The correct answer is the following
1) Japan. Became an imperial power in Asia.
2) Japan. Rapidly industrialized after 1870.
3) China. Failed to institute reforms.
4) Japan. Signed the Treaty of Kanagawa.
5) China. Remained faithful to traditional values.
6) China. Avoided modernization.
7) Japan. Won the Sino-Japanese War.
8) China. Had foreign spheres of influence.
China influenced Japan through history in many different ways such as philosophy, architecture, writing, law, and culture.
But Japan started to modernize sooner than China. Japan started its process of industrialization in 1870, meanwhile, China stayed many more years as a country based on Agriculture. Chinese rulers did not allow the influence of external customs for many years. They preferred to remain isolated for a while. There also have been terrible moments in the history of these nations with many wars and invasions that affected the stability of the region. China lived a revolution that put the Communist in power during the 1950s and a frustrated Mao Zedong "leap forward." In the case of Japan, the rising sun nation received the help of the United States after World War II, when General Douglass McArthur established many political. economic, social, and military reforms in the country.