Japan modernized during the Meiji Restoration
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Japan modernized during the Meiji Restoration. Japan’s Modernization. Japan studied the rise of the West and concluded that two things had given the West dominance :. INDUSTRY: Factory in Meiji Japan. INDUSTRY: Military Advancements of the Meiji Period. Japan’s Modernization. Industry - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Japan modernized during the Meiji Restoration
Japan’s ModernizationJapan studied the rise of the West and concluded that two things had given the West dominance:
Industry creates superior military (weapons, etc.)
Superior military builds empire
(new land).
Empire provides resources that feed industry.
INDUSTRY: Factory in Meiji Japan
INDUSTRY:Military Advancements of the Meiji Period
Japan’s Modernization
1) Industry
2) Empire:• Sino-Japanese War (1894)
• Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
• annexation of Korea (1910)
EMPIRE: Modernizing the Military
Similarities: Pre-war Germany & Pre-war Japan
Similarities: Pre-war Germany & Pre-war Japan
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