In the late 19th-century industrial revolution that bears his name, Emperor Meiji initiated perhaps Japan's greatest phase of modernization to date.

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Japan has been planning its policy of a third opening of Japan after the Meiji Restoration and the era right after the Pacific war.

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Meanwhile, Japan's recall of Meiji baby formula because of pollution by a radioactive substance has also raised a lot of concern.

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For 77 years, from the 1868 Meiji Restoration to its 1945 defeat, Japan set and pursued national goals of modernization, industrialization, and entrance into the league of major nations.

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The Meiji emperor then presided over the creation of modern Japan.

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Curiously, in 1968 there was nationwide rejoicing in Japan when the nation commemorated the first hundred years since Meiji.

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Unlike economic historians of the past, Japanese Braudelians and Wallersteinians claim that Japan's modernisation had proceeded fairly steadily before the Meiji Restoration of 1868.

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In February, Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar and Nissin Sugar announced plans to start joint production as a way of preparing for the end of Japan's sugar-price support system and the elimination of import tariffs next year.

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