What did the Meiji government do as part of its efforts to modernize and industrialize Japan?

A. created a modern banking system

B. signed a trade agreement with the United States

C. limited the growth of the military

D. visited Russian factories and prisons

The answer is letter C. They created a banking system. This banking system was one of the ways of modernizing Japan. In the Iwakura Mission, Japanese that were trying to negotiate in Japan were not able to fully negotiate with the US because of Japan’s backwardness, because of this economic industrialization and thus created the banking system of Japan.