What factor japan avoid becoming a colony of a european power

the mother countries succeed in doing that by using the colony's natural resources, facilities in a colony, they do not take good care of these facilities, causing them to fail. this has had negative and positive effects on the people of africa, they then governed through direct or indirect rule depending on the country.

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i'd assume india mainly because of how isolated japan was.   plus it is a whole china away.