USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The notion that expansion through military conquest would solve Japan’s economic problems gained currency during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Detailed explanation-2: -Japan achieved an early recovery from the Great Depression of the 1930s. A veteran finance minister, Takahashi Korekiyo, managed to stage the recovery by prescribing a combination of expansionary fiscal, exchange rate, and monetary policies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Japan’s Continental Policy refers to a Pan-Asian strategy pursued by Japan, especially the Imperial Japanese Army, between the Meiji Restoration and Japan’s expansion during World War II. The policy’s major aim was to conquer Japan’s neighboring countries such as Korea and China to dominate East Asia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although the most important reason for Japanese expansion was the country’s need for goods and resources, there were other reasons for Japanese expansion after the Russo-Japanese War. One was Western racism against the Japanese and the rise of Japanese nationalism.

Detailed explanation-5: -Economic Background Their commitment to the military effort to expand Japanese territory to achieve economic security can be understood partly in these terms. The depression ended in the mid-1930s in Japan partly because of government deficits used to expand greatly both heavy industry and the military.