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The Meiji Restoration.
After Japan opened port and trading goods, the domestic goods prices go up because they export to much raw materials and tea. Naturally farmers life getting hard and Samurai lost their power to people.
They started to have problem to present government and finally give power to Japan's Emperor back.
So toothless tiger Japan's Emperor now became a real King.
They started to have problem to present government and finally give power to Japan's Emperor back.
So toothless tiger Japan's Emperor now became a real King.
Iwakura Mission (Embassy)
Eventhough they got new form of GOV, they had no idea how to become like other Western nation. So they send about 100 young smart mens ( half of them was Governments senior officials )to Western Europe to learn their culture and system.
And they got intense impact from Germany and how they made their country stronger by Militarism. |