The Modern History of Japan: Every Month (1868-2024)

The Modern History of Japan: Every Month (1868-2024)

Music:
- Miya-san, Miya-san
- 55 Days in Beijing
- Hohei no Honryō
- Teki wa Ikuman
- Warera
- Nippon Rikugun

[austinlee]

Japan is a great and wonderful country with rich history, I like Japan very much^^ From a miltarist state to one of the most peaceful and prosperous country in the world.

[TEKAP-fhno]

If this excellent channel stops making videos, I will quit life too.

[shogunateball]

As a Japanese person, this video is Probably the most accurate "Modern History of Japan" video i've ever seen.
also, thank you for the video.
R6.Feb.11 National Foundation Day of Japan 🎌🇯🇵

[Frane.Bekavac]

I think that some japanese people will hate this video because south kuiril island(next to Hookaido) are not dark red color as rest of Japan. This means that south kuiril islands are part of Russia instead of Japan which is big no no for Japan. But evertying else in this video is made great!

[sunduncan]

7:44 Excluding Thailand is accurate, unlike some other maps. Although Thailand was under Japanese influence, Thailand was never colonized by Imperial Japan during WWII. Thailand kept full sovereignty over the territory. Thai king still ruled the country led by prime minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram.

It was a very complicate situation where Thai government officially allied with Japanese troops while there were anti-Japanese protests by Thai people throughout the kingdom secretly supported by USA. Japanese assisted Thai troops to occupy the northern part of Cambodia formerly losed to French Indochina and the eastern part of Shan state formerly losed to British Burma. However, Japanese tried to force Thai people learn Japanese language in school but Thai PM said “we’re learning newly reformed Thai script and have no time to learn new language at this moment” because he was aware of that Japan was trying to colonize Thailand soon. Fortunately, Japan lost. After WWII Thai declared the Allied that Thailand was forced to ally with Japan so Thailand was not punished as the Axis with help from USA but Thailand need to return eastern Shan state and northern Cambodia. This is how Thailand remained independance and was not colonized by Japan.

That was the past. In modern day, Thailand has Japan as model for country development. Thai people love Japan so much and addict to Japanese culture. Although Korean pop culture is very popular in Thailand today, J-pop, manga and anime are still popular among Thai people in all generations. Even Thais of Chinese descendant, their grandparents hate Japanese but young people love them and their culture.

[Josephine_Gamerian]

Here we go again with another video. Wish is as great as the last one.

[ggeost]

It is amazing to see the detailed description of the massive changes in administrative divisions after the Meiji Restoration.
It accurately depicts the existence of branch domains within some large domains under the Edo shogunate, as well as the "pro-betrayal moves" such as those of the Hirosaki domain during the Boshin War.

[ramirosotto]

Would you do Cambodia: Every Month like this? Since 1860 (start of Norodom reign) or 1863 (start of French Cambodia). Showing in the left the Monarch/Head of State/President and in the right the Prime Minister. It would be crazy good for showing how much time Norodom Sihanouk ruled regardless of his title.

[Rattanalnwpory]

It's really a very detailed creation. You are really good at finding information.😮

[riowhi]

Aside from changes on a map, here is a general outline of modern Japanese history.

1868--89: Early Meiji period
- Consolidation of Imperial control, quelling rebellions
- Boshin war (1868-69), where Shogunate forces are defeated and imperial rule returns to Japan
- Reorganization of political system and administrative divisions
- Buildup of military, economic reforms

1889--1912: Late Meiji period
- Transition to constitutional monarchy
- Widespread industrialization of cities
- First wave of conquests and colonies: Taiwan (1898), Korea (1910)

1912--26: Taishō period
- Expansion of political and economic rights under so-called "Taishō democracy"
- Growing influence & radicalization of militarism
- Role in WW1, expansion into the Pacific
- Economic depressions in later years
- Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923

1926--45: Early Shōwa period
- Military slowly overruns ruling political establishment
- Conflict of interests between IJA and IJN
- Second wave of conquests and colonies: Manchuria (1932), Second Sino-Japanese war (1937 onwards), Pacific conquests and war (1941 onwards). Untold amounts of war crimes on a level of cruelty that frightened some Nazis.
- State of total war and effective military dictatorship
- Allied firebombing campaign of Japanese cities (300k+ dead)
- Twice atomic bombings at Hiroshima (9 August 1945) and Nagasaki (12 August 1945)
- Surrender of Japan in the Pacific War

1945--52: Allied occupation
- Unprecedented social and political reform
- New constitution that expressly bans a military, though this has been thwarted through numerous loopholes ("Self defense force")
- Pioneering of Japanese economic model, eventually leading to Japanese economic miracle
- Country enters rebuilding period, as most cities were razed to the ground during the war
- Unprecedented support for leftists like socialists and communists in the 1949 election leads to Red purge, landing Japan firmly on the side of the American bloc for the duration of the Cold war

1952--89: Late Shōwa period
- 1950s: Growing dominance of Liberal-Democratic Party, eventually leading to a de-facto one party state
- 1960s: Massive economic growth. Japan hosts Summer Olympics in 1964 (Tokyo). Japan becomes major world producer of heavy industry.
- 1970s: Oil shock in 1971 leads to a shift in Japanese economy, which began to also produce things like TVs, cameras, VCRs, game consoles.
- 1980s: Japan's economic peak, top producer of cars, technology, etc
- 1985--91: Economic real estate bubble leads to massive consumer spending for a period, followed by massive recession when it was over.

1989--2019: Heisei period
- 1989--2001 often called "Lost Decades": virtually no job opportunities. Ugly side of corporate work structure begins to reveal itself, etc.
- 1990s sees numerous political scandals and cultural incidents such as the Aum Shinrikyo bombing incident
- Great Hanshin earthquake (1995), Great Tōhoku earthquake (2011) and ensuing Fukushima nuclear disaster.
- 2000s: Japan loses a lot of manufacturing to other Asian countries such as South Korea, China, etc.
- Characterized by growing issue of demographic decline, Japan reaches peak population (128 million) in 2008, decline ever since
- Challenges associated with aging society and virtually no economic growth

2020--now: Reiwa period
- Coronavirus pandemic
- "2020" Tokyo Olympics, moved to 2021
- Massive political scandals, such as the very recent ticket scandal (2023)
- Increasing amounts of immigration into the country, for better or for worse

[HoldonImviet]

May you make modern history of Vietnam (1945-present)

[ntarc]

Great video! Could you make Modern History of India 1857-2024?

[Nothinghere]

I wanted new modern history yay! Thanks for this work

[TREEshichauyo]

No mapper has ever shown the Edo period and the early Meiji period so accurately.
Especially Tenryō (the Tokugawa Shogunate's directly controlled area) and Han (feudal domain).

[some_dude]

Japan’s rise had been the most impressive in history for me. From backwards and divided land to a modern empire.

[ShimaJiro]

The music after World War II was not military songs, but popular songs. Today's Japan is a country of high technology, anime, and HENTAI. I forgot about "sushi".

[Mr.RavkhatovKalysbek]

Kyrgyzstan and Japan 🇰🇬🤝🇯🇵 we are Asians and brothers by blood :)

[ediakaeverydayidiot]

i swear, every single time i think i've found the most skilled mapper, some guy always changes my mind!

[nicotocayosupremo]

May you please make the History of Chile (1818-2024) every month?

[Francoist_Spain_was_based]

Modern history of Germany 🇩🇪 1870-2024 every month