However, Japan rapidly developed into a modern nation, and by the turn of the 20th century the Japanese stood alongside the other European powers as part of the Eight-Nation Alliance during the famous fifty-five day siege of the foreign embassy compound in Peking.
Japan rapidly developed into a modern nation. This was however. The Japanese stood alongside the other European powers as part of the Eight-Nation Alliance during the famous fifty-five day siege of the foreign embassy compound in Peking. This was by the turn of the 20th century. This was however.