Talk:Foreign relations of Meiji Japan

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Expansion
ThunderCloudSnacker (talk) 23:33, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The article says, " for many leaders believed that national security depended on expansion and not merely a strong defense". But who were these leaders that believed that expansion was important? Were there any people in positions of power who opposed expansion?
 * note that at the end it states " This article incorporates public domain material from the Library of Congress Country Studies document "Japan".  That US document states: " Once created, the Meiji military machine was used to extend Japanese power overseas, for many leaders believed that national security depended on expansion and not merely a strong defense. "  I added a cite to  Rjensen (talk) 07:47, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The article focuses heavily on the reversal of the unequal treaties and creating a better image in the eyes of westerners. But doesn't really expound at all on what Japan's personal gains would have been from something like this, or how they had to go about foreign policy within its own governmental system. Do you think I could expound on this? Also, the article has a lot of examples of relations and treaties, but not a lot of content about how the officials of the Meiji empire came to draw these conclusions as a Diet or house of representatives. Does this seem like a good thing to add? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThunderCloudSnacker (talk • contribs) 14:15, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Possible Bibliographies
2.Mayo, Marlene J. (1972). "The Korean Crisis of 1873 and Early Meiji Foreign Policy". The Journal of Asian Studies. pp. 793–819. doi:10.2307/2052102. 3.Crowley, James (2015). Japan's Quest for Autonomy: National Security and Foreign Policy 1930 - 1938. Princeton University Press. 4.Gordon, Andrew. Meiji and Taisho society and politics (1868-1926). 5.Andrew, Gordon (2003). A modern history of Japan: From Tokugawa times to the present. New York : Oxford University Press. 6.Stegewerns, Dick (2003). Nationalism and Internationalism in Imperial Japan: Autonomy, Asian Brotherhood, or World Citizenship?. RoutledgeCurzon. "National Diet". Wikipedia. 2 February 2018. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThunderCloudSnacker (talk • contribs) 22:59, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Week 5 Assignment
For week 5, I chose to contribute to the article "Foreign relations of Meiji Japan". I feel as though I can add value, as well as pertinent information regarding the Meiji government, what it entailed, how it viewed westerners during the intrusion, and how modernization helped to shape Japan. Some sources that will help me do this are: Fukuzawa's "From Samurai to Capitalist", and Andrew Gordon "A History of Modern Japan".Deeisaacson (talk) 04:21, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

I like how you are planning to add more information to this topic. Even though there is some information on this topic adding more to it is always useful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KurtisYeager (talk • contribs) 23:46, 18 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi! I like the topic that you chose. It is not a specific event but a broader content. It is good to see Meiji Restoration's impacts from the relations with foreign countries Yaxsun (talk) 22:24, 24 February 2018 (UTC)