Respuesta :
The best of all of them is D It wanted to have more security, prestige, wealth, and power. This is the reason of their becoming an imperial power.
Answer;
It wanted to have more security, prestige, wealth, and power.
Explanation;
Japan was the only Asian country to have escaped imperialist control. For centuries, military generals, called shoguns, exercised real power in Japan while the Japanese emperor was a mere figurehead.
Japan's expansion was undertaken in an environment of imperialism of European countries. Japanese expansion in Asia was undertaken in an age of active Western expansion into China.