COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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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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Detailed explanation-1: -They did this to provide a good environment for national growth, win the respect of the Westerners, and build support for the modern state. In the Tokugawa period, popular education had spread rapidly, and in 1872 the government established a national system to educate the entire population.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hoping to protect Japan from a potential European threat, they began to demand military and industrial reforms in response.
Detailed explanation-3: -Japan’s highly developed Edo-period education system was a key factor in its swift turn to industrialization and a capitalist economy after the Meiji Restoration, as well as its subsequent position as a major world power.
Detailed explanation-4: -The country’s high-quality education system has consistently won international praise. An emphasis on the holistic development of children has for decades led Japanese students to achieve mastery in a variety of academic disciplines-their performance in science, math, and engineering is particularly noteworthy.
Detailed explanation-5: -After the Meiji Restoration, public education for all people became a priority. The Ministry of Education made large changes, such as hiring more foreign teachers, expanding school subjects to include reading, writing, recitation, history, geography, science, arithmetic, health, and morals.