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Japan’s Rise to Power

Japan’s Rise to Power. China and Japan Notes Day 1. Some Key Questions. What are the benefits/detriments to modernization? How does technology influence society, war, etc.? What is the best type of life?. The Story Begins with the Tokugawa Shoguns…. The Leadership

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Japan’s Rise to Power

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  1. Japan’s Rise to Power China and Japan Notes Day 1

  2. Some Key Questions • What are the benefits/detriments to modernization? • How does technology influence society, war, etc.? • What is the best type of life?

  3. The Story Begins with the Tokugawa Shoguns… • The Leadership • The tradition of Japan for centuries. • Controlled by the daimyo, or samurai lords, who watched over and protected the people. • Japan was mostly free of foreign influence for hundreds of years. • An isolated nation. • Daily Life • Strong social classes in Japan, led by the daimyo and samurai warriors. • Everyone else from farmers on down to traders paid strict taxes to the higher classes. • Tokugawa daimyo strictly controlled government and trade, leading to very uneven social classes.

  4. The Meiji Restoration • In 1868 a group of samurai leaders became worried after the visit of American Matthew Perry, an American, to Japan. • Japan was clearly behind the rest of the world in terms of technology and influence. • A number of leaders rose up to change the entire structure of the government. • This change is called the Meiji Restoration. • Meiji meant “enlightened rule,” which indicated the revolutionaries wanted smarter leadership in the nation.

  5. Meiji Restoration Changes 1. Supporters of the Meiji wanted a strong government like those in the West. • Began making changes to Japanese society. • Weapons like the machine gun. • Increase Trade with western societies. • First hints of imperialism to nations bordering Japan.

  6. Meiji Restoration Changes (Continued) 2. No more social classes. • People may do whatever they want with their lives. 3. Government reflects western society. • Ex.) the Diet is a national assembly of elected officials, much like Congress in the U.S. 4. Rapid Industrialization begins to take place. • No longer a society based on agriculture.

  7. Industrialization in Japan • By 1900 Japan is the first country in Asia to industrialize, or develop from an agriculture based society to one with machinery. • People are encouraged to start businesses • Railroads and telephones link the nation for the first time. • Japan is essentially the only modernized nation in Asia at the time.

  8. Sino-Japanese War • Japan begins practicing imperialism – when one country controls another, less powerful country. • The Japanese fight with the Chinese in the Sino-Japanese War over control of Korea in 1894 and again in 1937. • Japan defeats China with a more modern army. • Japan now is able to trade in China and is the dominant force in Asia. • In a matter of a few decades Japan is now a major world power!

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