increasing public education
increasing public education
modernization of the economy and government
The Meiji Restoration of 1868 was done in the name of the Emperor Meiji. Under this new government, Japan quickly modernized itself.
They became more like "Western" nations Japan became more like China
industrialization
Meiji Restoration, in Japanese history, the political revolution that brought about the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and returned control of the country to direct imperial rule under the emperor Meiji, beginning an era of major political, economic, and social change known as the Meiji period.
The Meiji Restoration in Japan marked the overthrow of the Shogunate. The Shogunate was a military governor of Japan. Though in principle Shoguns had to be appointed by the Emperor, in practice their power passed from father to son or seized control of the government through military force. This arrangement effectively removed the Emperor from the structures of power. The Meiji Restoration made the Emperor the head of the government, though he did not direct governmental affairs. The government of Japan ceased to be a hereditary position, as it had been under the Shogunate. The emperor ruled Japan through a series of governments chosen by his subjects, similar to the constitutional monarchy of Great Britain.
Japan could originally have been considered as part of China but in 660 BC Emperor Jimmu first founded the the nation of Japan. The Meiji Restoration ( 1868 ) restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. On the 3rd of May 1947 the current constitution was adopted as amendment to Meiji Constitution. Q.E.D. Japan has always been a sovereign state so there cannot be an Independence day for Japan.
The rulers of Japan have been referred to as 'emperors', throughout Japan's history, beginning with the emperors of the Yamato period (early fifth to early 6th centuries) to the emperors of 539 AD to the present.Emperor Meiji and his Meiji Restoration restored de-facto imperial rule to Japan in 1868. Although there were emperors of Japan before the Meiji Restoration, the restoration consolidated the political system under whoever was the reigning emperor. Beginning in the late Edo Period (also known as the Late Tokugawa Shogunate), the Meiji Restoration brought enormous political, social, industrial, and military changes. Lasting from 1868-1912, Emperor Meiji was responsible for the emergence of Japan as a modernized nation in the early 20th century.
Japan officially operates under a constitutional monarchywith a parliamentary democracy.
Minamoto Yoritomo became the first shogun in 1192. Japan remained under a shogunate, or military government, for nearly 700 years.
The formal privileges of the Samurai were ended. The country was unified, replacing feudal domains. There was a commitment to learn Western technology. Changes made during the Meiju period in Japan include: a highly centralized, bureaucratic government a constitution establishing an elected parliament a well-developed transport and communication system a highly educated population free of feudal class restrictions an established and rapidly growing industrial sector based on the latest technology a powerful army and navy a national educational system a new legal system established human rights a reformed currency system and establishment of the Bank of Japan