In which way was the industrialization of Japan different from industrialization in Britain, Germany, the United States, or France?

Japanese industrialization took place later and was done more quickly.

The government played a powerful role in the industrialization of the German Empire founded by Otto von Bismarck in 1871 during a period known as the Second Industrial Revolution.

Industrialization Throughout the World. From Great Britain, industrialization spread to countries like Belgium, France, and Germany. Belgium, though small, became a pioneer of continental European industrialization. By the 1820s and 1830s, iron works began popping up near the coal-rich area of Liège