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The Meiji Restoration focused on modernizing Japan to match Western powers. A key reform was modernizing the military, adopting Western weapons, training, and systems. Direct parliamentary rule was established later (1889 Meiji Constitution, not core early restoration), the samurai class was weakened/abolished, and while property rights changed, military modernization was a central internal reform tied to the era's goals.

Answer:

C. The modernization of Japan's military