Meiji Japan’s path towards modernisation in the nineteenth century: a reinterpretation of Japanese policy of hiring foreign workers in the country

• Main Author: Mansor Majdin, Mohamad Firdaus
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asian Scholars Network 2022
• Subjects: HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/97803/6/97803_Meiji%20Japan%E2%80%99s%20path%20towards%20modernisation.PDF; http://irep.iium.edu.my/97803/; https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ijbtm/article/view/18091/9512; https://doi.org/10.55057/ijbtm.2022.4.1.10
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

The study attempts to revisit the policy of hiring foreign experts and advisers in the Japanese public institution especially in the essential sectors such as bureaucracy, military, education, and economic sectors following the takeover of the Bakufu government by the Meiji leadership in 1868. This...