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Japan

THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN JAPAN, 1868-1919

Emperor Meiji and Empress Haruko in Western garb, 1-7 a sign of the reform taken under his rule (1868- 1912)
Courtesy Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Ito Hirobumi, major statesman of the Meiji era
Courtesy Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Data as of January 1994