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world war 1
Allowed Japan to acquire most of Germany's Asian and Pacific colonies due to its alliance with Britain. -
The Washington Conference
The United States called the Washington Conference, where Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, China, Japan, and Portugal attended. The Conference rersulted in a naval armaments treaty that set a limit of capital ships for Great Britain, the US, Japan, France, and Italy. -
The Four Power Treaty
Japan, the United States, Britain, and France agreed to recognize the status in the Pacific, and Japan and Britain agreed to formally end their Treaty of Alliance. -
The Nine Power Treaty
It is signed by Belgium, China, the Netherlands, and Portugal, along with the original five powers, the prevention of war in the Pacific. The signing of this agreed to respect China's independence and integrity, not to interfere in Chinese attempts to establish a stable government. Japan also agreed to withdraw its troops from Shandon, and to remove its troops from Siberia. -
Kaku Mori gains power
A new government came to power. Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kaku Mori, who had strong ties with ultranationalist secret societies, urged interventionist policies in Manchuria and other parts of China. Weak governments, lessened by the devastation caused by the Great Depression and the resulting breakdown of international trade, could do little to prevent the secret societies from gaining power. -
South Manchurian Railway Bombed
The Japanese built South Manchurian Railway was bombed, the Japanese used this incident to send a full-scale invasion on Manchuria. -
Japans invasion on Manchuria
The day after the bombing on the railway. Japan invades Manchuria -
Japan invades china
Japan invaded China due to a military conflict. China fought Japan with the economic and only economic help from Germany, the Soviet Union and the United States. By the end of 1937, Japan captured the Chinese capital of Nanking. -
Japan issues the Amau Doctrine
Japan assumes responsibilty for peace throughout all of Asia
