Japanese Emperor Meiji allowed many freedoms during the Meiji Restoration, 1868-1912.
The country industrialized, adopted many Western ideas, allowed voting, ended feudalism, permitted private citizens to own land,...
World War Two combat in the Pacific began when military forces of Imperial Japan invaded China, Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong, Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippines.
The fighting that followed included...
