Meiji Restoration: How Japan Became a World Super Power and History of Japan

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Japanese Seclusion
02:35 The Opening up of Japan and The End of the Shogun era
04:17 The Meiji Restoration to modernize Japan
06:21 The Emergence of Imperial Japan
08:11 Japan after WWII and till today

In 1543, a group of Portuguese traders on a Chinese boat drifted to the island of Tanegashima, becoming the first Europeans to set foot on Japan, and also initiating direct commercial and cultural exchange between Japan and the West. This period of trading was called the Nanban trade period, during which matchlock firearms, galleon-style shipbuilding, and Christianity were introduced to Japan. When the Warring States period ended, fear of the extensive influence of Christianity in Japan and a threat to his power from the Western countries, Tokugawa issued the Sakoku policy (“closed country”) that isolated Japan from the outside world.

In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry of the United States Navy arrived south of Yokohama, putting an end to Japan’s 220 years of isolation. Under threat of force, in 1854, Japan had to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa bringing a plethora of unfavorable agreements to Japan itself. After Emperor Komei died, and his son was crowned Emperor Meiji, civil unrest continued, making it hard for the new ruler Tokugawa Yoshinobu to maintain his power, leading to his resignation in November 1867. In 1868, the Boshin War and the subsequent fall of Edo finally overthrew the Shogunate, marking the end of this Tokugawa military dictatorship and the beginning of the Meiji era.

After taking the throne in January 1868, Emperor Meiji had implemented a comprehensive reform called “Meiji Restoration”, which was followed by an era of major political, economic, and social change in Japan, leading to its modernization and westernization. By 1871, the administrative reorganization successfully dismantled the old feudal system, abolished feudal class privileges and replaced feudal domains with a system of prefectures. During the Meiji period, Japan underwent a rapid transition towards an industrial economy. Besides significant changes in politics, education and economics, the modernization and enlargement of the Imperial Japanese Army played a key role in Japan's expansion abroad.

The Japanese invasion of Taiwan under Qing rule in 1874 in response to the Mudan Incident of 1871 marked the first overseas deployment of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. By the 1890s, the Imperial Japanese Army had grown to become the most modern army in Asia, bringing Japan dozens of glorious victories.

After consolidating its control over Hokkaidō and annexing the Ryukyu islands, Japan began its territorial expansion. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Taiwan was ceded to Japan. The Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) was another victory for Japan, giving the country control over the southern half of Sakhalin. Korea, following the Japanese invasion of Korea, was also annexed to Japan in 1910.

In the early 20th century, the Taishō era marked Japan’s increasing expansionism. In 1940, Japan joined the Axis powers formed in response to its ally with Germany and Italy through the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin.

As part of Japan's ambition to dominate the Pacific, in 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on a U.S. naval base on Pearl Harbor, followed by other campaigns targeting British armies in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong triggered the outbreak of World War II.

Although World War II which culminated in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 ended with Japan being occupied, giving all its colonies to Allied powers and losing millions of lives, Japan has revived phenomenally from the ashes of this bloody war.

During the post-war recovery period, Japan recorded a period of high growth which transformed the Japanese economy and society significantly. From an isolated nation, Japan had emerged as the most developed and modernized nation in Asia and as an industrialized world power.

Do you think what is the decisive factor for the development of Japan?
And how did Japan recover so quickly after World War II?

Tell us in the comment section below.
► Thanks for watching!
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Japan is a resilient people. They’ve taken two nuclear bombs and still bounced back.

mastervz
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Japan is very interesting.
They lived over 200 years in isolation just to emerge as a world power in "a very short time". Then it took a couple nukes to stop them and recovered in "a very short time".
Again the Japanese say anything crafted in Japan takes a century to master.
Feels like they have mastered growing in a short time.

rahulchakrabarty
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Ehhh how does this not have more views and likes? The animation's neat, the explanation is short but thorough

fksksos
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Japan is interesting, they organize the Tokyo 2020 Olympics very well

HieuNguyen-opud
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This is such an incredible video! Using this with my Y9s tomorrow, thank you!

sherizawadhwani
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This needs more views and likes, great video!

GigaMonke
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Your educational videos are of excellent quality! Thank you so very much for creating them. They are very well organized and structured with excellent animations and pace of the explanations.

IsabelRodriguez-nvue
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Thank you!
i have a 2000 word essay due by midnight and this video allowed me to extend my 1300 word essay a full 600 more!
i haven't even started my third body paragraph or conclusion!
This video was a savior!

miloslye
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It is very helpful video, to know Japan's history in a short time.

bpvtbcw
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Japan could be a superpower if you think about it, they have the third largest economy which is growing, and the 5th strongest military which is also growing. They might not be a superpower, but maybe the third power or second power.

neptune
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A comprehensive and highly detailed video, how does this not have more views?

eren_yeager
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Relished this slice of history . Greetings from India.

amant
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2:46 Highlighted area is Chiba prefecture, not Yokohama/Kanagawa pref.

junrokugatsu
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no cuz you literally explain my whole history textbook, even more clear

ell
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The most beautiful Japan is their culture, especially through the unique Anime series, there are no words to describe! If you have the opportunity to come to Japan, you must remember that this country has a lot of fireflies!😊

KOROZUMILuz-zfbe
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Wowww.. This video very useful, i love that. please make more good videos 😝

hieunt
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2:55 this area is Chiba.Yokohama is west at Tokyo.

smityjw
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7;49 Correction, Japan still not invaded the Philippines until the attack on Hawaii, the Philippine was include in the US territory that time

darkflamemaster
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I need help with an assignment on "struggle for identity" What were the threats to Japan's identity? must be only from 1860-1900

sallyyang
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Montana is bigger then fact I recently learned

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