Why did Peter the Great call his new capital city a “window on Europe”?
He wanted it to reflect European culture.
He introduced the first European-style windows to Russia.
He wanted to build a city close to Europe but far from the sea.
He wanted his capital to be the opposite of all things European.

A. He wanted it to reflect European culture.

Explanation:

He obviously needed it close to the see to be the only major port.

European style windows has nothing to do with this.

He wanted to make the new capital more like European cities and be more accepted throughout the world.

Therefor it is a.

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.