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What factor was most important in Japan’s rapid shift toward industrialization?(1 point)

renegotiation of unequal treaties with European nations

government-directed economic reforms

military wins against Russia and China

lack of access to raw materials

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government-directed economic reforms

The Meiji government led modernization by reforming taxes, building infrastructure (railroads, telegraphs), creating industrial enterprises, sending students abroad, and later privatizing firms into zaibatsu, which drove Japan’s rapid industrialization.