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During the 19th century, Tokugawa Japan, like other old regimes, experienced the decline of a once successful government Commodore Perry’s arrival in Japan acted as a catalyst in bringing down the Tokugawa. A group of aristocrats overthrew the Tokugawa and created a new central government that was quite revolutionary. Meiji Japan adopted policies of modernization and industrialization that transformed Japan. Japan became a modern nation state that adopted a policy of imperialism that ultimately led to conflict with other nations including the United States. This imperialistic policy changed political and economic relationships in the Far East and transformed Japan’s relations with China, Russia, Great Britain and the United States.

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Nagasaki Kyoto,Okayama,Ueno Edo,Tokyo Meiji Restoration Cities of Interest
 
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