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They started well before then, with the Russo-Japanese war in 1904. 36 years after the Meiji restoration, they took on Russia and won. Not that military prowes
by nkoren 8y ago
They started well before then, with the Russo-Japanese war in 1904. 36 years after the Meiji restoration, they took on Russia and won.
Not that military prowess should necessarily be the metric of civilisation, but Japan was/is a damned impressive culture by that metric, as well as many others.
- stephengillie 8y agoRussia was hoping to get a warm-water port in the bay between Liaodong and Korea. Too bad Japan was already there, having invaded 8 years prior.