日本明治维新和朝鲜甲申政变是东亚日朝两国试图把封建国家变为近代资本主义国家的首次尝试。明治维新把日本带进了资本主义国家的门槛,成了亚洲的强国,而欲以日本明治维新为蓝图的朝鲜甲申政变却扼杀于摇篮之中,朝鲜最终坠入殖民地的深渊。综观近代日朝两国社会变革,不难发现两国的变法维新历史背景相近,时间相隔不远,目标类似,都是为了挽救民族危亡,以自上而下的改革为手段,企图发展资本主义政治、经济、文化,达到富国强兵的目的。同时,也能发现这些表面相似的状况掩盖着许许多多的不同点,如两国进行改革的斗争路线和手段、变革领导集团的实力、两国的文化特点都不尽相同。两国变革成败的历史必然性也寓于其中。 Japan’s Meiji Restoration and North Korea’s A-arm coup were the first attempt by Japan and North Korea to try to turn the feudal nation into a modern capitalist country. The Meiji Restoration brought Japan into the threshold of a capitalist nation and became a powerful power in Asia. However, the coup d’état of North Korea’s attempt to reform Japan’s Meiji Restoration has been strangled by the cradle, and North Korea eventually fell into the abyss of the colonies. Looking at the social changes in Japan and the DPRK in recent history, it is not hard to find that the two countries have similar historical backgrounds in reform and reform. Their time is not far apart and their goals are similar. All these are aimed at saving the nation from danger and adopting top-down reforms as a means to develop capitalist politics , Economy, culture, to achieve the purpose of strengthening the military. At the same time, we can find that these similarities cover many differences. For example, the two countries struggle to reform the line and means of reforming the strength of the leading group and the cultural characteristics of both countries are different. The historical inevitability of success or failure in the transformation of the two countries also lies within them.