Dr Chris Harding

And that became a seed that would flower in rather unpleasant ways later.

But other than that, they really saw themselves as a great cosmopolitan international power.

And if you were an ordinary person in Japan at this point, they're steadily expanding the franchise.

not to women, but to other men.

And so there's a sense that democracy is taking root, that being in a political party starts to actually mean something in Japan.

So I think that would be its peak in all sorts of ways.

And then there's that da-da-da element for then what happens next.

Thank you very much.