The role of taxation in the transformation of the Japanese Economy Introduction Before the Meiji restoration under the feudal Tokugawa Shogunate‚ taxation was mainly a tool for warfare and military power. The system was highly regressive and pressed lightly on the rich and profit-earners. It was calculated to preserve a very unequal distribution on incomes and to stimulate the accumulation of private capital. This tendency somehow continued and was magnified before W.W.II when direct taxation
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the Meiji restoration was the beginning of modernisation in Japan. Japan moved from a traditional to a modern state or from a confucian world view to a secular‚ modern‚ scientific and rationale world view. The Meiji government used the ancient Chinese ideal of enriching the country at the same time strengthening the military to secure a place among the aggressors instead of being a victim of aggression. The economic development of Japan was modernised using western ideologies‚ and this occurred
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Position Paper #1 September 12‚ 2013 The issue stated is‚ does punishment really work? If so‚ what types of punishments? What types of punishments are least effective? Starting out by observing what punishment is‚ will help out best. Punishment is a certain consequence that an individual may face to reduce the behavior from occurring. While punishment can be effective in some cases‚ you can probably think of a few examples of when punishment does not reduce a behavior. Prison is one example. After being
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Tokugawa Japan The Tokugawa Shogunate ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meji Restoration (1603 – 1868). During the Tokugawa period‚ Japan was governed by a feudal system to create a stable state known as the Bakufu. The Shogun was the military ruler of Japan and governed over ¼ of Japan. The Daimyo‚ feudal landlords‚ controlled various parts of Japan and to impede their increasing power‚ various restrictions were placed among them such as where they lived and how they dress. The Daimyo were
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substantial craft production in both rural and urban areas of the country prior to industrialization. The major component of the industrialization of Japan in the 19th century was domestic investment in industry and infrastructure‚ mainly by the private sector‚ which means that the Japanese growth was investment-led‚ not export-led. Furthermore‚ Japan had been closed to the outside world for several hundred years‚ during which it was able to develop road networks‚ rice cultivation‚ craft production
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successors choose to rule as shoguns‚ or feudal lords‚ demanding loyalty from the daimyo and exercising direct control only over their own territorial domains. The people saw the emperor as divine descent of sun goddess Amatersau‚ however‚ established the emperor as the ultimate source of political authority and surrounded the imperial throne with thicket of taboos that protected it from usurpation. Tokugawa and his politicians created some policies to keep japan from rebelling and try to control over
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in seventeenth-century French legal treatises and translated into English legal treatises as "feodal government". In the 18th century Adam Smith popularized the forms "feudal government" and "feudal system" in his book Wealth of Nations. In the 19th century the adjective "feudal" evolved into a noun: feudalism. The term "feudal" or "feodal" is derived from the Medieval Latin word feodum. The etymology of feodum is complex with multiple theories‚ some suggesting a Germanic origin and others suggesting
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There was once a time in Japan called the Edo period (1603-1868‚ ending when Tokugawa Yoshinobu resigned) - this was a period where Japan was ruled under the Tokugawa Shogunates‚ a feudal military government. Japan had a stable population‚ and a popular enjoyment of art and culture. However‚ they had an uncompromising policy prohibiting any foreign contact‚ ultimately making it completely isolated from the western world. There was also a strict social order‚ where everyone knew their status. Emperors
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over land or lands spread out through the nobility. The Feudal system dealt with all political and military affairs during the middle ages and had more of a focus on the business relationships held between two individuals of power. The ’feudal system’ is the name for a power structure where people held their land in return for promising loyalty‚ known as doing homage‚ and providing services such as working or fighting for their lord" (The Feudal System and the Domesday Book). This is how the majority
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the reason why Japan was able to modernize its industry‚ military and government to the point where they were able to compete with the west‚ while the rest of Asia lagged behind was due to the fact that they were flexible. They realized that in order to become more powerful than the west they needed to modernize and get their technology‚ industry‚ military and government up to date so they could improve and become more advanced than the other world powers. They knew that if they continued living
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