Why was japan torn between the western word and japanese tradition?

This is difficult to explain but you should watch the "history of japan in 9 minutes"   that might help you.

The league of nations was found in 1919 to keep peace after world war l.but it failed to prevent world war ll in 1939,so in 1945 the nations of the world set up a new organization,the united state (un).since then, the un has encouraged international cooperation and worked to resolve conflict