Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining

World Heritage

Japan

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The site consists of 23 components, mainly located in southwestern Japan. It bears witness to the country's rapid industrialization from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century through the development of the steel industry, shipbuilding, and coal mining. The site shows how feudal Japan sought to transfer technology from Europe and the United States from the mid-19th century onwards, and how these technologies were adapted to the country's needs and social traditions. The site bears witness to what is considered the first successful transfer of Western industrialization to a non-Western country.

# Coal Mining

# Meiji Industrial Revolution

# Steel

# shipbuilding

# Rapid industrialization

# Technology Transfer