Similarities:
-Pressure for the west (trade-wise)
-at war with each other ( military costs money)
Difference :
China dislikes the west(communism=wealth distribution from gov), while Japan is opening up rapidly(technology, industrialization, economics);
-There were two conflicting political parties in China while there was only one in Japan;
-both were in need for new political formula bc both were in economic crisis, but Japan chose expansion of borders while China didn't really do much, China had political support from the US.