raharris1973
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What if the the Empire of Japan was ISOT from early 1893, back 350 years to 1543 AD?
Additionally, all British, Europeans, and American people present disappear from the ISOTed Japan, transferred to another timeline and *not* traveling back in time with the 1893 version of Japan. But all British and European built property, machinery, infrastructure, and ships remain in place. Meanwhile, all members of 1893's worldwide Japanese diaspora are transported back to the territory of Japanese, even second generation overseas Japanese.
The wider world of 1543 looks like this, the main difference is that Hokkaido, the Kuriles, and parts of northern Honshu not then governed by the a centralized state society but by tribal peoples are decidedly ruled by 1893 Japan. Also, the then inhabited Bonin islands are inhabited by Japanese, and the then independent Ryukyu Kingdom is an annexed part of 1893 Japan.
How do the Japanese deal with their new, more primitive, world environment, where they have access to the most advanced technology in the world, future history, and the maps and major languages of the world that no one else has?
How do the Japanese deal with the arrival of the rather obnoxious and piratical Portuguese on their southern shores on the island of Tanegashima, their closest competitors in terms of geographic knowledge and transport technology in the world of 1543, when the latter start showing up?
Additionally, all British, Europeans, and American people present disappear from the ISOTed Japan, transferred to another timeline and *not* traveling back in time with the 1893 version of Japan. But all British and European built property, machinery, infrastructure, and ships remain in place. Meanwhile, all members of 1893's worldwide Japanese diaspora are transported back to the territory of Japanese, even second generation overseas Japanese.
The wider world of 1543 looks like this, the main difference is that Hokkaido, the Kuriles, and parts of northern Honshu not then governed by the a centralized state society but by tribal peoples are decidedly ruled by 1893 Japan. Also, the then inhabited Bonin islands are inhabited by Japanese, and the then independent Ryukyu Kingdom is an annexed part of 1893 Japan.
How do the Japanese deal with their new, more primitive, world environment, where they have access to the most advanced technology in the world, future history, and the maps and major languages of the world that no one else has?
How do the Japanese deal with the arrival of the rather obnoxious and piratical Portuguese on their southern shores on the island of Tanegashima, their closest competitors in terms of geographic knowledge and transport technology in the world of 1543, when the latter start showing up?