Military Buildup in the Meiji Period

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"The Meiji period was the beginning of the development of economic life in Japan at a rapid pace. The period was also a time of military buildup, and this buildup has been seen as the major contribution to building the technological foundation for the successful industrialization to follow. This has been suggested by Kozo Yamamura, who holds that the strong army policy was the principle motivation for creating and expanding the arsenals and other publicly financed elements of war that would act as effective centers for the absorption and dissemination of Western technologies and skills and that this same policy provided the demand needed to assure the survival and growth of struggling private firms in important industrial fields.. The rate of growth for Japan since the Meiji period has been analyzed and "provides a record of success which is widely envied by the..."

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