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| | Japan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | Nonetheless, for most of Japan's history, real power has been in the hands of the court nobility, the shoguns, the military, or, more recently, prime ministers. |
 | | This paved the way for the dominance of Confucian philosophy in Japan until the 19th century. |
 | | These reforms helped transform the Empire of Japan into a world power, defeating China in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and Russia in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). |
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