Text this: The evolution of Japan's "misplacement" : from Meiji restoration to the Post-Cold War era

            _____    __   _     _____     _  _   
    ___    |  ___|| | || | ||  |  ___||  | \| || 
   /   ||  | ||__   | '--' ||  | ||__    |  ' || 
  | [] ||  | ||__   | .--. ||  | ||__    | .  || 
   \__ ||  |_____|| |_|| |_||  |_____||  |_|\_|| 
    -|_||  `-----`  `-`  `-`   `-----`   `-` -`  
     `-`