This webpage is to inform you about the changes that Japan went through in the Meiji Restoration.
As this is an assignment please do not quote us on anything because we may be wrong. This web page is going to be split into the different catagories that changed in this time period. Social Structure, Economy, International Relations, Government, Changes in society and the womens role in the society.
Summary
Before Emperor Meiji ruled the country was closed off from the rest of the world. The country was very traditional in culture and religion and differences were not tolerated. The country was not able to use technology well as it had not been introduced from the west. This meant that the country was militarily and technologically weak. When Emperor Meiji came into power, he opened the country and slowly introduced reforms to allow the country to rapidly catch up with the rest of the world technologically. Due to careful planning Japan was able to emerge from World War I as an industrialised superpower. Today Japan is one of the world’s leading counties in technology surpassing even most of the west.