Read this article to learn about the freedom movements in Japan after the Second World War! Japan was occupied by the US forces after her defeat in the war. A number of reforms were initiated in the political system of Japan and in the economy and society which laid the foundations of the post-war development of Japan. The power of [...]
Read this article to learn about the expansionist policy, political repression, military fascism between the two world wars in Japan! The drive for expansion had been a marked feature of Japanese history since the beginning of her modernisation in the second half of the nineteenth century. At the end of the First World War she made major colonial gains in [...]
Read this article to learn about the rise of modern japan and its imperialist power; between 1890’s to FWW! Japan was the only Asian country to have escaped imperialist control. For centuries, military generals, called shoguns, exercised real power in Japan while the Japanese emperor was a mere figurehead. For over two hundred years, Japan had been almost totally secluded [...]
