Japan’s modern Steel industry in 1901
Japanese industry at the end of 19th century was 200 years behind.
After Mathew C Perry came to Japan in 1853, Japan’s industrial
Revolution was started.
Japan’s modern Steel industry was started as Yawata Steel Works
at Higashida district in Kitakyushu in 1901.
Since then, the Steel Works greatly contributed to Japan’s industrial modernization.
And Japan became the world’s leading industrialized country in only 100 years.