Japan's Growing Poverty Defies Glib Explanations

Re:Japan's Growing Poverty Defies Glib Explanations by nihonde on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @08:25AM (#11579734)

Great point about Toyotomi Hideyoshi's attempt to conquer Korean and China! I guess the legacy of the Edo period was a kind of reset on that ambition, because the country was closed and not looking for a fight. I would say it was actually the failure of the shogunate to stand up to Commodore Perry that ended Edo and kicked off the outward-looking Meiji.

I'm no expert in this area, but I enjoy learning about it.

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Re:Japan's Growing Poverty Defies Glib Explanations by jazzyk on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @09:58AM (#11580458)

What about the post-Meiji period?

The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was just a misunderstood act of extending an olive branch?

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Re:Japan's Growing Poverty Defies Glib Explanations by nihonde on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @10:24AM (#11580670)

(Again my views only.) I think it was a direct reaction to the aggression of 1853. It was preceded by posturing/maneuvering in the South Pacific if I'm not mistaken. To be clear, I don't think it was justified or proportionate, but I do think those events were closely linked in that Japan saw Americans as encroaching on their sovereignty and an imminent threat from the "East".

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Re:Japan's Growing Poverty Defies Glib Explanations by SEJeff on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @10:43AM (#11580823)

Much like the Norsemen were misunderstood by the Celts/Gaels in Ireland (whom they slaughtered)

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