The Influence Of Japan's Power In Asia
The face of the dominate power in Asia would change and Japan would take advantage of alliances and the War in Europe. Japan used its alliance with Britain as justification to declare war on Germany and gain a foothold in China.1 Japan acting in support of the ally forces in Europe, they attacked ports and industrial centers leased by China to Germany.2 By taking the ports and industrial centers, Japan limited access of resources for Germany’s war production machine.3 Japan’s government moved its controlling entities from its elders to military leaders and in turn changed its national interest to imperialism, similar to that of Britain success. Japan used the war to expand its suzerainty over China and all of Asia.4 One example of the Japan’s