Editing Westernization (section)

=====Japan=====
{{See also|Japanization}}[[File:Chikamatsu Kiken buto no ryakuke.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|An example of 19th-century Westernization of Japanese society: [[Ballroom dance|ballroom dancing]] at the [[Rokumeikan]], [[Tokyo]], 1888]]
In [[Japan]], the [[Netherlands]] continued to play a key role in transmitting Western know-how to the Japanese from the 17th century to the mid-19th century, because the Japanese had only opened their doors to Dutch merchants before US Navy commodore [[Matthew C. Perry]]'s [[Perry Expedition|visit in 1853]]. After Commodore Perry's visit, Japan began to deliberately accept Western culture to the point of hiring Westerners to teach Western customs and traditions to the Japanese starting in the [[Meiji era]]. Since then, many Japanese politicians have encouraged the Westernization of Japan with the use of the term ''[[Datsu-A Ron]]'', which means the argument for "leaving Asia" or "Good-bye Asia". In ''Datsu-A Ron'', "Westernization" was described as an "unavoidable" but "fruitful" change. In contrast, despite many advances in industrial efficiency, Japan has sustained a culture of strict social hierarchy and limited individualization.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dore |first1=Ronald |chapter=Unity and Diversity in World Culture |pages=407–424 [416] |editor1-last=Bull |editor1-first=Hedley |editor2-last=Watson |editor2-first=Adam |title=The Expansion of International Society |date=1984 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=978-0-19-821942-2 }}</ref>