The rise of Japan from an isolated society to a major industrial and imperial power.?

I need some information about what traces the rise of Japan from an isolated society to a major industrial and imperial power.

The rise of Japan from an isolated society to a major industrial and imperial power.?
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Reply:The answer wouldn't be a simple.


But in Asia, there usually have been lots small domestic nations and state-lets in the history. eg, There have been lots domestic Civil Wars, domestic battles and rebellions in Chinese history.


In Korean Peninsula, there also have been lots small countries existed and flighted each other.


I guess SEA countries, like Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and India were similar situation in their history.





Japan was little different. The first unification of Japanese nation (people) were done by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he made it completely with reducing all the Daimyo (feudal lords) to obedience. It was late 16th century (1590-91).





In 1867 at Paris Expo in France, Japanese Edo government (Tokugawa shogunate) and Satsuma Domain took part in the Expo as different countries. Shimazu family of Satsuma Domain was one of the strong Daimyo (feudal lords).


There was a crisis of being split up in Japan at this time. However, soon Meiji Restoration occurred around 1867-8.


Strong feudal lords hold meetings periodically and achieved a consensus not to split Japan and not to throw Japanese land into turmoil.





Japanese are said they are the people who go solid combination when they faced with crises. You can also see this tendency in pre-war time (First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War), during WW2, and in the time rebuilding Japan after WW2.

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