Why did japan become an imperial power in the late nineteenth centry

t wanted to have more security, prestige, wealth, and power. This is the reason of their becoming an imperial power.  

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Explanation:

The First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) finished the power of Korea. China closed up ceding that island of Formosa and portions of Manchuria to Japan. That battle shifted geographical dominance of China to Japan. The Russo-Japanese fight (1904-5) - for control of Korea and portions of Manchuria lying between the Russian Empire and Empire of Japan - the first war in which an Asian nation defeated a European power. Along with other Russian losses, this war following authorized Japan to append Korea (1910).

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