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Answer - A - European industrialization was different from Japanese industrialization in that European industrialization had less government involvement and Japanese industrialization was largely directed by the imperial regime.
Key Takeaway: European industrialization was different from Japanese industrialization in that European industrialization had less government involvement and Japanese industrialization was largely directed by the imperial regime. The zaibutsu, for example, were huge industrial and financial business conglomerates that existed in the Empire of Japan. Their influence and size allowed for them to totally control many significant parts of the Japanese economy from the Meiji period until the end of World War II.