Ten Minute History - The Meiji Restoration and the Empire of Japan (Short Documentary) 

Is this a re-upload? this all feels familiar..

you mean 1618-1648?

Ten Minute History You mean 1618. Otherwise it is the 50 Years War. :P

I do, yes. There is some background that goes all the way back to 1555, though.

Hey man, could you please add subtitles as an option? It would be very helpful.

The unfortunate realization that fairness isn't attainable when you lack the resources needed to pay people a fair wage for their work.

Japan doesn't regard other Asians as equal

@@rachelar Depends on which Japanese people in Japan you're talking about. It's not like they're a borg-like collective

@Jon _ yes excatly

@@rachelar Yes they do moron.

Knock knock did someone need some freedom

It seems like every time the US meddle in the internal affairs of some foreign country, it always backfires.

Bill wurtz

Classic!!

Damnit, was gonna comment this.

And you do know that many of these Samurai becomes the military officers of Japanese Imperial Army, even their generals are all from Samurai family.

@@limitlesssky3050 And one samurai guy ended up leading Nintendo in the 1980s

And so comes the resentment and freedom and rights movement, Japanese people used to rebel, strike and make satires a lot, though this movement was later hijacked by the samurai remnants who were only interested in conquering Asia, liberals were still active for some time before Japanese government start to suppress dissents, especially democrats and socialists.

@@TheSkyGuy77 who?

And then anime

@A Scam Involving Corndogs That comment made no sense in English.

@@MintyLime703 I mean time has nothing to do with society. One is physics and one is sociology. Maybe I just don't understand.

Japan is probably the most amazing country on Earth in terms of how much and how quickly it progressed from being a backwater nation to one equal to the European Great Powers in a matter of decades. Not even European Nations can lay this claim to fame.

@@thomaskelly336 What the fuck about Mate,this has nothing to do with anything with Africa,the reason why Japan was able to advance like this was that they're were way more Unified and had a more organize system to realize they had to advice to survive which they were lucky that the Western Powers decided to Trade with them rather than Conquer,also no tribes at the time we're ready to really have a country and ones that did were conquered,also Africa's Climate is way different from Asia's which made it extremely hard to communicate and share technology between tribes to eventually make Countries,also to add like look at the diversity of Africa like Fucking Nigeria has 4,000 languages which just showed how divided these people were which really messed up the development of the places,I explain more if you want but if you really want to figure out this for yourself just go study some History which would help you understand the problem

Imagine being born in 1871 and living to be 100 years old. You’d see the fall and rise and fall and rise of Japan!

Maybe some foreigners

"Apparently Japanese" was my favorite.

My favorite was “please leave” at 1:13

My was "We're also illiterate". How he writed this?

1:29 “Is he okay?”

@@pedrollex3308 so funny hahaha🤯😎🤯⛽🥶⛽🥶😎🥵⛽🥵⛽😭😔😭🙄👍😂😔😔🥵👍🙄🙄👍😌😔⛽😂😎😟

@@pedrollex3308 haha so funny 😐

@@mog5397 you really have nothing better to do do ya?

Britain, or The British Empire “In 1869 Queen Victoria’s second son, Prince Alfred, travelled to Japan on an official visit. His arrival coincided with a crucial moment in Japanese history, for the Tokugawa shogunate had just been overthrown by a new government under the nominal leadership of the Meiji emperor. The new regime was torn between those who wished to expel the west and those who realised that Japan had to adapt itself to the modern world. The prince’s visit couldn’t, therefore, have been better timed for it showed that Britain was prepared to treat Japan with respect. It also drew the country towards the European orbit. Britons would soon be playing a role in the modernising of many aspects of Japanese life, not least the creation of its navy and industrialisation.” They also were the only country to recognise them as a real empire. In fact: “In February 1902 Japanese students staged a torch-lit parade around the British legation in Tokyo to celebrate the fact that their country had just signed an alliance with Britain. Japan - a nation that had only brought its policy of seclusion to an end 50 years earlier - was now the ally of the world’s greatest power” Victorians were also weebs and were fascinated with Japanese culture, and Japanese were … angloweebs? Not really a term for it. But what I find craziest is that the United States NEVER liked them besides trading. The United States, Australia and Canada also pleaded with Britain to stop being friendly with them as Japan were becoming more and more aggressive towards everyone else. But British Japanese relations were permanently damaged by the treatment of British POWs during WW2. This led to such a negative view of Japan that Hirohito’s visit in 1971 was protested against. Interestingly, the United States did the opposite; going from hatred to love affair. Nowadays? Idk.

A great power would be a better term

CoViD-19 came about two centuries too late!

Damnit, that's exactly the joke I was going to make.

'Get a load of this guy!'

Perry: Open up the country. Shtop having it be closed. Britain: Ah, the elegance of American prose.

Joey: "so that's how sushi was invented!"

Patton44 (Glo) heh peasant you forgot to pay $50 for the "proper" Meiji mechanics and another $20 for Imperial Japanese unit sprites. Grovel before the might of Paradox's DLC army!

I seriously wish they made Victoria III some day. The age of imperialism is made for games like that.

Victoria 2 took so many hours off my life. But i am not complaining, it was worth it. I am just scared what will happen if Victoria 3 comes out.

varana312 idk if you heard about the new Stellaris 2.2 update. They basically are making a Victoria 3 in Space

@@ryhanzfx1641 My King, reactionary rebels have risen up in the following provinces: literally everywhere enjoy losing all your westernization fuckhead

RapierNeedleCrime 66 likes 😱

Tiplaneptickickteka Inportekauntuzettaoofoof ??

pft hiring a Knight in armour is a much better idea XD

That means you're rich and powerful. Weird flex but ok

You mean a Ronin.

oh God...

Japan: '...and btw, we didn't do this.' China: 'You very much did!' Japan: 'Nope.'

​@King of the Lilin And i did never see french people telling everyone they didn't do it. That's the difference. (well i actually never heard of it so please tell me when did that happen)

@@ProfanityIsCalling I've never heard French people admitting to it either. So you can't blame us for not acknowledging something that may or may not have happened if France refuses to acknowledge their own crimes

Exactly, they killed 1.5 million Muslims in Algiers and nevertheless, they simply refuse to acknowledge it

This perfectly sums up the US during the late 19th century.

Westerners who wanted to open japan to the rest of the world, only to see it grow stronger to 1941: *I immediately regret this decision*

US: Congratulations, China. You are being traded with. Please do not resist. China: Congratulations, US. You are being traded with. Please do not resist. US: THAT'S UNFAIR!

@@mikicerise6250 🤣🤣🤣

Well you can't go giving those natives any ideas

Based Australia

Dont dare equalize the rights of Emus

@@comicsans1689 based af

Yeah alot of people were racist back then it sucks but nothing we can do about it

Then comes the fabulous fall

@@etcetc2478 They recovered pretty quickly from that.

Thats the power of anime right there

@@alllivesmatter5008 I like the name

@@etcetc2478 If that fall contributed in us getting anime then I call that a Win.

Sergio Milho Because Americans are the worlds biggest hypocrites.

So are the British who taught them everything on how to be shithouse.

Because they were committing atrocities.

@@crispyrice7067 and the western empires weren't?👀

They didn't condemn the Japanese at first. Japan coexisted with western nations having their own concession in Shanghai. Japan was different in that it wanted total control of China whilst the western nations wanted to keep the Qing empire intact, the western treaty ports were still officially under the sovereignty of China.

USA and Iron Man are alike. Both of them created and destroyed their monsters.

@Anurag Saini blowing air sound

Anurag Saini have you also watched those enola gays dropping bombs down to Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Now that's how you make a nation surrender unconditionally.

Actually, Japan already wanted to expand their empire LONG BEFORE Americans came into existence. We all need to mofo realize that despite the US committing attrocities, these things were already happening on an insurmountable constant before the US & while it was growing & even parts of the world NOW. People love to blame whose in charge

@Anurag Saini enola gay is the plane that dropped the nukes on japon

陸軍は長州閥で海軍は薩摩閥だよ どっちも明治維新に貢献した藩だし、明治期が藩閥政治って批判されてたのも特に薩長のメンバーで政権運営されてたからだよ

Who doesnt love the Dutch?

@@arawn1061 Portugal because they fucking stole nagasaki

@@arawn1061 I certainly don't and Indonesians.

@@seamonster936 but waaaah?

Aron Johansson Because y'all killed conquered and tortured over spices... that's pretty uncool

Jordan this needs more likes

Best comment

*NO* Why? *The comments are deadly lasers*

Not anymore there’s a Blanket! *Coppa and Moderation of comments*

1Sextillion /10

That's probably his gun... Hilarious nonetheless

That's right, conquering an empire!

That's right! conquering stuff**

not Japan?

Empire

Svet Kama the UK, duh.

"The irony isn't lost on us either"

America 100 years later: "You got too powerful so we blew away two of your cities."

They signed a bunch of unequal treaties which mean Japans economy was bust!

Did someone steal your sweet roll?

Man that sounded so rapey

Japan after WW2: *becoming the rival of the US by being good at capitalism* US: WHAT THE HELL!

German Empire no.

German Empire Maybe you should focus on getting Prussia, Elsab-Lothringen, the danzig corridor, and MiddelAfrika back first

German Empire Fair enough, though I will say your ally started it at the Pearl

Fun fact, Palau wants to be a german puppet/colony again.

Germania Unleashed Any sources for your Claim?

Portugal: Am I a joke to you?

​@@alexbalan_5623 Portugal came before the Dutch, but their presence in Japan was small and only brief when compared to the Dutch. The Portuguese traded from 1543-1639 with Japan, and only re-established trade centuries later. The Dutch have traded with Japan from 1600 until, well, today basically. With only a brief pause during WWII.

rip nagaski

@@bingbong7238 ??

@@auxiliarypowerunit When it was bombed it recovered but still rip the people who died

It was mostly foot soldiers with little to no motorized vehicles or ships. The Americans decided to skip some areas because the Japanese holding them couldn't actually threaten anyone so why waste the resources and men.

The US military strategy was to aim at Japan and take those islands necessary. Russia made huge inroads into Japanese held territory towards the end of ww2.

@God Slayer I'll treat It as a good thing.

*Nobody expects the American trade inquisition!* -Commodore Perry

Also, nice Bill Wurtz reference

MrDecidueye Open, the country, stop, having it, be closed.

With huge boats (with guns) Gunboats

Knock knock, it's F R E E D O M

Well, what can you do? *T H A T ' S T H E W A Y I L I K E TO L I V E M Y L I F E.*

How 'bout I do anyway?

Gavin Luhezz A N D I K N O W T H A T E V E R Y T H I N G ' S G O I N G T O B E F I N E

We could make a religion out of this

Aqim Julayhi No, don't

Yeah

It is.

i need healing

Thank you I was wondering who that was

China had a male literacy rate of 30-45%

Good luck with that one. Japan doesn't want all the problems that are arising in Europe because of opening the border.

Japan is open. Come on down, learn the language, get a job, and become a citizen. Just live in the country for 5 years, pass an interview and don't have a criminal record. Easy peezy Japaneezy.

Mario Biscotti. Dude, it's a Bill Wurtz reference.

Mario Biscotti there are far more problems with keeping them closed

wizard680 Sadly most of the people here didn't catch your reference lol

also helps that they are a large populous united islands

Then they decided "ya know, empires are pretty cool" so they raped Korea and china like how Europe raped Africa and America

"one of two countries that never got colonized by Europeans" I'm pretty sure a lot of countries never got colonized by europeans lol

@@zap3231 Nope, it was literally just Japan and Thailand that avoided colonization. Europe left Thailand alone so it could be a buffer zone between India and french indochina

@@Superbl0bby Uhhh, Liberia? Iran? Iraq? China? Korea? Almost all European countries? The list goes on, mate...

Yeah, I agree. An occupation war of Japan proper would've only led to more civilian and military casualties

The UK

@@Valencetheshireman927 That's a weird way to spell England

Yyyyyyyeeeeesssss🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

1 year later but I'm not sure anyone got your Civ V reference :(

@Blade 5786- It wasn’t just England because England isn’t an independent country it’s part of the UK . Which is why I wrote UK instead of England.

Probably not so hilarious if you had been there at the time.

@@rollout1984 calm down snowflake

Its even funnier when a country tens of times larger falls in just 6 weeks. So relativley speaking, Singapore didn't fall that fast.

​@@eternalcanadiandevyt I agree that it is hilarious when France capitulated but Singapore wasn't a country then and its reputation as a brand new fortress of the British east made the fall funny. Leningrad didn't fall in 2.5 years, Gibraltar didn't fall in 6 years, but Singapore fell in 7 days.

@@malnutritionboy probably due to the military command there since the command in Hong Kong put up a good fight before surrendering.

Haha ASHAMEFUR DISPRAY

IT'S BECAUSE YOU RACK DISCIPRINE!

YOU FAILED?!!?!?! NO DINNER FOR YOU!!!

A total war referance in a sea of bill wurtz referances.

Sable China racked a diciprine!

CDM Mapping & Alternative History What did he do there?

FDR famously referred to the attack on Pearl Harbor as "a date which will live in infamy."

Which they wanted to do anyway.

Tell that to Guadacanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Peliliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa

Terrible Tanner do they called Britain in the Tele to sort of let them know.

Well it's true

🤔?

​@@yuyoshida2076 I always had the impression that the japanese during this period wanted to be the hegemony power in asia, not a equal to the rest of the asian peoples, exemplified by the Twenty-One Demands on China, as well with the annexation of Taiwan in 1895 and Korea in 1910, but i admit, the methods to achieve that were very "mild" compared to what came after. However i still wonder if the "Japanization" of asia wasn't always the plan, regardless of the League's decision and if the japanese brutality wasn't always there just waiting for an opportunity, after all japan was a feudal country with a very strong warrior culture that became a industrialized powerhouse in less than a generation, it was bound to happen, equality for all, on my opinion, was never on the negotiating table for the japanese, they wanted to be considered an equal power and that's all.

@@Yuri_630 Until the Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese war, the main objective of the Japanese state was to develop as quickly as possible and become prosperous enough that the western powers would be unable to colonize the country, as they had done to most parts of the world in the 1800s. Since the Shimonoseki Treaty in 1895, Taiwan was acquired, Ryojun was acquired, and Choseon (The kingdom that ruled Korea at the time) was liberated from being a vassal of the Qing. Japan’s main objective for Taiwan was to develop it as an agricultural powerhouse that provided food for the Japanese home islands. This needed the state to develop the island to maximize production, leading to the education of the Taiwanese people, development of infrastructure to improve the quality of life, and transferring agricultural technology to Taiwan. Once Choseon had been liberated, Japan had intentions on improving relations with the country, hoping that the two states could ally up against future attacks from foreign powers. However, Choseon had failed at developing in the following years as the upper class were divided in their ideas for the state, eventually ending in the conservatives winning and as a result, failed to develop that well. These conservatives were more pro-Russia than pro-Japan, as the opposition that had lost were pro-Japan. This led to Japano-Korean relations souring, and led to the Russo-Japanese war to occur, among other factors. Once Japan had won, foreign intervention of Choseon from other powers were reduced. In 1909, Choseon had requested to be annexed by Japan, and that led to the annexation to happen the next year. In the 35 year period after, infrastructure was developed, education was provided for many children for free, the hierarchical system was abolished, allowing slaves to be treated as normal people. Japan’s later change in foreign affairs was also heavily influenced by the meddling of countries such as the USA and UK, and that led to the extremities that followed from the nationalization of the Japanese Empire.

Came here to say this too