The Social and Economic Changes After the Russo-Japanese War

This chapter discusses the changes in the social and economic structure of Japan after the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. It explores the division of nobility into different classes, the emergence of profit-seeking classes like merchants, the loss of status and financial struggles of former samurai, the establishment of a national conscripted army, the land tax reform, and the impacts of these reforms on the development of capitalism and agriculture in Japan.