japanese modernisation

Essay – Japanese Modernisation By Glen Theobald Japan in modern times is one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world. This “modern” image that Japan hasn’t been around forever, Japans decision to change from an old traditional country to a westernised one came in 1868, and it took only 50 years for the improvements to be made. In order to successfully modernise Japan had to make several sacrifices, risks and well planned out strategies. These …

…of western ways and English, the industrialisation, they had to squeeze every ounce of money and effort out of the government and the people in order to succeed, all coming at the price of the unhappiness and atrocious working conditions and finally, the armed forces, a great asset of Japan, helped to prove to the world that their modernisation had succeeded, their guns were far superior to China’s and even better than Russia’s.