In the year 1868, the Edo-bakufu government which was ruled by feudalism had turned over its political power to the Meiji Administration. It was a new era open for the Meiji Administration and Japan was about to face huge movement of modernization. Meiji Administration formed its central power toward "Teno" with allied forces. Meiji Administration was exactly the counter-force of that of Edo. Although Meiji Administration had usurped political power from Edo, their military and the educational systems were very unstable. On the contrary, Bakufu government had already settled its system in many ways, especially Bakufu's military and education systems were far more exceeding than Meiji's. Numazu-heigakko, which was open in 1869, is the good example which clearly shows how Edo had already established advanced system in military and education. By no surprise, this military school had possessed well organized systems as well as human resources. Eventually, one can clearly say that Edo was the successor to pass every advanced systems to Meiji's. Upon Edo's solid foundation, Meiji Administration started to flourish and trained many instructors, students, weapons and books. In the aspect of educational curriculums, Meiji focused on general studies and gave priority to people who had capabilities. This was distinct feature of how Meiji Administration made their principles to train not only soldiers but human resources as well. Therefore, it would be not too exaggerate to say that the process of Japan's modernization in education have its solid foundation on Bakufu's military system.
본 한국일본학회는 일본관련 학회로는 1973년에 한국 최초로 성립되어 2015년 3월 현재 가입회원수 기준 1000여명에 달하는 방대한 학회로 발전하였다. 본 학회는 일본어학 및 일본학은 물론,일본의교육,사상,역사,민속 등 일본학 전반에 걸친 연구와 한일간의 일본학 전반에 걸친 비교 연구를 대상으로 하는 학회로서 회원들의 연구기회 제공과 정보의 교류를 주된 목표로 하고 있다. 분회 발표를 포함하여 매년 20회 가까운 학술발표회와 국제학술대회를 개최 함으로서 발표 기회의 제공과 함께 회원 상호간의 친목 도모의 장으로도 활용하며 건전한 학회발전을 지향하고 있다.