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Japan as a world power - Coggle Diagram
Japan as a world power
Enablers as a world power
Shantung province
Japan's cotton export increased threefold
Merchant fleet almost doubled in size
Merchant fleet almost doubled in size
Shipbuilding industry boosted by the AJA
The AJA was the first time an Eastern nation was in alliance with a western nation
Japans victory in the Russo-Japanese war was the first time an Eastern nation won in a war against a Western nation
Not a world power
Not seen on par with European powers
Island nation
Dependent on trade with Western nations
World Power
Extensive trade
Colonial holdings
Took advantage of European countries being occupied by WW1
Alliances - AJA
Meiji Restoration
Centralized government
Centralized economy
Military expansion
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
Russo - Japanese war
Why was it not a world power
As an island nation they lacked many resources
Did not have any other trading patterns (China was a very meek partner)