(1) Britain is an old capitalist country. Mainly through colonial expansion and pirate trade to strengthen the pace of its primitive accumulation of capitalism;

(2) relying on the industrial revolution to develop business has accelerated the development of business. Especially by the end of19th century, Britain entered the stage of imperialism and vigorously developed overseas trade;

(3) After Britain became a capitalist power, it carried out the policy of balancing rights in the European continent, which led to the mutual restraint between France and Germany at that time. For example, after World War I and World War II, they advocated not imposing too many sanctions on Germany. So that the two great powers in continental Europe are unable to compete with Britain for hegemony;

(4) In the enclosure movement, Britain gained a lot of labor and land for raising sheep, which contributed to the emergence of the industrial revolution.

2. Reasons for Japan's development:

(1) Japan was also a backward feudal country in the early modern times, but its feudal power was weak. After Meiji Restoration, Japan gradually transformed into a capitalist country.

(2) After Japan became a capitalist country, it vigorously developed militarism and acquired development capital and resources through colonial expansion. Such as: invading Korea, launching the Sino-Japanese War, launching the war of aggression against China, etc.

(3) After World War II, in order to contain the socialist forces of China and North Korea, the United States strongly supported Japan. Japan's economy developed rapidly during this period;

(4) After World War II, Japan vigorously developed its economy and high-tech industries. High-tech industry has driven the rapid development of Japanese economy.