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’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.

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INDUSTRY: Factory in Meiji Japan

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INDUSTRY:Military Advancements of the Meiji Period

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Japan’s Modernization

1) Industry

2) Empire:• Sino-Japanese War (1894)

• Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

• annexation of Korea (1910)

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EMPIRE: Modernizing the Military

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Similarities: Pre-war Germany & Pre-war Japan

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Similarities: Pre-war Germany & Pre-war Japan