Is Japan a Western country ?

[caster51]

when people think of 'a Western(ized) country'

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japan was not westernnized.
Indeed Japan learnt new things from wenternnized country in meiji era.
it means it is not westernized
however basics or fundamentals was better than them even edo era like cvilization , industry, ideology art.....so on
Today's sense of values in the world is subjected by the basis of value of the Western.
Japan must fight in the same ring.
that is why We are following it bacause of the experience of War.