How did modernization affect Japan as a nation?
A) Japan’s modernized cities attracted Western foreigners, who gained influence in Japan.
B) Modernization clashed with Japanese traditions, causing social and political unrest.
C) There was a short-term financial boom, but soon the nation ran out of resources.
D) Modernization of Japan’s industry helped the country become politically and financially stronger.

In Japan, the revolution of 1867 initiated a rapid process of westernization and modernization that, over the course of thirty years, made the country a military power of the first order already evidenced by its victory over Russia in the 1904-05 war. important industrial and commercial power. The small extension of Japan undoubtedly facilitated the control that the central power, a key piece of the reform, exercised throughout the process. In any case, he did things (construction of railroads and roads, electrification, national education, formation of a modern army ...) much simpler than in a country of large dimensions.

All this added to the cultural characteristics of Japan (merchant and warrior culture) They promoted the development of a strong, dynamic country with potential for development.