Which of the following best explains why japan quickly built up its military in the late 1800s?

a. western imperial powers controlled large parts of asia.

b. neighboring korea was a strong country and had a large military.

c. the meiji government wanted to make eastern russia a japanese colony.

d. commodore mathew perry attacked japanese ports in the 1850s.

A. Western imperial powers controlled large parts of Asia.

Explanation:

The Meji government quickly saw that most asia was conquered and controlled by western powers, and that its neighbors had failed to see the conquering coming and failed to defend themselves from colonization, when they saw that reality they started to increase and invest in their military, this added up to the difficulties to reach japan and the harsh of the geography made them virtually unbeatable.

the answer to this question is the third option. hope this