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Technological Transfer and Skilled Migration to Meiji Japan (1854-1914)

Technological Transfer and Skilled Migration to Meiji Japan (1854-1914)

  1. Treaty of Kanagawa opens treaty ports

    Labels: Treaty of, Shimoda, Hakodate

  2. Harris Treaty expands trade and foreign rights

    Labels: Harris Treaty, Unequal Treaties

  3. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal built with French engineers

    Labels: Yokosuka Naval, L once

  4. Meiji Restoration begins state-led modernization drive

    Labels: Meiji Restoration, Imperial Government

  5. Ministry of Public Works organized to import expertise

    Labels: Ministry of, K bu-sh

  6. First Tokyo–Yokohama railway line opens

    Labels: Tokyo Yokohama, British engineers

  7. Iwakura Mission returns after studying Western systems

    Labels: Iwakura Mission

  8. Imperial College of Engineering begins teaching

    Labels: Imperial College, K bu

  9. Sapporo Agricultural College recruits U.S. scientific expertise

    Labels: Sapporo Agricultural, William S

  10. Foreign government advisors expand modernization capacity

    Labels: Oyatoi Gaikokujin, Foreign Advisors

  11. Meiji Constitution promulgated to modernize governance

    Labels: Meiji Constitution, Imperial Diet

  12. Anglo-Japanese treaty revision signed in London

    Labels: Anglo-Japanese Treaty, United Kingdom

  13. Extraterritoriality ends, reducing reliance on foreign-run courts

    Labels: End of

  14. Yawata Steel Works begins operations with imported technology

    Labels: Yawata Steel, Steel Industry

  15. Railway Nationalization Act consolidates key infrastructure

    Labels: Railway Nationalization, National Railways

  16. Meiji era ends, leaving lasting institutions for technology transfer

    Labels: End of, Emperor Meiji