Empire of Japan

The Salem Witch Trails, the fear of Imperial Japan, and Communism have one thing in common, paranoia. Imperial Japan and Communism were far away threats, but seemed to get closer and closer every day. In Salem when one accused Witch was condemned, it seemed anyone in this innocent town could be the next witch. The Empire of Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The following day the United States declared war on Japan. Automatically the American spirit and propaganda began to change. Starting

Introduction During WWII Japan main intention was to become a strong nation and a world leader as well. The problem was that Japan was just a small island in the pacific and needed to import most of the natural resources needed from other countries. Japanese leaders considered they needed to acquire more land by invading other countries. The attack against Pearl Harbor was not more than an attempt to deter the U.S via the Pacific fleet from becoming a buffer zone in the war Japan was getting ready to

change to both the United States and Japan. The United States became the biggest power in the Pacific and it eventually led to the military advancements such as the atom bomb. One of the main effects of Pearl Harbor was the destruction of the United States Pacific Navy Fleet stationed in Hawaii at the time. The Japanese fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor included “four battleships, two heavy cruisers, ten destroyers, and two dozen long-range submarines” ("Japan Attacks and America Goes to War.").

During the Meiji period, Japan’s inclusion of women was going through a phase of evolution. Western observers had noticed that the treatment granted to women by a given society was correlated with the level of civilization of that society. Japan caught on to this, and realized that social customs would have to evolve. The first mark of this change was in 1873 when primary school became mandated for children, including female children. The government began to include women as more public figures,

schools, many people believe that Japan launched a brutal attack without any reason or justification. In reality Japan was provoked by the United States, more specifically by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR addressed the nation with the famous Day of Infamy Speech which went, “Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” The attack was of course deliberately

The dropping of the atomic bombs in Japan was a very helpful source for the United States during the WWII. President Truman, took the responsibility of dropping and creation of the atomic bomb. For the reason that The United States was seeking revenge on Japan for the attack at Pearl Harbor. The atomic bomb caused a high number of innocent Japanese deaths and also awful sickness. The atomic bombs left a big impact in the Japanese empire; also effected the Japanese at the time of the atomic bomb

declare war to Japan. Over the course of the 1930s, Japan's increasingly expansionist policies brought it into renewed conflict with its neighbors, Russia and China (1). On January 15, 1936, Japan withdrew from the Second London Naval Disarmament Conference because the United States and Great Britain refused to grant the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) parity with their navies. Secondly, Japan was taking advantage of the turmoil in Europe for its own agenda of furthering its empire in the Pacific

increased expansionism and militarism in Japan. One of the earlier influences on Japan’s decision to invade China was the effect of western imperialism. During the Meiji reform, Western Imperialism heavily influenced Japan and their country changed dramatically within those 44 years. From the success of their reform they began to develop

imperialism was uniquely derived during the nineteenth century within the structure of the informal empires of the West in East Asia. Due to Japanese political feudally and economically backwards system, it was a victim to powerful Western Empires such as Russia, Britain and the United States. They had imposed similar legal and commercial disabilities previously in China to serve their imperialistic needs. Japan was officially integrated into the treaty port system by 1860, thus establishing it’s first step

Harbor originated from an escalating Japanese-American competition in the Pacific. Japan 's supreme aspirations had been apparent from as right on time as 1931, when she attacked Manchuria. The vanquished region 's abundant assets were then used to supply Japan 's war machine. In March 1940 Japan began the steps towards war by establishing a Chinese puppet-government in Nanking.With its possession of the Chinese ports, Japan wanted to close the remaining entry points into China. Pressure was put on France