HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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Question
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Why did Japan create subsidy programs to build railroads, a postal system and a public education system?
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to help Japan maintain its traditional values and culture
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to help other countries understand Japanese culture
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to help Japanese farmers learn new farming techniques
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to help Japan become more modern and compete with other industrialized countries
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -By the late 1860s, the Meiji leaders had established a system that declared equality in education for all in the process of modernizing the country. After 1868 new leadership set Japan on a rapid course of modernization. The Meiji leaders established a public education system to modernize the country.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Japanese school system primarily consists of six-year elementary schools, three-year junior high schools and three-year high schools, followed by a two-or-three-year junior colleges or a four-year colleges. Compulsory education lasts for 9 years through elementary and junior high school.
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