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Hibiya riots (1905)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “The Hibiya riots”
5–7 Sep 1905 — When the peace signed at Portsmouth brings no indemnity, crowds in Tokyo burn police boxes and attack pro-government newspapers; 17 people die and martial law is declared. Taxpayers had carried a war that cost several times the government’s annual budget.
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- Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars (chapter 6 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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