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Japan adopted Western culture because they did not want European presence in their country. They saw what happened in China, where Europeans took over and forced their culture on the Chinese, and did not want this to happen. So, the Japanese took the initiative and adopted Western culture themselves (and added their own twists) and opened their ports up to Europe willingly. However, the Japanese quickly became obsessed with Western culture.

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