JAPAN Flashcards
(23 cards)
Origins of Nationalism and militarism (5)
Need for raw materials
Wanted to be like west
Believed they were destined to lead Asia
Were discriminated by US at Paris peace conference
Didn’t wna bow to US like China did to Britain during opium war
Impacts of Meiji Restoration (3)
Reform based on western models like school
Industrialization
Military reform
Sino Japanese War
Modern Japans vs Outdated China
Took land concessions (taiwan and Manchuria
Granted Korea independence but as puppet state
Russo Japanese War
Russia=unstable so easy Japanese victory
Made a statement: Japan beat European country
Frustrations at Versailles
Japan got German holdings in east Asia
Japans purposal for racial equality denied by treaty
Internationalism
Participated at Washington conference but felt discriminated against cuz the naval treaty outlined they would have smaller navy
Tensions in Japan
Democratic gov was fragile cuz financial scandals decreased public support
Fear of radicalism and communism
Conservatives in Japan didn’t want nationalism
Poor post war economy
Instability in China
Qing dynasty fell so China was divided by competing powers (rivalry between communists and nationalists)
What showed Japanese gov was acting independently
Northern expedition was pursuit to unify China and have Manchuria but Japan wanted Manchuria so Japanese military assasinated Manchuria warlord
How to Great Depression contribute to japans pursuit to expand
Lowered economy, us launched protective tariffs, exports to Japan dropped
Solution: pursued Manchuria which was abundant in resources
Manchurian crisis
Railway bombing but Japan claimed it was China
Became puppet state
Results of Man Crisis
Japan and west were on bad terms
Condemned by leauge of N
Abandonment of internationalism
Japans economy benefited
Dark Valley
Political and military division in Japan
Pushed military dictatorship
Push for conquest in China
Lead to military coup in Tokyo but failed
2nd sino jap war
Marco Polo bridge incident- moved across bridge and started attacking
Rape of Nanjing- crimes against humanity (INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE)
China didn’t surrender and competing parties in China joined forces
Tripartite
Germany Italy (euro expansion) and Japan (Asian expansion)
Neutrality w USSR
Eased concerns over northern border
What lead to Pearl Harbour
Japan moved to indochina and the US put an embargo on Japan
Negotiations failed
Response to Manchurian Crisis
Showed LofN failure to provide collective security
Lytton Commision sent but so much delay
What was in the Lytton Report
Force was unjustified
Japan should withdraw
Suggest sino jap cooperation
How did Japan respond to Lytton report
Refused and left LofN
Why wasn’t the Leauge harsher to Japan
Great dep was more pressing
Racism- no one wanted to fight for Chinese
No one wanted war
US initial response to Japan
Didn’t care- followed isolationism and their interests were directly threatened
Stimson Doctorine- Japan is being mean but I’m not gon do anything bout it
US response after 2nd SJ war
Saw Japan as threat but restrained by neutrality acts
Offered aid to China
Moral embargo- no plane parts given to Japan
Froze Japanese assets and limited exports
Wanted war after pearl harbour
