The Arrival of Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan to Foreign Trade

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In the mid 19th century while the industrial revolution was in full swing, Japan was still an agrarian, feudal society. 

By the end of the 19th century, Japan had become one of the leading industrialized countries in the world.

What happened between those two points was one of the most radical social and economic transformations that any country had ever gone through. 

Learn more about the Meiji Restoration and the creation of modern Japan, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily

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