5-Japan

=code code (Japan), 1750-1914= By: Kim T., Christopher C. Nicole P. =Political= = = = = = = =Economic=
 * 1.** Collapse of Tokugawa and the restoration of imperial rule
 * 2.** Shogun resigned his office and on Jan. 3,1868, boy emperor __Mutshito__, known by his reign name Meiji, took reigns of power
 * 3.**Meiji reform- returned authority to the Japanese emperor and brought an end to the series of military governments that had dominated Japan since 1185
 * 4.**After the __Sino-Japanese War__, Qing authorities recongized the independence of Korea, thus making it essentially a dependency of Japan
 * 5.**Victory in __Russo- Japanese War__ transformed Japan into a major imperial rule
 * 1.** In 1853, U.S. naval squadron arrived in Tokyo Bay demanding that the shogun open Japan to diplomatic and commercial relations and sign a treaty of friendship
 * 2.**Meiji government created a modern transportation, and communication infrastructure
 * 3.**Powerful industrial society after the treaty

=Religious= =Social= =Intellectual= =(Technology)= =Near Geographic=
 * 1.**__Neo- Confucianism__ shaped Japan for over half a millenium
 * 2.**Some Buddism, Daoism, but mainly Confucianism influenced the ruler's idea
 * 1.**Meiji leaders had to destruct the old social order
 * 2.**__Daimyo__ yield land to the throne
 * 3.**Many daimyo are removed from power
 * 4.**The __Tokugawa Shogunate__ limited the leisure time of daimyo to keep control
 * 5.**Samurai class soon gets abolished
 * 1.**Modern educational infrastructure
 * 2.**Aimed to improve literacy rates for both males and females
 * 1.**Modern warships, imported weapons, telegraph, railroads and steamships
 * 1.**Japan
 * 2.**gained by the victory of __Sino-Japanese War__ and the__Russo-Japanese War__: Southern half of Sakhalin, Korea, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, east Asian Islands and Manchuria