Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Princeton University History Professor Linda Colley discussed the geopolitical and economic effects of Japanese modernization following the Meiji ...

Inspired by the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research forum on "Japan Since the Meiji Restoration," political scientist Ryota Murai reflects on the Japanese government's 1968 celebration of the Meiji ...

The year 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of Meiji Restoration in Japan. Initiated in 1868, Meiji Restoration was a top-down capitalism reform, which not only made Japan the first country in Asia to ...

Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals from one socio-economic strata to another, followed by a change in their social status. In today’s world, social mobility is largely driven by ...

Founder of Winterspring Capital, where you can invest in multifamily real estate passively without the headaches of being a landlord. You’ve probably heard before that studying history is important, ...

Since the morning of January 3, 1868, Japan has struggled to answer one question: What does it mean to be modern and Japanese? It was on that date that a group of mid-level samurai and imperial ...

For Japan, 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration; the name given to the events of 1868 that saw the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate (or bakufu) and the creation of a new ...