Japanese Expansionism (1931-1941)
League of Nations
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Seen as an image of power, which was born after WW1
military
Impact
economy
expansionism
oposition
it gave them control over the population,who saw militarism as theri only way of survival
Survival
It gave them new territories and resources for them to grow on power
It gave the people a job
It helps them maintain its economy
it gived more value to the yen
It make them the richest country in asia
Instead of being the pacifier of the conflict it did the opposite
How did he act?
Members:
France
Italy
Great Britain
Japan
This one leave the league as it notice how hypocrites they were as they didn't let Japan to expand in China
Hara Takashi, a commoner and liberal thinker of the Rikken Seiyūkai, had become prime minister in 1918 with the rallying cry of "Militarism is dead." Three years later, however, Hara was assassinated.
They kind of prohibit to Japan the invasion of Manchuria efter the events of the explosion of the japanese railway
It showed how weak the "power" of the league of nations was, letting Japan challenge his "orders" by entering the 2nd Sino-Japanese war
The ban or prohibition of imperialism on the countries which resulted as a consequence of WW1
Annoyed many countries who seek expansion as who will become the Axis Powers on the second world war
Nazi Germany
Facist Italy
Japanese Empire
By the distribution of land into countries and the formation of new ones
URRS
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Austria
Poland
Hungary
...On Manchuckuo
...On China
Manchukuo came to be seen as a solution to Japan's economic problems.
Increasing militarism
Failing on reighn in the Kwantung army.
Japanese forces became emboldened in China.
Manchukuo's economy boomed.
Imperial Civil Service
South Manchuria Railroad Company
Leadership of the Kwantung Army
Chiang Kai-Shek
New policy
Kijūrō Shidehara followed a non-interventionist policy toward China, attempting to stabilize its relations with Great Britain and the United States
Minobe Tatsukichi, a respected professor at Tokyo Imperial University declared the emperor to be a part of the constitutional structure of Japan rather than a sacred power beyond the state itself in 1935.
Non-Compromise
Non-Resistance
Non-Negociation
Anti-Japanese boycotts.
GMD army
"Control over China wasn't complete"
Spread through China
Need for rearmament
Currency reform
Social welfare improvement