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“The Anglo-Japanese Treaty (1962) marks a milestone in the development of Japan as an Asiatic power.” Comment in about 200 words.

  • UPSC 1988
  • World Wars

The treaty in question is the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902, Britain's first modern alliance with a non-European power, and it did mark a real turning point in Japan's rise.

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