Questions for Further Understanding

• How did the physical geography of Japan affect its worldview?
  
• How did isolation during the Edo period lead to changes in Japan?
• How did the changes resulting from adaptation affect
  Japan economically, politically and socially during the Meiji period?
• How did the changes resulting from isolation affect
  Japan economically, politically and socially during the Edo period?
• How did Japan adapt to changes brought on by the transition
  from feaudal to modern models of organization?
• How did the shogun use the feudal system and
  the hierarchical social classes to maintain control of Japan?
• What challenges emerged for the Japanese
  in maintaining traditional cultural aspects of their society
  while undergoing rapid change?
  
• What were the motivations for the radical changes
  in Japan's model of organization during Meiji period?
• In what ways did Japan isolate itself from the rest of the world?
• In what ways did changes resulting from isolation
  in the Edo period compare to changes resulting from the adaptation
  in the Meiji period?
  
• Discussion on Alberta/Japan Studies