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During the period of westernization, industrialization and modernization, the Meji government set forward a document called the Imperial Rescript on education based on confucion philosophy. This was the start of nationalism and cultural commonality.
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Japan defeats China in the first Sino-Japanese war, Japan annexes Taiwan and sway Chinese influence in Korea. Japan's modern and western style military shifts military power of China.
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Japan goes to war with Russia after attacking Manchuria and both countries want dominance over the region of the Korean penisula and Manchuria. President Roosevelt creates the Treaty of Portsmouth giving Japan control of Korea.
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Japan enters the first world war siding Britain
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After the Versailles conference Japan gained recognization as one of the top 5 military powers, however the US passed the immigration act, which prohibits all asian immigration into the US.
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Great Depression ushers a period of nationalism in Japan. All assets such as the US trade gets cancelled leaving Japan in a crisis as their they don't have the resources to feed their growing population.
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Japan violates the Treaty of Versailles, and invades Manchuria for resources.
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Ultra-nationalist military troops assasinate the Japanese Prime minister Inukai Tsuyoshi, and military exerts its power in international and domestic politics.
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League of Nation condemns Japan for invading Manchuria and asking for immediate withdrawal. However Japan take this request as hypocriticism and withdraw from the League of Nations.
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Japan signs anti-communist pact with Nazi Germany
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Second Sino-War begins at the Marco-Polo Bridge in China. Japan captures Nanjing, Shanghai, and Beijing. During this period what was known as some of the worst war crimes were commited such as the Rape of Nanking.
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France falls to Nazi Germany, and Japan advance to occupy Vietnam. Japan joins the Axis powers (Germany and Italy)
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Japan launches a suprise attack on America, known as Pearl Harbor. Due to the oil embargo the US placed on Japan, Japan attacked the US. This marked the official start of the pacific war between Japan and the US.
