Differences And Similarities Between Japan And Russian Industrialization

Much of Western Europe quickly industrialized after Great Britain. If they did not, they were immediately outclassed by the British in trade and military strength. Industrialization made good use of the natural resources in a state. Some nations industrialized a while after Great Britain and were falling behind. Two of these states were Russia and Japan. These countries experienced change in governments, economic power, and social structure as a result of industrialization. Yet, these states went through their industrializations in very different ways than each other.

Each strove to maintain a centralized government. For Japan the leader was to be called an emperor or empress who could only be a part of the royal family if they were related to the Shinto sun goddess. As for Europe, the leader was to be called a king or a queen. Like Japan, not just anybody could become royalty. Kings and queens came from a long descent of an Imperial family. Tradition was that the first born son of the king would become the next ruler following the kings death. However, if no legitimate son were born then the daughter would become queen. In Europe, the royal family and institution was usually

Two ships can arrive at the same destination; however that does not necessarily mean that they used the same route on their journey. Such is the same with the industrialization of Britain and Japan. Both rose to become the two great pioneers of the modern world; however the paths they took to success were different. This paper will compare Japan and Britain, exploring the causes of its industrialization, and how the countries drastically changed because of it. What sets Britain’s industrialization process apart from Japans is that it did not have a role model to base its development on; it was the first industrial nation. Therefore the cause of its industrialization must have much

Industrialization in the late 19th century was commencing across the globe. Japan's industrialization was a fast one, completing what took Europe a century, in a single decade. With a highly advanced military and government stability, Japan to control of territory in modern day Korea. Russia was one of the countries that began to industrialize after losing to Japan in a war. The embarrassment Russia held for losing to what they considered an inferior country, sparked the government to industrialize, to avoid further humiliation. Impeding industrialization in both areas, took a toll on the lower class, and forced ex-farmers to become factory workers. This caused urbanization, as people were required to live near factories, located in cities. Although Japan and Russia differed in their sources of income for the process

Industrialization brought many jobs for workers in the cities

Russia also became a huge producer in metal-smelting and metal-working, according to a map of Economic

Both Russia and Japan industrialized in response to growing European economic influence and both had negative effects of industrialization leading to change in political structure. However, Russia used foreign

The Industrial Revolution swept across the world in the mid-nineteenth century. Completely changing the face of countries’ economies as well as the social conditions towards working. Urban cities began to rise in popularity because people were forced to come out of the foothills and work in factories instead of in the previous agriculturally driven economy. Thus, modernizing these countries with new technologies and techniques to make work more efficient and mass produced. However, the Industrial Revolution affected the predominantly Western societies such as the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands. Japan did not experience this great technological revolution because the Japanese were in a period of isolationism where their ports were closed off to the Western world except for the Dutch. Therefore, they were not

Between the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, Japan’s economy developed remarkably. China had also developed economically; however, not near as much as Japan. The Japanese government industrialized greatly and encouraged western influence, but the Chinese government did the opposite.

A merchant reported that throughout the time period of 1850-1914, the country developed exponentially food, metal, and mining industries grew and economic reform took place just as it did in Japan with their banking system. The government and people in both Japan and Russia experienced similar industrialization growth and somewhat the same process to get

In the 1800s, Europe began to industrialize, slowly transitioning from an agricultural to industrial economy. As people began to migrate to cities and factories began pop up all over, along with railroads and telegraphs, the militaries and economic might of these countries began to grow. However, while Europe was busy industrializing, Russia and Japan remained isolated with agriculture-based economies. When Japan’s weakness was revealed by the arrival of Commodore Perry with large gunboats and a powerful US Navy, Russia’s inferiority was revealed when they decisively lost the Crimean War to the better-equipped European military. Afterward, both resolved to better themselves and modernize like their European counterparts. While Japan and Russia’s

The world of industrialization included markets such as the textile market,business market,oil,food industry and much more which not only drove up the economy but gave jobs to many. Countries would have varied markets and would trade valuables with one another, however some countries had an abundance of natural resources while others struggled. In conclusion industrialization shaped the geography due to the fact that land was being used for its natural resource and also to build factories. Japan was one of many countries to have success due to industrialization. In Document 7 the author states that " They had an advantage do the rest of the world due to the deeply indented coastline of Japan which provides a number of excellent harbors on the Pacific coast and also, the rich supplies of which have for centuries constituted one of the chief articles of food of the people.

The development of locomotives, and steamboats manufactured goods could now be sold around the globe. Families moved from the villages of their ancestors to new industrial towns and a new class of people emerged, workers who produced goods. The industrialist, the people who owned the factories, employed hundreds even thousands of people, and made enormous profits. A major concern was the growing numbers, the masses of the urban poor that arrived and settled in the city. While the industrial innovations brought wealth to some and jobs for others, it all came with a cost: pollution from coal powered factories turned the cities black. Lack of housing created the first urban slums.

From 1450 to 1750, both Russia and Tokugawa Japan faced incoming influence from western Europe. They handled this in both similar and different ways in the aspects of culture, government, and global interaction.

Both Japan and China lie in the East of Asia. ‪To a certain extent，Japan and China own similar culture background, in the Confucian Cultural Circle. But when we look back into the modern history development, Japan and China made quite different decisions when facing the western countries’ aggression. China suffered the invasion in 1840 after the first Sino-British War. Japan was in a similar situation in the black boat incident in 1853, the Opium War made the West began to pay attention to East Asia. From then on, Japan began to face the western culture. ‬The reactions, as well as the result of Japan and China were quite disparate. This article wants to discuss what lead to the difference. ‬‬