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Japan saw how China became nothing but a place for WEstern powers to misuse and take advantage of, and so to avoid becoming destroyed by other nations Japan closed themselves off from the outside world. They were trying to preserve their culture and freedom from outside influence.

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Why_did_japan_shut_itself_from_the_outside_worldsaw how China became nothing but a place for Western powers to misuse and take advantage of, and so to avoid becoming destroyed by other nations Japan closed themselves off from the outside world. They were trying to preserve their culture and freedom from outside influence.

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Because the Shogunate declared the sakoku or closed country policy

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