How Did Japanese Conquests in East Asia Compare to European

How did Japanese conquests in East Asia compare to European and American conquests in Asia and Africa?

A) Both denied their subjects political equality because of perceived racial inferiority.
B) Both paired industrialized militaries with proselytism to conquer new territories.
C) The Japanese claimed that conquered territories historically belonged to it,and Europeans and Americans did not.
D) Europeans and Americans encountered local resistance to colonialism,and the Japanese did not.