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The Meiji Period
Before 1853 Japan was very isolated and closed its doors to other countries and ideas. Due to this Japan missed the industrial revolution. Between the years of 1868 and 1912 Japan decide to open its doors and accept new ideas, due to this Japan industrialized rapidly, becoming a great world power -
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Hara Takashi assassinated
First prime minister of Japan is assassinated by a railroad worker -
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Japan's intrests
Japan wanted to economically compete with europran and American powers. Japan needed more resources to fuel their booming economy. They were very limited to their resources due to were they are located. The need for resources were greater streseed during the great depression . Japan realised that they needed to expand to new territories to aquire new resources. -
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Agression
due to weaking in democratic forces Japan stepped up military agression. the Guandong Army, the Imperial Japanese Army unit stationed in Manchuria,went on a mission to preotect japan intrests and all assassinated a former ally Zhang Zuolin -
The Manchurian Incident
A railway owned by Japan was destroyed by an explosion and China was blamed for it. Japan responded by invading Manchuria -
Anti-Cominter Pact
an agreement made between Germany and Japan that they would protect each other if attacked by the Soviet Union, they also agreed that neither of them would make any political treaties with the Soviet Union -
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The Second Sino-Japanese war
Due to Japan wanting to expand there was conflict with border claims with China and ended with war. Japan came out of this defeated and focused expanded else where -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
a suprise military attack conducted by Japan against America at pearl harbor. This attack made The United States join world war 2
