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Japan 1919-1939
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League of Nations
The League of Nations was an international organization, created after World War 1 to provide an a assembly for resolving international disputes. Japan joined this assosiation on January 10, 1920.
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The Washington Conference
The Washington Conference was held in the US by President Warren G. Harding. It was mainly about a military conference. Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, China, Japan, and Portugal attended this event. It started in November 12, 1921 to February 6, 1922. It was also known as ther Washinton Arms Conference. http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/interwaryears/timeline.html -
Kato Tomosaburo
Kato Tomosaburo was the Prime Minister of Japan after the assasination of Hara Takashi in 1921. He went to the Wasington Conference in 1921-1922 while representing Japan. Kato died in August 1923.
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The Great Kanto Earthquake
The Great Japan Earthquake happened in 1923. It started at 11:58 a.m 30 miles from Tokyo. It is the worst natural disaster to hit Japan. It was a huge impact to Japna's history killing about 140,000 people. According to Joshua Hammer from the Smithsonian Magazine," The temblor destroyed two of Japna's largest cities and traumatized the nation." http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-japan-earthquake-of-1923-1764539/?no-ist -
Ruler of Manchuria
Japanese troops murdered the military ruler of Manchuria. His name was Zhang Zuolin a.k.a. Chang Tso-lin. Japanese militarists were infuriated by his failure. He was not able to stop the adance of the Nationalists.
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Effects of the Depression
The Great Depression started on October 29, 1929. It became a worldwide economic melancholy. The Great Depression did not affect Japan greatly. The economy shrank only by 8% during 1929-1931.
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Manchuria
Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931. One day there was an explosion near a railway line owned by Japan's South manchuria Railway. The Japanese Army blamed this event on the Chinese and responded with a full invasion on them.This followed by the Mukden Incident (also known as the Manchurian Incident).
http://dmorgan.web.wesleyan.edu/materials/interwar.htm
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Defying World Opinion
The headquarters for the League of Nations was in Geneva, Switzerland. Japan stunned the world when they withdrew. They withdrew out of the league because of the acusation the assembly had made about a report of blaming Japan for the events in Manchuria.
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Politcal Change: Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi was the 20th Prime Minister of Japan. He was known as an expert on finance. He was assinated by rebelling military officiers in the February 26 Incident. Takahashi realized that the economy was in danger during 1934 even though Japan was out of the depression by 1933. To avoid overheating, he reduced spending and went to armaments and munititons.
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Nanjing Massacre
The Nanjing Massacre began on December 13, 1937 to January 1938 in Nanjing, China. This took place for six weeks. The Imperial Japanese Army killed an estimate of 300,000 Chinese civilians. These civilians were raped, murdered, and pillaged. This event remains a political issue. Japan admitted to the killing of a large number, but deny that such crimes occured.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre
