Before the Meiji Restoration, Japan was basically ignorant of all the technological advances that had occurred. The Japanese thought themselves to be the most superior of all races. That was why they banned
Christianity in 1597, butchering all who practiced that religion. The Japanese never let anyone into their country, believing they had nothing good to learn from the outsiders, and they stayed like that for 250 years. Over the years that they had their doors closed to everyone else, they had great peace and prosperity in their land, however the industrial revolution in the west would propel Europe and the United States to a level of advancement that the Japanese would never anticipate.
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