Similarities Between Great Britain And Japan

Among the industrialization and imperialistic growth of Japan and Great Britain, we are guided to effects on these two nations. Great Britain and Japan are both island nations with limited resources. As a result, each nation grew with its particular geographic location and limitations.

Japan and Great Britain were similar in many ways. Such as they were both islands. They also had many good ports all around the ocean coastline. They were also very small areas, which led to them starting to practice imperialism and industrialization. Japan is a small island located in the Pacific Ocean.

Great Britain had the largest imperial empire prior to World War I which meant that other nations would envy Britain, therefore creating competition. The scramble for empire was more competitive between Britain, France, and Germany. However, since Britain and France were allies, Germany's confidence would diminish if Britain remained a strong imperial empire thus intensifying jealousy and igniting the first world war. Indeed, acquiring land included several benefits which would make their nation powerful to a greater extent. Norman Rich states in The Age of Nationalism and Reform, “Colonies were deemed essential as sources of raw material for the manufacture of modern weapons, and as naval bases to protect trade routes and strategic supply lines” (Doc. 12).

While differing ecomically and politically in their responses to western penetration, Japan and China had similarities in the way of geography. China only allowed Europeans to trade with it in a limited number of ports and cities, which limited the amount of goods Europeans were allowed to transfer overseas. Japan isolated itself as a whole from trade for an entire decade, and when it did open it was cautious towards westerners. Additionally, both were bordered by the ocean at least to a certain extent – Japan was surrounded entirely, being an island, by water, and a large percentage of China’s borders was water. It is because of this that the third similarity arose – both did trade by ocean. China with Britain, simply because it was the easiest, cheapest, and most efficient form of travel between the two, and Japan because there was obviously no choice considering Japan is an island. These geographical similarities arose purely from the coincidence that both were bordered by the ocean, which created the necessity for boats and by the time the opportunity for trade

Industrialization added to Britain’s desire for raw materials and new markets and the British were motivated by this desire and looked for colonies to obtain. Adopting the policy of imperialism was economically beneficial for Britain, since it helped supply Britain with raw materials for industrial development, along with cheap food for Britain’s developing population. Britain chose to become imperialistic, because it would bring them prudent and economic benefits.

They would go get new raw materials, so they would be able to sell to a new market of people. Secondly, both the Americans and Europeans were both strong in nationalism, which led to competition between countries which made the people of these countries go out and look for areas that they can conquer. Racism was also a factor in Imperialism. Americans and the Europeans and their white race felt they were the best in the world and thought what they stood for was the best, so they wanted

Let's start with India. India during this age had a lot to offer Britain. India was filled with raw materials that Britain wanted. They started the British East India Company in order to take over. They continuously grew in power and started to influence

Lastly, politics and fighting for the highest power affected imperialism. “The political impetus derived from the impact of...power struggles [w/in] Europe and competition for preeminence [in Europe], Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Spain were competing for power…” (Document R). More power means a country can take control and demand their necessities.“The economic motive is by no means to be dismissed but alongside of it there evidently was another one, not so easy to define but none the less real - the power complex - sheer love of power” (Document M). Along with economics, which is still a big factor, politics and being powerful afflicted conflict over

After England and the U.S.A.’s rise in industrial power, Germany and Japan soon followed suit. When Germany initiated their rise to industrialization due to the wishes of their leaders and the longing to compete with the great industrial powers, Japan was pushed into it by the rebellion of the Tokugawa regime and its outlawing. After, a oligarchy was put in place that fa ored industrialization and modernism. While Japan and Germany were in the process of industrialization, they followed different methods when it came to the government, the taxes they imposed, and military power they portrayed.

Since there were many nations involved, there were many attributes that led up to imperialism. Firstly, the Europeans wanted economic expansion. Since the industrial revolution had taken place, the Europeans were in need of more natural resources. They also wanted new markets for the sake of selling industrial products. To achieve this they had to look for more places outside of Europe and colonize it.

The evolution of both China and Japan during the first century B.C., led to many similarities between the two countries. This begun with economic counter reliance. As the trade between and China and Japan began to flourish, the countries began to see economic opportunity in each other. This evolved in a large quantity migrating from either nation to the other. Both cultures are also greatly influenced by religion.

There are significant cultural differences between Japan and the United Kingdom that need to be taken into account when doing international business. There are also a number of methods and systems by which these differences have been described. These include the Geert Hofstede cultural dimensions, Trompenaars seven dimensions of culture and the Globe Project's cultural dimensions. This paper will discuss these differences and similarities, and shed light as to the best approach to international business in these countries.

Imperialism made countries want to aspire to increase wealth and power by making other territories be under their rule. Countries competed for overseas territories in search of raw materials and market for their goods. It created rivalry in

1. The political motivations for English imperialism were made on country that is craving to succeed in power, to increase their land, to have an armed force, to achieve respect by captivating colonies, and increase pride and security countrywide. The Pilgrims left England to North America because they were seeking freedom from religious oppression from King James I. Even though most of them died during the cross over, the few that made it settle very quickly with the help of the Native Americans. These groups of people were very religious and wanted to keep their faith alive. Their leaders in England did not tolerate it so they decide to leave England to a place where can freely express their religion. (U.S History, 2008-2016)

World War one Germany and Britain competed to be the best empire in the world. The reason countries go to invade other countries as to bring back more resources, land, and prestige. It was one of the long terms of world war one because of Germany wanting to expand their navy and Britain doing the same to stop Germany from gaining more land. There are many other examples for imperialism in world war one like the Serbs wanting independence from Austria-Hungary, the Moroccan crisis, Boer War, and the Balkan wars between Serbia and Greece. While in world war two it started by the axis powers trying to capture Austria in 1938. They didn’t stop here they continued to the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia Germany later got the permission from the Munich conference for the annexation of Sudetenland and to stop invading countries. However Hitler did not keep his promise and invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia. Also, the Manchuria Crisis was from the examples of imperialism in world war two; it started when japan needed extra resources so they invaded china.