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Rise of Militarist Japan - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Enjoyed a period of boom during WWI as the other countries were busy with war and thus need to purchase from Japan
        
        Recession followed when competition returned and Japanese goods were nolonger in demand and Japan sunk into recession
        
        There was great resentment towards the civilian government when there was high level of unemployment and high prices.
    - - Mass withdrawals – bank run happened in 1927 when people sensed that the banks could be over extending credits
      - Many banks collapsed and the people lost their money – unhappy with the government
      - Things improved by 1929 but Japan was once again hit by the great depression
    - - Impact on Farmers - cannot sell their product, prices crash. Suffered and blames govt
      - Impact on small business - cannot move their products, many went bankrupt, blamed the govt
      - Impact on urban workers - Unemployment => decline in living standards - blamed the government
  - - - The country side did not benefit from the improvement of standard of living as those in the city with advancement in technology, availability of electricity, education, healthcare. – Uneven growth
        
        There was insufficient land due to the large population growth, land productivity was low as well
        
        Many farmers were tenant farmers, much of their produce was surrendered to the landlords
        
        This again led to unhappiness among the rural folks
    - - Wealth concentration in the hands of the Zaibatsu (Rich businesses
        
        There was a growing gap between the urban rich - urban poor and the rural rich - rural poor (wealth was concentrated in the hands of 2 percent of the population)
        
        Riots – Rice Riots of 1918
  - - - Weaknesses in Japanese democracy – new Emperor Taisho was sickly, along with it many of the old genro also retired, there was no strong leaders to unify the government.
      - Division within the 3 groups (Courts officials, civilian politicians and military) deepened
      - Military did not subscribed to politicians’ internationalist policy(cooperation with other countries) and started to act independently
      - Some government collapse because the military refused to supply members to the cabinet
- - - - Dissatisfaction with how they handled foreign policy. Deemed the civilian govt weak accepting bad terms at London Naval Conference 10(US):10(UK):7(Japan)
      - Felt that the civilian govt was working against the people and colluding with the Zaibatsu and landlords
  - - - Took Manchuria in China without the approval of the Prime Minister
    - - Nov 1930 – Right Wing fanatic shot and killed Prime Minister Hamaguchi
        
        Feb 1932 – Finance Minister was murdered
        
        March 1932 – Head of Mitsui Coporation was assassinated
        
        MAY 15 INCIDENT (MILITARY CONTROLLED GOVT)
        May 1932 – Prime Minister Inukai was assassinated because he did not agree to the militarist’s action in Manchuria (Setting up of Manchukuo – coup d’etat ensued but failed)
        Military leaders backed the soldiers who started it and excused them
        Demanded for political reforms – managed to stop the largest party from forming a new govt.
        26 May 1932, the emperor appointed a navy officer to become the Prime Minister – Out of the 15 ministers in the cabinet, 10 were from the military