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Japan: Meiji Period and Before World War II

• PERRY, BLACK SHIPS AND JAPAN OPENS UP
• MEIJI RESTORATION: REBELLIONS, YOSHIDA SHION, SAKAMOTO RYOMA AND THE MEIJI EMPEROR
• MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912): REFORMS, MEIJI CONSTITUTION, WESTERNIZATION, THE EMPEROR AND STATE SHINTO
• RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR AND JAPAN EMERGENCE AS A GLOBAL POWER
• JAPAN IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY: TAISHO PERIOD (1912-1926) THE TOKYO EARTHQUAKE
• JAPAN BEFORE WORLD WAR II: THE RISE OF JAPANESE MILITARISM, NATIONALISM AND COLONIALISM
• EMPEROR HIROHITO