1. Modern Japan

2. Remarkable changes in the past 200 years
Movement from isolation to world power
(John Green) start 4:55-7:45

3. The Meiji Restoration Tokugawa Ieyasu isolates Japan in 1630
1853, Commodore Matthew Perry lands in Tokyo Bay; show of force (4:36) Wants to use Japan as a refueling base
Ends isolation

6. What effect might this meeting have?
Perry 2:35

8. Samurai overthrow Tokugawa Shogunate
Emperor is restored as head of govt.
Meiji Restoration begins
Japan builds modern industries and economy The Last Samurai
(John Green) start 7:45-11:17
Becomes imperialistic

9. Japan in the 20th Century
Allied with U.S. and Britain in WWI; expands holdings in Pacific
Hurt by earthquake, depression in 1920’s
1930’s military takes control of Japanese govt.

10. Japanese Expansion

13. 1937, Japan invades China The Rape of Nanking/China
(The Forgotten Holocaust)
Extreme cruelty and brutality
(Iris Chang documentary
(Nanking Documentary Trailer)
(Japan at war; ethnocentrism start 4:23)
(Nanking Documentary, start at 29:00)

19. World War II
Japan allies itself with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy; Axis Powers
United States stops selling oil to Japan
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor Dec. 7th,
(Japan at war start 4:23)

20. Pacific Theatre Very bloody Island Hopping
Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa

21. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
War drags on until 1945
President Harry Truman decides to use Atomic Weapons
Atomic Bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945
Ends World War II
Was it necessary?

30. Post World War II Economy improves; helped by aid from the U.S. (Why?)
Is a free market economy
Japan becomes a constitutional monarchy

31. Culture Is largely a homogeneous culture. Why?
People view themselves as part of a group rather than an individual
Respect for elders
Most live in urban areas

32. Cultural Diffusion
Many similarities & cultural diffusion between U.S. and Japan
Examples?