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Completing the Meiji Restoration that heralded the dawn of a new era for both Japan and Asia the island nation found itself thrust into the modern world a world of industry and conquest Flexing its new muscles the burgeoning power soon came to blows with the regional power that for centuries dominated the area politically and culturally ChinaIn its first modern war the modernized Japanese empire went to war against the dominant power in the region and though interested Western powers favored China Japan won the day claiming Korea as their conquest and permanently upsetting the balance of power in the region The conflict paved the way for the future Empire of Japan and the collapse of the Qing Dynasty