USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -From 1894, Japan built an extensive empire that included Taiwan, Korea, Manchuria, and parts of northern China. The Japanese regarded this sphere of influence as a political and economic necessity, which prevented foreign states from strangling Japan by blocking its access to raw materials and crucial sea-lanes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Empire stretched from Manchuria in the north to New Guinea’s jungle-clad Owen Stanley Range in the south. In the west, the empire began at the borders of India’s Assam and continued to the Gilbert Islands in the South Pacific.

Detailed explanation-3: -Naruhito, original name Hironomiya Naruhito, (born February 23, 1960, Tokyo, Japan), emperor of Japan from 2019. He is Japan’s 126th emperor, and, according to tradition, traces his lineage directly to Jimmu, the legendary first emperor of Japan.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1894-95 Japan fought a war against China over the control of Korea and gained Taiwan, Japan’s first colony. (Sino-Japanese War) Japan defeats China, long the preeminent power in East Asia, in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5 over influence in the Korean peninsula.