Japan and China reacted differently to pressure from the West in the 19th ... Japan reacted to the West's increasing pressure to open to trade was very different. Both countries had long maintained isolationist tendencies, with ... This situation was not to be accepted by the Western nations for long,
China, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan all were forced by Western powers to sign unequal treaties or capitulations, but Japan eventually was able to renegotiate its treaties in its favor.
