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Audio Recording about Japan's Nationalism

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Audio Recording about Japan's Nationalism

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Japan took its time to develop western cultures, and even longer to develop the industry it took to finance them. Japan's modernization was crucial to preserve its non-western culture. In addition, the western powers, consisting of Europe and the United States had forced Japan to sign treaties that limited it's control on trading rights.

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Issues Japan faced before and after the take over of Hirohito.

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Issues Japan faced before and after the take over of Hirohito.

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Before emperor Hirohito took over, The Meiji emperor had been restored as head of Japan in 1868, the nation was a militarily weak country, was primarily agricultural, and had little technological development. It was controlled by hundreds of semi-independent feudal lords. The Western powers — Europe and the United States — had forced Japan to sign treaties that limited its control over its own foreign trade. After Hirohito took control of Japan things went great due to the advancement in technology, military, agriculture and many other advancements to make the country great. Things went great until September 1945. An atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki took place and Hirohito broke the precedent of imperial silence and announced the nation's unconditional surrender to the Allied Forces. Japan lost 2.3 million soldiers and an estimated 800,000 civilians in WWII.

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1746-1049.1969.tb00533.x/pdf

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMJAxKJW0xY&t=37s

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He maintained control by approving the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Manchuria. He also waged war on China which developed into World War 2.

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Emperor Hirohito attended a special institute which conditioned him to become emperor and was formally given the title of crown prince on November 2, 1916. Years later, in 1921, he became the first crown prince of Japan to travel abroad and study, voyaging to Europe. In November 1921, shortly after his return to Japan, Hirohito was appointed acting ruler of Japan due to his father nearing death

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He was the emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989. During World War II, Japan attacked nearly all of its Asian neighbors, allied itself with Nazi Germany and launched a surprise assault on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. Though Hirohito later portrayed himself as a virtually powerless constitutional monarch, many scholars have come to believe he played an active role in the war effort. After Japan’s surrender in 1945, he became a figurehead with no political power.