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Politics
In 1918 Hara Takashi became the first commoner to be in office as the prime minister, The two-party political system that had been developing in Japan since the turn of the century finally came of age after World War I. He took advantage of long-standing relationships throughout the government, won the support of the surviving genro and the House of Peers. Ther were other issues like inflation and the emerging labor movement that he had to take care of to ensure the economy. -
Assassination of the Prime Minister
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9 Power Treaty
The goal of the Nine Power Treaty (February 6, 1922), signed by Belgium, China, the Netherlands, and Portugal, along with the original five powers, was the prevention of war in the Pacific. -
Communist party forced underground
The summer of 1929, the party leadership had been virtually Political Leadership: During the 1910s and 1920s, Japan progressed towards democracy movements known as 'Taishō Democracy' During the Depression Japan also
became very Militarized In the 1930s, Japan had many features of a totalitarian state. -
The Great Depression: 1929
The stock-market crash descimated most of the world's economy. America began to request all of their stocks back and restrict their foreign policy effecting global trade and the world economy. -
Assassination of Prime Minister Hamaguchi Osachi (1931)
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Japan Invades Manchuria
http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/IntJapan.htmlIn 1928 Japan joined fourteen other nations in signing the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which denounced "recourse to war for the solution of international controversies." Thus, when Japan invaded Manchuria only three years later, its pretext was the defense of its nationals and economic interests there. The London Naval Conference in 1930 came at a time of economic recession in Japan, and the Japanese government was amenable to further, cost-saving naval reductions. -
The Invasion of Hebei
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Major Conflict
In November 1936, the Anti-Comintern Pact, an agreement to exchange information and collaborate in preventing communist activities, was signed by Japan and Germany (Italy joined a year later). War was launched against China after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 7, 1937, in which an allegedly unplanned clash took place near Beiping (as Beijing was then called) between Chinese and Japanese troops and quickly escalated into full-scale warfare. -
Soviet Neutrality Pact in April 1941
http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/IntJapan.html The U.S's efforts for peace were in vain, because Japan was conspiring against them during the peace talks. Japan was desperate and was in need of anything that could help gain a better economy and a better moral for its people. However warfare probably wasnt the best course of action.
