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Japan felt that it needed to expand its borders for its survival.  They expanded for resources and to spread the Japanese ideology.
“Profile for Adam Clulow at UT Austin.” UT College of Liberal Arts: 8 Apr. 2021, liberalarts.utexas.edu/history/faculty/ac73447.

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Japan wanted to improve their army.  They sent a delegation to observe armies of the West including the French.

Boundless. “Boundless World History.” Lumen, courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-worldhistory/chapter/from-the-edo-period-to-meiji-restoration-in-japan/.

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Japan wanted to create an Asian bloc of countries to fend off the West.  Japan wanted to be the lead country in the bloc have the countries adopt the Japanese way of life.

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Japan attacked Hong Kong on December 8, 1941, the same day it bombed Pearl Harbor.  Japan battled with the British for two weeks.  The British surrendered Hong Kong on Christmas Day.

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