Motives & Policies
| Rhetoric and Reforms implemented | Influence on and extended consequences for politics, economics, and social structures of Japan | |
|---|---|---|
| Meiji | ^^Modernization^^: disband shogun, industrialize Army & Navy, bans Samurai, & sponsors students to learn machines, skills, and methods. | Japan becomes more modernized, making them more of a strong global power as those powers are from the West and are modernized. There is militarism, expansion, the establishment of the diet, Zaibatsu is replaced by feudal classes, centralization of power, modernization of commerce sectors, and drive for resources. This is to be imperialists at their own game of industrialization. |
| Midori | Japanization | Believed Korea & Japan used to be one nation and Japan was essential in improving Korea’s agricultural industry |
| Taisho (Yoshihito) | ^^Liberal reforms^^: Women’s liberation, suffrage, cultural freedom, protestation against non-elected governments. This enlisted a private military and supported internationalism in the League of Nations. Big events under his reign: WWI, League of Nations, Korean massacre, Washington Naval Conference, Konto Earthquake, and Tokyo redesign. | Japan becomes more progressive, especially with Sakurzo Yoshino’s Democracy theory. They modernize in ideas and society as people have more freedoms and rights. However, this caused financial ruin for Japan. |
| Shidehara Kijuro | All about “economy through peace” (counting U.S. trade and influence in c); pacifist | Attempted to maintain non-interventionist policy towards China |
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