POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
RECONSTRUCTION OF JAPANS GOVERNMENT
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using money from trade to expand military power and take over more territory in Asia
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making alliances with China and Russia to control more land
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attacking Pearl Harbor to conquer US lands in the Pacific
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forming alliances with the Nazis to control more land in Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the Meiji Restoration period, military and economic power was emphasized. Military strength became the means for national development and stability. Imperial Japan became the only non-Western world power and a major force in East Asia in about 25 years as a result of industrialization and economic development.
Detailed explanation-2: -Japan becomes world power through victories in Sino-Japanese (1895) and Russo-Japanese (1904-05) wars. Korea annexed (1910-45). TAISHO [1912-1926] Japan expands economic base within Asia and the Pacific. Prospering businessmen support Liberal party government, broadening political participation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Japan’s industry was soon providing the required munitions and logistics to the American forces fighting in Korea. The demand stimulated the Japanese economy enabling it to recover quickly from the destruction of the Pacific War and provide the basis for the rapid expansion that was to follow.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Empire of Japan officially entered World War II on 27 September 1940, when they signed the Tripartite Pact along with Germany and Italy, and the Japanese invasion of French Indochina took place.