Abbey Crump
Besides changes in domestic values and practices, Japan's relations with its neighbors also changed after the Meiji Restoration. There were many changes in Japanese society, economy, and politics, including the introduction of Western values of civilization and enlightenment of a centralized, constitutional government. Japan's expansion was fueled with Social Darwinism, which is the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection and racism.