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Excerpt from Japan, the Rise of a Modern Power My father died while this book was in an incomplete state, although the greater part of it was in type; and it is owing to the kindness of several of his friends who have consented to put the work into final form that it has become possible to publish it. In writing it his object was to describe, for English-speaking people, the main facts of Japanese history. Despite the efforts of numerous Orientalists to popularize knowledge of Japanese history and of Japanese political, economic, and social conditions, he felt that a great deal has yet to be done before the average British youth and adult will be as familiar with Japan as the average Japanese youth and adult are with Great Britain. As Viscount Chinda, the Japanese Ambassador to the Court of St. James, said in addressing the British present at a meeting of, the Japan Society held in London on December 13, 1916, although there never had been a time when the bonds of fraternal feelings between the Japanese and the British had been so strong, 'you do not know one-tenth as much about us as we do about you'. Obviously, therefore, there is room for another - many another - book in English tracing the evolution of Japan, and pointing out the salient features of the Japanese civilization of to-day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.