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Japan
Changes to Japan "The Meiji Restoration"
New govt led by emperor and aristocrats to modernize Japan
Changes in Japan / Meiji Restoration
Creates constitutional govt with parliament but they have no real power
Govt chosen by merit and volunteers rather than feudal duties
Strips daimyos and samurais of ranks and privileges
Leads to rebellion but defeated by new army
Education reforms (heavy focus on Shinto and Confucian ideals)
Education for girls for domestic duties (patriarchy)
Sent students and officials abroad to learn western ways
Economy - Most wealth and industry put in the hands of small group private owners
Make most money on textiles, most workers are female, unions are illegal
Europeans allowed to oversee and advise factories
The Opening of Japan (1853-54) [ends Tokugawa Shogunate)
Ended the shogunate in 1868 due to anger and conservative revolt over internal problems and external humiliation
US Commodore Perry "opens" Japan with naval superiority/threats, puts Japan into treaties similar to those China faced at this time. Europe joins in
Tokugawa Shogunate ran the country, dominating political, economic, and social life
Meiji Restoration Results
By lates 1890s, early 1900s Japan becomes heavily industrialized, though need raw materials for products
Ends unequal treaties with the west
Beings to nationalist moves (takeover of Korea, Taiwan, and world wars)
Retains japanese identity and views