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Japan needed resources to have a better economy and wanted to expand.
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Japan takes over the island of Hokkaido.
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Japan decided to take control of the small country of Korea to start the expansion of their country.
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Japan next then took over northeastern China,
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Japan joins allied forces in WWI
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Japan decides to start expanding again in Asia.
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Japan as an ally to Germany, got the United States into the 2nd world war by bombing Pearl Harbor.
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In this year, the merciless U.S., dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Emperor Hirohito was a god at this time, but when he said that they would surrender, he was no more. He couldn't bear to watch his country battle anymore so he had to stop them from fighting. he was no longer emperor and was dethroned.
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General Douglas MacAruther was assinged the duty to build Japan back. This was after Industries and farms were destroyed, the government was in shambles, the people were demorialized, and the emporor was no longer a god.
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After WWII the U.S. occupied Japan till 1952.
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MacArthur decided that Japan would be a constitutional monarchy. He made a constitution called the MacArthur Constitution.
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The Diet was created with the constitution. This is a two-house parliament.
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Anybody over 20 years of age could vote because of this doucment.
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Japan promised to pay the damages done by the war.
