Taisho Quotes

Question 1

Huber

Answer 1

In theory at least Japan was now equal of the western powers.

Question 2

Hunter

Answer 2

By 1919 Japan had secured for herself a formal position as one of the world’s most powerful nations.

Question 3

Jansen

Answer 3

between 1868 and 1912 … Japan came to acquire all the ingredients of a modern state.

Question 4

Pyle

Answer 4

The outbreak of WW1 provided extraordinary opportunities to advance the twin objectives of empire and industry.

Question 5

Iriye

Answer 5

The Japanese were rewarded by being invited to the peace conference, the first time Japan attended a conference as a full-fledged member.

Question 6

Hane

Answer 6

“The Anglo-Japanese Alliance provided them with the excuse to enter the war but the real motivation was to take over the German concessions in China”.

Question 7

Benson

Answer 7

As Japan’s economic transformation became more widely known, it won her considerable international respect.

Question 8

Wall

Answer 8

After the acquisition of Korea, “Japan at one and the same time obtained the status of a great power and began a policy of imperialism.”

Question 9

Totman

Answer 9

Victory in the Russo-Japanese War “placed beyond doubt Japan’s status as a “Great Power’”

Question 10

Storry

Answer 10

‘It was not long before Japan became a creditor instead of a debtor among the nations.’