We can clearly sum up many characteristics of Japan in history. The author thinks that the characteristics that can best reflect Japanese history are Japan's strong ambition and national spirit of being good at learning. Japan's ambition made Japan conquer almost the whole of Asia. The national spirit of being good at learning also makes this small country with scarce resources become the second economic power. Key words: Japan's historical characteristics, learning aspirations 1. Japan's Ambition Historically, China and Japan have been "friendly" for a long time, which stems from China's extremely strong national strength at that time, far beyond Japan and other countries in the world. Therefore, in Asia as a whole, China culture is absolutely strong, and Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam and other countries have been deeply influenced, so that we can still see the shadow of China culture in the cultures of these countries today. The same is true of Japan. Historically, Japanese paid tribute to China for a long time, and regularly sent envoys to offer sacrifices to Emperor China (until the middle of Qing Dynasty). The establishment of Japanese feudal system also benefited from the Tang Dynasty in China. Although it seems that Japanese feudal system is more like European manor system now, China factor has always run through the development of Japanese feudal society in this period. Japan sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to learn the culture and official system of the Sui Dynasty in China, which laid a solid foundation for Japan's "great innovation" later. Therefore, until the Meiji Restoration in Japan developed into a developed country, China had always been a teacher of Japan, and Japan had always surrendered to China's small foreigners. In fact, influenced by its geographical environment, the Japanese worship "the power of God" very much and have a crazy superstition about supernatural power. Therefore, the narrow island mentality combined with Japan's short humiliation in modern times actually prompted the Japanese to believe in power, respect and admire strength. General Perry bombarded Japan with artillery, and then Japan gradually surpassed the former "teacher" China. After the Japanese witnessed the decay of this "teacher", relying on the rapid development of national strength after the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese reverence for China disappeared in their bones. On the contrary, due to the growth of its own strength, the Japanese pride and sense of honor as a powerful country far exceed the worship of China. In fact, China at that time. It was not until the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the invasion and humiliation of the Qing government by the foreign powers that the Japanese completely changed their views on China, which was the first leap in Japanese views on China in history: from reverence to contempt! In the past, the objects they studied have declined today, and they have to bear the burden of humiliation to cater to the rapidly expanding nationalist trend of thought in Japanese hearts. Not counting this, the Japanese's ambition expanded all the way, and they defeated Russia successively, and gained the vassal states of Qingdao, Northeast China and North Korea in China. In order to protect themselves, Britain and the United States acquiesced in the wanton behavior of the Japanese, which actually accelerated the development of Japanese militarism and laid the foundation for the formation of Japanese people's hearts and the transformation of national character. The change in Japan lies in the inner change, and the inner change is the most difficult to change, and its influence is still visible today. The Japanese ambition was magnified by a series of victories, so the expansion of ambition brought endless greed. They became more and more ignorant and dared to look down on everything. Everyone knows the result of all this, so I won't go into details. At the beginning of World War II, until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor succeeded, Japan's ambition was satisfied to the greatest extent. However, China's wanton aggression and the loss of a large part of China's territory objectively satisfied Japan's state monopoly spirit, and also gave the Japanese the opportunity to prove their strength to the world to some extent. After all, Japan is the first and only country in Asia to become a global power. What this history gives the Japanese is that they still yearn for "that glorious past." Second, Japan is good at learning from Japanese countries. No matter what prejudice you have against it, you have studied the history of Japan since19th century, but you have to admit that it is a country that is good at learning. In this respect, you can't say that it is not a great country. Because of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, we are biased against the Japanese nation. Unfortunately, with this prejudice, we can't see clearly the advantages of Japan, just like wearing a pair of colored glasses and color-changing glasses. Of course, it is necessary for our generation to receive the cruel, vicious and inhuman education of the older generation of Japanese devils from childhood, and then accept the propaganda of Japanese imperialism's invasion of China after adulthood. We can't forget history. Forgetting history is tantamount to betrayal. However, our thoughts should not stop there, and we should be alert to the prejudice that binds our rationality. We should always be alert to the possibility of history repeating itself, and we should also ask what lessons China should learn from it. China and Japan have a long history of communication. For most of the past 2000 years, the relationship between teaching and learning was basically one-sided, with China as a teacher and Japanese as a student. China's language, literature, philosophy, law and political system were enthusiastically absorbed by the Japanese through tribute trade and sending scholars' missions. China's 5,000-year-old culture has spread to three Asian countries, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese. Japan is the best in learning and preservation, and we have lost some traditions ourselves! When learning China culture, Japan has a unique trick, which is to interrupt the learning process economically, isolate itself according to its own needs and tastes, and digest the cultural nutrition from China. I don't think studying in Japan will be without controversy, but there will be no dogma and abstract principles in the debate, and everything will focus on national interests. That's it. When the western industrial civilization arrived in the mid-Kloc-0/9th century, Japan resolutely turned to the west to learn, while China still adhered to the laws of his ancestors, saying, "Learning from China is the body, learning from the west is for use"? In the past, the west also imported drugs and guns from Japan. At this time, Japan took a fancy to western industrial civilization and left China to pursue advanced productive forces. Faced with new development opportunities, Japan spared no effort to carry out reforms, develop private businesses and handicrafts, establish transportation and communication systems, give people a good education, implement relatively friendly economic policies, and safeguard national unity. Sub-industrial civilization needs new rules of the game, that is, it needs political system reform to adapt to it. Japan established a constitutional monarchy, and the parliamentary political system began at 1890. Although it was later controlled by Japanese militarism, after 1945, the Japanese economy miraculously resumed growth.