan: empire to ashes

  3. Taishō times Japan: empire to ashes

  4. Democracy and empire • What moved Japan’s governance from “transcendental” to “party” cabinets? • What changes did Kenseikai/Minseitō cabinets bring about? • How did the Privy Council (oligarchs) try to maintain power? • The 1920s saw the rise of new ideologies in Japan. What were they? • Where did they come from? • How did the government respond? • Did Japan become more democratic in the 1920s? • In what ways? • What important social programs appeared at this time? (171) Japan: empire to ashes

  5. Democracy and empire • What were the 21 Demands and how were they received? • What did Japan gain in the Treaty of Versailles? • What other major moves did Japan make overseas in the 1920s? (175) • What changes did it make in its military? • What was the result of the 1922 Washington Conference? • How did Japan deal with China during and after WWI? • What was the result? • What was the big issue between Japan and the US in the 1920s? • How did Japan handle Korea in the 1920s? • Evaluate “Cultural Rule.” Japan: empire to ashes

  6. Descent into militarism • How did the 1929 depression affect Japan? • Farmers? Businesses? • How did the government respond? • What was the response of small businessmen, workers, farmers? • How and why does Japan’s situation overseas change in the 1930s? Why? • What is the reaction inside Japan? • In the military? In society? • What happens to Taiwan, Korea? • What happens to Japan’s economy later in the 1930s? • How does the relationship between government and industry change? • What changes for farmers? (194-5) • For factory laborers? • What leads to the end of party governments? (196) • How was the 1937 election important? • What important changes do the non-party governments make? • How does Japanese culture evolve in the 1930s? Japan: empire to ashes

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