WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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political decentralization
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revolutionary democratization
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reactionary social change
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innovative industrial development
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Detailed explanation-1: -Drawing from both Western models and Japanese traditions, the Meiji Restoration allowed Japan to develop into a modern industrial nation-state that rivaled European nations in both military and economic power.
Detailed explanation-2: -The highly skilled and educated labor force, extraordinary savings rates and accompanying levels of investment, and the low growth of Japan’s labor force were major factors in the high rate of productivity growth. The nation has also benefited from economies of scale.
Detailed explanation-3: -Those reforms included dismantling of the zaibatsu (business conglomerates that dominated the prewar Japanese economy), agricultural reforms to distribute land to tenant farmers, and labor reforms. Democratization of politics was also an early and important item on the agenda of the occupation.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was the Meiji Restoration that finally abolished the strict class system and created a more free and democratic system that allowed the Japanese people to unleash their full potential. Under this new democratic system, Japan modernized and developed rapidly.