Facts about Opening of Japan Meiji Restoration
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In 1889, the Meiji government promulgated a new constitution modeled partly on Prussia's, establishing Japan's first modern parliamentary system.
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A new conscript army based on Western models replaced Japan's feudal military structure under the Meiji government's 1873 military conscription ordinance.
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Japan's new Meiji government abolished the samurai class's exclusive right to bear arms with the Sword Abolition Edict of 1876.
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During the Meiji era, Japan sent the Iwakura Mission abroad from 1871 to 1873 to study Western governments, legal systems, and industrial techniques.
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Commodore Matthew Perry's arrival with American warships in 1853 pressured Japan to sign the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854, ending over two centuries of isolation.
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The Meiji Restoration of 1868 abolished the Tokugawa shogunate and restored imperial rule under Emperor Meiji, rapidly transforming Japan into a modernized nation.