USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Faced with severe shortages of oil and other natural resources and driven by the ambition to displace the United States as the dominant Pacific power, Japan decided to attack the United States and British forces in Asia and seize the resources of Southeast Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Economic Expansion In 1931, the military seized Manchuria, which provided coal and iron needed for Japan’s growing military. Manchuria also provided space to house the expanding Japanese population.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many of Japan’s political elite aspired to have the country acquire new territory for resource extraction and settlement of surplus population. These ambitions led to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.

Detailed explanation-4: -All of Japan’s national interests at the time led to it pursuing a foreign policy of expansionism, where Japan felt it needed more land and control over a wider area to meet its goals and fulfill its national interests. For instance, Japan was a resource poor country with a growing economy and large population.