HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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Exporting agricultural products in exchange for new technology
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Establishing a policy of imperialism
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Building nuclear power plants
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Cooperating with the Soviet Union to gain needed resources
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was the military expansion in the 1930s that created an artificial shortage of mineral resources, the wholesale exodus of population, and a lowering in the standard of living of the general public.
Detailed explanation-2: -Instead, Japan received most of its oil from the United States and rubber from British Malaya, the very two Western nations trying to restrict Japan’s expansion. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s embargo of oil exports to Japan pressured the Japanese navy, which had stocks for only about six months of operations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Unlike England, who had an abundance of coal and other natural resources necessary for industrialization, Japan had very few of these raw materials. Instead, the Japanese traded for raw materials to fuel their factories and make their products.
Detailed explanation-4: -Population growth, a rise in per capita output, and the emergence of protectionism in Japan tended to increase demand for natural resources, but until the rise of militarism in the 1930s the shortage of natural resources was never a serious issue.