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yes, I know Japan was industrialized during the Meiji Ishin. But I'm talking about industrialization that is comparable to the Western World.
Look at this graph. Maybe Japan can at least be up to about Spain or Italy by 1900? This would make Japan much more a major player in the global world than IOTL.
NOTE: this is an svg file. I don't know whether it will appear properly on every operating system.

512px-Maddison_GDP_per_capita_1500-1950.svg.png
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