Alright so i am really curious as to how japan manage to go from a fairly weak nation to the biggest power in asia in just a few years.

After looking around a bit, i found this question which is close to mine: http://np.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1pj2ts/what_exactly_forced_japan_to_modernize_during_the/

which has some really good answers, but i'm not really interested in the what as much as the how so i was hoping maybe i could get a more detailed answer on their methods....

thanks so much!