Under German control, and even before then, Japanese traders and fishermen from time to time visited the Marshall Islands, although contact with the islanders was irregular. After the Meiji Restoration (1868), the Japanese government adopted a policy of turning the Japanese Empire into a great economic and military power in East Asia.
1868 తర్వాత జపాన్ తమ శక్తిని ఏ ప్రాంతంలో పెంపొందించుకోవడానికి ప్రయత్నించింది?
East Asia