HIS102Y1 Lecture : Meiji Japan & Imperialism in Korea
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Meiji japan & imperialism in korea feb. 15, 2011: o yatoi gaijin: means hired foreigners ; foreigners hired to teach the japanese western techniques. munitions factories textile mills: 1872: japan s first modern silk factory, zaibatsu: financial cliques, abortion and infanticide made illegal in the meiji period (1868-1911) 1873: infanticide made punishable on the same terms as the law against homicide (articles 114&164) The meiji constitution (february 1889: prussian model, constitutional monarchy role of the emperor: symbolic & legal supreme authority. exclusive right to amend constitution could veto decisions of the house right to issue own ordinances sole authority to open, close and dissolve the house limits to authority of the emperor: article 4, part 2 of the constitution: the emperor s rights of sovereignty are to be exercised according to the provisions of the present constitution . All laws, imperial ordinances and imperial rescripts require the countersignature of a.
