Why Japan was able to become a strong world power againFrom the early 17th century, Japan moved from being one of the driving forces of technological power military of the modern era. world to become obsolete, old due to a lack of technological innovation. Thanks to this, Japan was able to survive difficult times and become a technological power again. Indeed, as explained in the book “The Lexus and the Olive Tree” by author Thomas L. Friedman, they managed to find a happy medium between the Lexus and the olive tree, in other words, new ideas and technologies, while maintaining traditional values ​​of culture and race, both politically and socially. Japan was able to rebound, regain political, social, and economic stability, and prosper after decades of internal conflict and unrest because, unlike similar contemporary non-Western civilizations, it focused on balancing new reforms and older and more historic governmental traditions. , a once prosperous country, was one of the leading countries in terms of technological, economic and social status until the early 1600s, became the victim of many forced and unequal trade exchanges by Western countries, like other advanced non-Western empires such as China. and the Ottoman Empire. The failure of attempts at reform by the shogun's chief advisor, Mizuno Tadakuni, led to the downfall of his reign. In 1844, Western countries Britain, France, and the United States of America pushed Japan to establish political and economic trade relations with other countries. This persistence continued until 1854, when a commodore of the United States of America, Mathew Perry, forced Japan to accept the Treaty of Kanawaga,...... middle of paper.... .. because they, unlike similar contemporary non-conservative, Western civilizations, focused on balancing new reforms with older, more historical governmental traditions. This profound adjustment constituted a great change in the life of Japan compared to previous eras, thus proving that the reason why Japan regained its overall stability was because it was able to balance the country's ancient traditions, as well as the new ideas, referring to Friedman's work, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, showing one of his assertions that there must be a combination of "Lexus" and "olive trees", relating them to the one of Friedman's main examples. Works Cited http://www.iun.edu/~hisdcl /G369_2002/meijiconstitution.htmhttp://www.pbs.org/empires/japan/timeline_1800.htmlhttp://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes /japans-about-face/timeline-japanese-military-history /1168/http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2130.html