HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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isolating Japan from the influence of foreign ideas.
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existing peacefully with their Asian neighbors.
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increasing the emperor’s power by returning Japan to a feudal political system.
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modernizing Japan’s economy to compete with Western nations.
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encouraging European powers to open up trading rights in China
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was the Meiji Restoration that finally abolished the strict class system and created a more free and democratic system that allowed the Japanese people to unleash their full potential. Under this new democratic system, Japan modernized and developed rapidly.
Detailed explanation-2: -The reason why Meiji reformers wanted to modernize Japan was because they wanted to become equivalent to the Western countries instead of being considered inferior and “barbaric”. They thought that without modernizing Japan, the country would be colonized.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most important feature of the Meiji period was Japan’s struggle for recognition of its considerable achievement and for equality with Western nations. Japan was highly successful in organizing an industrial, capitalist state on Western models.