The Meiji expanded Japan's military and heavily invested in industrialization because they wanted to limit western influence in Japan.
Prior to this, the Japanese culture was influenced a lot by the Europeans. The banking system, railroads and the banking system. The goal of the Meiji was to attain industrialization.
The Meiji leaders enforced Japanese values. Even though the nation had been influenced by the westerners, they wanted a situation where Japanese culture was blended with Western ideas.
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