At that time, more than 70 years after the Meiji Restoration, Japan was a burnt-out wilderness as far as the eye could see. The country was forced to make a fresh start from there. Journey Domain The metaphors of JOURNEY enhance persuasion because they conceptualise any political activity so that it is referred to as a journey with positively evaluated destination (Koller and Semino, 2009: 12). Those metaphors suggest to recipients that politicians are aware of where themselves or the state really wants to go. Recipients are also aware that it is sometimes necessary to exercise patience and overcome obstacles which come in their way (Borčić, et al. Go to Journey Domain >