It learned how to adjust its German - based bureaucratic standards to actual conditions , and how to deal with frequent insurrections .
Perhaps more important , Japan gained enormous prestige by being the first nonwhite country to operate a modern colony .
Japan learned how to adjust Japan 's German - based bureaucratic standards to actual conditions , and how to deal with frequent insurrections .
Perhaps more important , Japan gained enormous prestige by being the first nonwhite country to operate a modern colony .