With its newly found international status , Japan would begin to inextricably take a more active position in East Asia and leading role in world affairs at large .
By the early 1900s , the Japanese empire succeeded in asserting itself as East Asia 's first modern power .
With Japanese 's newly found international status , Japanese would begin to inextricably take a more active position in East Asia and leading role in world affairs at large .
By the early 1900s , the Japanese empire succeeded in asserting itself as East Asia 's first modern power .