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Meiji Restoration — Japan Joins the Modern World (1868-1912)

Japan & The World: Crossroads of History

Meiji Restoration — Japan Joins the Modern World (1868-1912)

2 min

How a feudal samurai society transformed into a modern industrial empire in just one generation. Episode 7 covers the 1868 imperial restoration, the Iwakura Mission, the abolition of the samurai class, and Japan's astonishing rise as the only Asian nation to escape colonization.

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Fukoku Kyohei. Rich country, strong army. The slogan that drove the most rapid national transformation in human history. From samurai to citizens. From feudalism to constitution. From isolation to global power. The Meiji generation in 14 minutes.