The fact that Japan showed a willingness to negotiate with western nations showed that it 1. sought to avoid European spheres of influence as occurred in China.
The reason why Japan decided to negotiate with western nations was to learn from them how they became so strong.
This was so that the Japanese would become strong as well as avoid the spheres of influence that developed in China.
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