PHASE 1 ********************************************************************************** In 1868, the fifteen-year old Emperor Meiji, as he was posthumously known, moved from Kyoto to Edo. The move marked the beginning of Japan's efforts to modernize its political and social institutions, to develop and expand its industrial base, and to achieve parity with the Western industrialized nations. In 1882, the Ministry of Finance established the Bank of Japan. It introduced a modern currency system and put the government on a sound budgetary foundation. The Meiji …showed first 75 words of 1402 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1402 total… metropolitan cities remained constant, and Japanese began settling down and establishing roots in their new communities. Some Japanese began moving from the metropolitan areas to cities that were regional centers. Some moved to smaller cities and towns. Some smaller cities began growing in population. Some smaller towns began declining in population. The Osaka and Nagoya Metropolitan Areas began experiencing negative population growth in the middle 1970s. Tokyo first showed a negative population growth in 1993.