Explain the Political, Social and Economic reasons why Japan wanted to become an Imperialist country.

JAPAN

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.

it allows businesses to raise prices on basic goods. it allows consumers to spend more money on products. it increases government revenue to fund public projects. it provides more money for government assistance programs.

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