EASC 150g' February 10' Early 20th c' Japan

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EASC 150g. February 10. Early 20th c. Japan

• THEMES
• Emergence of mass participation
• Democratization and westernization
• Industrial growth
• Wars and the militarization of society

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• CHRONOLOGY
• 1895. Victory in war with China annexation of
  Taiwan
• 1902. Alliance with Britain
• 1905. Victory over Russia in war absorption of
  Korea
• 1910. Annexation of Korea as colony
• 1911. Execution of socialist and anarchist
  leaders
• 1912. Meiji emperor dies start of Taisho era
• 1915. Twenty-one Demands addressed to China
• 1918. Rice riots appointment of first party
  prime minister
• Great Kanto earthquake in Tokyo
• 1925. Universal suffrage for men Peace
  Preservation Law
• 1930. London Naval Conference
• 1931. Manchurian Incident takeover of Manchuria
• 1932. Assassination of PM by military end to
  party cabinets
• 1936. 2-26 coup attempt assassination of several
  ministers death of Taisho emperor
• 1937. Launching of full-scale war against China
• 1941. Attacks on Pearl Harbor and Singapore
• 1945. American atomic bombings Japanese
  surrender

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• CHRONOLOGY
• 1895. Victory in war with China annexation of
  Taiwan
• 1902. Alliance with Britain
• 1905. Victory over Russia in war absorption of
  Korea
• 1910. Annexation of Korea as colony
• 1911. Execution of socialist and anarchist
  leaders
• 1912. Meiji emperor dies start of Taisho era
• 1915. Twenty-one Demands addressed to China
• 1918. Rice riots appointment of first party
  prime minister
• Great Kanto earthquake in Tokyo
• 1925. Universal suffrage for men Peace
  Preservation Law
• 1930. London Naval Conference
• 1931. Manchurian Incident takeover of Manchuria
• 1932. Assassination of PM by military end to
  party cabinets
• 1936. 2-26 coup attempt assassination of several
  ministers death of Taisho emperor
• 1937. Launching of full-scale war against China
• 1941. Attacks on Pearl Harbor and Singapore
• 1945. American atomic bombings Japanese
  surrender

Japanese troops entering Korea
Teddy Roosevelt with Russian and Japanese
diplomats, 1905
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• CHRONOLOGY
• 1895. Victory in war with China annexation of
  Taiwan
• 1902. Alliance with Britain
• 1905. Victory over Russia in war absorption of
  Korea
• 1910. Annexation of Korea as colony
• 1911. Execution of socialist and anarchist
  leaders
• 1912. Meiji emperor dies start of Taisho era
• 1915. Twenty-one Demands addressed to China
• 1918. Rice riots appointment of first party
  prime minister
• Great Kanto earthquake in Tokyo
• 1925. Universal suffrage for men Peace
  Preservation Law
• 1930. London Naval Conference
• 1931. Manchurian Incident takeover of Manchuria
• 1932. Assassination of PM by military end to
  party cabinets
• 1936. 2-26 coup attempt assassination of several
  ministers death of Taisho emperor
• 1937. Launching of full-scale war against China
• 1941. Attacks on Pearl Harbor and Singapore
• 1945. American atomic bombings Japanese
  surrender

The Meiji Emperor
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• CHRONOLOGY
• 1895. Victory in war with China annexation of
  Taiwan
• 1902. Alliance with Britain
• 1905. Victory over Russia in war absorption of
  Korea
• 1910. Annexation of Korea as colony
• 1911. Execution of socialist and anarchist
  leaders
• 1912. Meiji emperor dies start of Taisho era
• 1915. Twenty-one Demands addressed to China
• 1918. Rice riots appointment of first party
  prime minister
• Great Kanto earthquake in Tokyo
• 1925. Universal suffrage for men Peace
  Preservation Law
• 1930. London Naval Conference
• 1931. Manchurian Incident takeover of Manchuria
• 1932. Assassination of PM by military end to
  party cabinets
• 1936. 2-26 coup attempt assassination of several
  ministers death of Taisho emperor
• 1937. Launching of full-scale war against China
• 1941. Attacks on Pearl Harbor and Singapore
• 1945. American atomic bombings Japanese
  surrender

Busy telephone exchanges
Ideal of the New Woman
Yoshino Sakuzo
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• CHRONOLOGY
• 1895. Victory in war with China annexation of
  Taiwan
• 1902. Alliance with Britain
• 1905. Victory over Russia in war absorption of
  Korea
• 1910. Annexation of Korea as colony
• 1911. Execution of socialist and anarchist
  leaders
• 1912. Meiji emperor dies start of Taisho era
• 1915. Twenty-one Demands addressed to China
• 1918. Rice riots appointment of first party
  prime minister
• Great Kanto earthquake in Tokyo
• 1925. Universal suffrage for men Peace
  Preservation Law
• 1930. London Naval Conference
• 1931. Manchurian Incident takeover of Manchuria
• 1932. Assassination of PM by military end to
  party cabinets
• 1936. 2-26 coup attempt assassination of several
  ministers death of Taisho emperor
• 1937. Launching of full-scale war against China
• 1941. Attacks on Pearl Harbor and Singapore
• 1945. American atomic bombings Japanese
  surrender

Rounding up of Korean residents
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• CHRONOLOGY
• 1895. Victory in war with China annexation of
  Taiwan
• 1902. Alliance with Britain
• 1905. Victory over Russia in war absorption of
  Korea
• 1910. Annexation of Korea as colony
• 1911. Execution of socialist and anarchist
  leaders
• 1912. Meiji emperor dies start of Taisho era
• 1915. Twenty-one Demands addressed to China
• 1918. Rice riots appointment of first party
  prime minister
• Great Kanto earthquake in Tokyo
• 1925. Universal suffrage for men Peace
  Preservation Law
• 1930. London Naval Conference
• 1931. Manchurian Incident takeover of Manchuria
• 1932. Assassination of PM by military end to
  party cabinets
• 1936. 2-26 coup attempt assassination of several
  ministers death of Taisho emperor
• 1937. Launching of full-scale war against China
• 1941. Attacks on Pearl Harbor and Singapore
• 1945. American atomic bombings Japanese
  surrender

Japanese Communist Party
Posters of contemporary JCP candidates
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• CHRONOLOGY
• 1895. Victory in war with China annexation of
  Taiwan
• 1902. Alliance with Britain
• 1905. Victory over Russia in war absorption of
  Korea
• 1910. Annexation of Korea as colony
• 1911. Execution of socialist and anarchist
  leaders
• 1912. Meiji emperor dies start of Taisho era
• 1915. Twenty-one Demands addressed to China
• 1918. Rice riots appointment of first party
  prime minister
• Great Kanto earthquake in Tokyo
• 1925. Universal suffrage for men Peace
  Preservation Law
• 1930. London Naval Conference
• 1931. Manchurian Incident takeover of Manchuria
• 1932. Assassination of PM by military end to
  party cabinets
• 1936. 2-26 coup attempt assassination of several
  ministers death of Taisho emperor
• 1937. Launching of full-scale war against China
• 1941. Attacks on Pearl Harbor and Singapore
• 1945. American atomic bombings Japanese
  surrender

Propaganda posters heralding the glories of
Manchukuo
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• CHRONOLOGY
• 1895. Victory in war with China annexation of
  Taiwan
• 1902. Alliance with Britain
• 1905. Victory over Russia in war absorption of
  Korea
• 1910. Annexation of Korea as colony
• 1911. Execution of socialist and anarchist
  leaders
• 1912. Meiji emperor dies start of Taisho era
• 1915. Twenty-one Demands addressed to China
• 1918. Rice riots appointment of first party
  prime minister
• Great Kanto earthquake in Tokyo
• 1925. Universal suffrage for men Peace
  Preservation Law
• 1930. London Naval Conference
• 1931. Manchurian Incident takeover of Manchuria
• 1932. Assassination of PM by military end to
  party cabinets
• 1936. 2-26 coup attempt assassination of several
  ministers death of Taisho emperor
• 1937. Launching of full-scale war against China
• 1941. Attacks on Pearl Harbor and Singapore
• 1945. American atomic bombings Japanese
  surrender

Japanese cavalry enters Beijng, July 1937
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• CHRONOLOGY
• 1895. Victory in war with China annexation of
  Taiwan
• 1902. Alliance with Britain
• 1905. Victory over Russia in war absorption of
  Korea
• 1910. Annexation of Korea as colony
• 1911. Execution of socialist and anarchist
  leaders
• 1912. Meiji emperor dies start of Taisho era
• 1915. Twenty-one Demands addressed to China
• 1918. Rice riots appointment of first party
  prime minister
• Great Kanto earthquake in Tokyo
• 1925. Universal suffrage for men Peace
  Preservation Law
• 1930. London Naval Conference
• 1931. Manchurian Incident takeover of Manchuria
• 1932. Assassination of PM by military end to
  party cabinets
• 1936. 2-26 coup attempt assassination of several
  ministers death of Taisho emperor
• 1937. Launching of full-scale war against China
• 1941. Attacks on Pearl Harbor and Singapore
• 1945. American atomic bombings Japanese
  surrender

Firebombing of Tokyo
Nagasaki after the A-bomb