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What was the main motivation for japan’s imperialistic rise to power?

The emergence of imperial Japan

Foreign affairs

Achieving equality with the West was one of the primary goals of the Meiji leaders. Treaty reform, designed to end the foreigners’ judicial and economic privileges provided by extraterritoriality and fixed customs duties was sought as early as 1871 when the Iwakura mission went to the United States and Europe. The Western powers insisted, however, that they could not revise the treaties until Japanese legal institutions were reformed along European and American lines. Efforts to reach a compromise settlement in the 1880s were rejected by the press and opposition groups in Japan. It was not until 1894, therefore, that treaty provisions for extraterritoriality were formally changed.

The Sino-Japanese war marked the successful beginning of Japan's imperialist ambitions because it demonstrated its power and increased its influence in Korea. However, Russia had its own aspirations in China and Korea and protested against the acquisition of the Liaodong Peninsula by Japan.

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