How Did The New Textile Industry Affected Japan?

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Roads were improved, railroads now formed a part of the landscape and a land reform program was put into practice to prepare the country for the new modifications and changes they had planned to go through. Modern industries found home in the textiles, particularly in cotton yarn and silk. Between 1886 and 1897, Japan’s previously mentioned 12 million yen made of cotton yarn rose up to 176 million yen. It may seem odd that in the span of 11 years, Japan’s income from yarn grew almost 15 times the amount it started at and one must wonder or at least ask oneself, how did Japan do this? Well, Japan imported new textile manufacturing technology from Europe, making the work with textiles faster and easier. Not only this affected but, Japan by 1886