Japan ModernizesA Brady Sprague PowerPoint

Table of Contents

Advantages of ImperialismDisadvantages of ImperialismBackground InformationEffects of ImperialismWestern Powers InvolvedIndigenous responseIndependence

Advantages of Imperialism

Japan remains independent of Foreign Invasion, and becomes a world power

Rapid industrialization in Japan leads to stronger military, establishment of schools and Universities

Western technology such as the railroad, steamboats, the telegraph, modern clocks and calendars come to Japan

Japanese industry brings huge economic gains to the country

Disadvantages of Imperialism

To feed its industrial machine, Japan searches elsewhere for resources.

Russo Japanese war ensures over Korea and Manchuria

Background Information

Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate had been isolated from the rest of the world since the 1600’s

Increased western activity in China first prompts Japan to begin to reassess its safety from foreign invasion

Japan never ruled by a foreign power (somewhat indirect imperialism)

Effects of Imperialism

Rapid Industrialization of JapanTokugawa shogunate dissolvedIsolationism of Japan done away withJapan becomes a world powerRusso Japanese warJapan controls Korea and Manchuria

Western Powers Involved

British Ships spotted off the coast of Japan worry Daimyos

Russian Ships spotted off the coast of Japan worry Daimyos

United States forces Japan to open its ports to American vessels travelling to China

Japan never ruled by another western Power

Indigenous Response

New “Meiji Oligarchs” quickly begin to adapt western Ideas

All foreign Ideas, institutions and techniques that could strengthen Japan are accepted

Some conservative Japanese angered by the change in the government

Results of Independence

Japan colonizes most of southeast Asia, and brings the US into WWII by bombing pearl Harbor

Japan Loses WWIIJapan recovers and is rebuilt, and their

industry continues to boomJapan becomes a democarcy following

WWIIJapan becomes a rich economy to this day