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Causes of Japanese Expansion - Coggle Diagram
Causes of Japanese Expansion
Domestic Factors
Economic Factors
Japan has poor resources base, lack of fertile land for agriculture (16%)
Demand for raw materials of industry
Failures of silk industry --> rapid unemployment
Great Depression
Exports had decreased by 40%
50% of SMEs closed
Political Factors
Rise of radical nationalism
Social Factors
Population growth
Communist Threat
Appealed to workers suffering from unemployment in Japan
Unemoployment
Suffer from the Great Depression
External Factors
Political Factors
First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
Washington Conference (1922)
Limited size on navies
5:5:3 ration for Britain, US and Japan
Nine Power Treaty
Guaranteed China's independence and territory guaranteed
Economic Factors