>Meiji Restoration = restoration of the Meiji Emperor to power, as opposed to
>being a de facto pawn of the Tokugawa Shogun. Prompted by the 'Black Ships',
>though. But one of the key slogans of the period was 'Expell the barbarians,
>restore the Emperor'
>
>As far as I recall, British engineers worked on building up infrastructure
>(telegraph, trains - ironic!) and Prussians on building a modern army and
>constitution. Hence 'Diet' for the legislature.
>
>So they'd probably have deployed GSM ;)
Or C-Netz :-) Although, the way Qualcomm lobbied Washington, the power
behind the black ships might have pushed for CDMA ;-)
rgds
benjamin
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