The articles in this series were compiled from contributions by members of the Political and Diplomatic Review project of Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research to the forum on ¡°Japan since the Meiji Restoration,¡± held to reassess the 150 years since the start of Japan¡¯s modernization. In Part 4, Yuichi Hosoya explores the significance of Meiji 150 in the context of world history.
In examining the significance of the sesquicentennial of the Meiji Restoration, I will begin by zeroing in on 1868, providing an overview of the Western world and its basic direction at the dawn of Japan¡¯s modern period. Then I will offer some observations about the shape and character of Japan¡¯s last 150 years.
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