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They received more freedoms than they had had before.
Short answer: It was an attempt at Western modernization. Japan took the best aspects of world civilizations and adopted/adapted them.
The Meiji restoration refers to the period when Emperor Meiji was trying to make Japan a respected country on the world stage. Japan started rapid Westernization and adopted many Western customs....
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