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1868: Ascendancy of Meiji government, characterized by adoption of western economic, social, and political practices. The Meiji period is traditionally marked as the beginning of Japanese westernization, modernization, and industrialization. Meiji leaders justify this radical social transformation by professing its goals are to ultimately ‘‘out-westernize’’ and supersede the west. The samurai class is removed from power and public sword-carrying is outlawed.
1980s: High-technology ‘‘bullet train’’ travel is extended throughout the nation. First...
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