manchuria

imperial japan

china

manchuria

world depression

world depression- falling economy

rich natural resources

owner of manchuria

luxury item exporter- purchasing power down

huge population

need of natural resources

close to japan owned koreas

prices high

mostly agricultural- no military

staged train blast- blamed china

barely any luxury items

economies die

not world power- can't do much

appealed to league of nations

league of nations investigator sent

japan found guilty- faces criticism

japan leaves league of nations