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In Japanese history, the Meiji Restoration was the political revolution in 1868 that resulted in the final demise of the Tokugawa shogunate (military government), effectively ending the Edo (Tokugawa) period. In Japanese history, the Meiji Restoration was the political revolution in 1868 that resulted in the final demise of the Tokugawa shogunate (military government), effectively ending the Edo (Tokugawa) period. -
The Russo-Japanese War was a military conflict fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan from 1904 to 1905. Much of the fighting took place in what is now northeastern China. The Russo-Japanese War was also a naval conflict, with ships exchanging fire in the waters surrounding the Korean peninsula. -
Japan’s participation in the Great War opened up a new chapter in the country’s military history. For the first time, Japanese military forces operated on a global scale, facing new challenges of transport, supply, and communication; for the first time, Japan fought an enemy in the skies and under the sea; and, for the first time, the Japanese army experienced a humiliating retreat that damaged the military’s reputation at home and the country’s standing abroad. -
vice minister of foreign affairs kaku mori, who has strong ties with ultranationalist secret societies, urged interventionist policies in manchuria and other parts of china. weak governments hampered by the devastation caused by the great depression (1929) and the resulting breakdown of international trade, could do little to prevent the secret societies from gaining power. -
resulted in a complete removal of military influence in japan. instead, japanese nationalism focused on industrial growth as the country rose to become a major economic force in the world.