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After World War Two, Japan created a constitution. The text of Article 9 of the Constitution contain a No War clause that came to effect on May 3, 1947. During the article, the Japanese Government renounce war as a right of sovereignty and the refuses to settle disputes using military force. A quote from Article 9 states "We desire to occupy an honored place in an international society striving for the preservation of peace, and the banishment of tyranny and slavery, oppression and intolerance for all time from the earth. We recognize that all peoples of the world have the right to live in peace, free from fear and want.”. Furthermore, Japan maintain diplomatic relations with every country except North Korea. Although Japan is one of North Korea's main are incapable of attacking/invading Japan because they rely a arttilerry and missies projections. Japan, however, has better naval power, technology, and stronger allies. In conclusion, Japan is legally incapable of declaring war and its main enemies are inferior to Japan. This means the future of Japan will likely not contain any wars. However, there are still possibilities of China declaring war on Japan. Japan and China relationships are bad because of war history and territory issues such as the Senkaku Islands.

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A resource war is a type of war caused by conflict over resources. In a resource war, there is typically a nation or group that controls the resource and an aggressor that wishes to seize control over said resource. This power dynamic between nations has been a significant underlying factor in conflicts since the late 19th century. Following the rise of industrialization, the amount of raw materials an industrialized nation uses to sustain its activities is heightened.

Illustration of the Chincha Islands of Peru, circa 1859

One of the most prolific examples of resource war in history is the conflict over Chincha Island guano in the late 19th century. The Chincha Islands of Peru are situated off of the southern coast of Peru, where many seabirds were known to roost and prey on fish brought there by the currents of the Pacific Ocean. The guano of these seabirds is incredibly dense in nutrients and became a sought-after resource as a fertilizer. Soil that was nutrient rich allowed for higher crop yields, which subsequently translated to better sustenance of the population and overall improved economic performance. Known colloquially as "white gold", guano from the Chincha Islands began to catch the interest of Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other industrial powers at the time.

The international interest for that resource resulting in a number of conflicts including the Chincha Islands War between Spain and Peru and the War of the Pacific between Chile, Bolivia, and Peru. Although the primary inciting force of the conflict originated over possession of the nutrient-rich guano, Spain also attempted to exercise prior colonial control over Peru during its aggressions during this conflict. The Chincha Islands guano became a resource of imperialism with foreign nations inciting conflict and establishing dominion over it. In 1856, United States President Franklin Pierce passed the Guano Islands Act with the exclusive purpose of addressing American scarcity over guano. Under the Guano Islands Act, any piece of uninhabited land that harbors a guano deposit could be claimed as a territory of the United States to extract the resource. The legislation acted as a workaround for the United States to access Peruvian seabird guano since direct trade was not an option because of a treaty between Peru and the United Kingdom.

Under the geopolitical lens for interpreting resource wars, the main rationale behind resource conflict is strategic. It assumes that control over the resource provides a particular advantage to that nation and interprets hostile attempts to take over the resource as a means to acquire that advantage for themselves. Resources that are deemed strategic shift over time and pertain to what is required for economic expansion or success at the time. Examples of this include timber during the seventeenth century for naval development or oil during the twentieth century onward for enabling military technology and transportation.

Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon at an NDP convention in British Columbia, circa 2007

Also known as the environmental scarcity or political economy, the environmental security perspective interprets resource conflict as a response to resource scarcity. A notable proponent of the environmental security perspective is Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon, a Canadian political scientist and professor at the University of Waterloo. The work of Homer-Dixon focuses on two different phenomena regarding the effect of resources on violent conflict: resource scarcity and resource abundance. Under the environmental security perspective, resource scarcity perpetuates conflict by inciting pressures on a society that is dealing with resource deprivation. According to Homer-Dixon, populations struggling with resource scarcity are also impacted by overpopulation and inequitable resource allocation. Overpopulation and inequitable resource allocation can make resource scarcity even more pronounced, creating a cyclical instability in the society.

Conversely, countries with natural resource abundance are impacted in a different way. Countries that are wealthy in resources have been shown to have disproportionate economic growth, less democracy, and overall insufficient development outcomes. This permeates from an overdependence on their resource from an economic standpoint, where authoritarian traits may begin to take effect. This creates pressure on the citizens as a whole due to undermined governance of the nation and volatile economic state if the resource fluctuates heavily in price. This phenomenon is known as the resource curse.

Conflict resources are natural resources extracted in a conflict zone and sold to perpetuate the fighting. There is both statistical and anecdotal evidence that the presence of precious commodities can prolong conflicts (a " resource curse"). An unfortunate irony is that many countries rich in minerals are impoverished in terms of their capacity for governance. Conflict, corruption and bribery may be seen as the typical costs of doing business. The extraction and sale of blood diamonds, also known as "conflict diamonds", is a better-known phenomenon which occurs under virtually identical conditions. Petroleum can also be a conflict resource. Other commodities are also involved in financing conflict.

The concept of "conflict resource", or "conflict commodity" emerged in the late 1990s, initially in relation to the " blood diamonds" that were financing rebellions in Angola and Sierra Leone. Then "conflict timber" financed hostilities in Cambodia and Liberia.

The concept was first officially discussed by the UN General Assembly in the context of 'conflict diamonds': The UN Security Council has since referred to conflict resources in several resolutions, particularly resolutions 1533 and I698.97.

Since 1996 the Bonn International Center for Conversion has tracked resource governance and conflict intensity by country. Aside from fossil fuels, metals, diamonds, and timber it tracks the governance of other primary goods that might fund conflicts, including: poppy seeds and talc (Afghanistan), rubber (Côte d'Ivoire), cotton (Zambia), and cocoa (Indonesia).

Several countries and organizations, including the United States, European Union, and OECD have designated tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold connected to conflict in the DRC as conflict minerals and legally require companies to report trade or use of conflict minerals as a way to reduce incentives for armed groups to extract and fight over the minerals.

In the 2020s, the concept of conflict minerals was extended to those mined to support conflicts in parts of the world other than where the mining takes place. The Wagner Group has been granted mining rights in the Central African Republic in return for securing the continuity of the government. This "blood gold" is then sold to support Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Wagner also has gold-related operations in Mali and Sudan.

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A resource war is a type of war caused by conflict over resources. In a resource war, there is typically a nation or group that controls the resource and an aggressor that wishes to seize control over said resource. This power dynamic between nations has been a significant underlying factor in conflicts since the late 19th century.

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During 1942, Japan wanted to attack Midway because they wanted to eliminate the US Pacific Fleet to take over Asia and the Pacific. On June 4 1942, the Japan plan to attack Midway and send a secret code through the radio. But the US code breakers knew this and where its going to happen so they plan their own ambush on Japan. Chester Nimitz a commander of the Pacific Fleet command his army to ambush the Japan at the Midway area before the Japanese arrived. When the Japanese fleet arrived they got ambushed by the US and all 4 of Japanese fleet sunk. Japan also lost 3000 men. After the battle of Midway, Japan lost several major naval battles to the US. These included the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the Battle of the Guadalcanal, and several other engagements. Because of these defeats, Japan began to weakened and the ability to continue the war. Because of this few years later 1945, Japan surrendered to the Allied forces, including the United States. On August 14, 1945, after the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan signed the surrender document took place on September 2, 1945. on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, officially ending World War II.

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During WW2, Japan invaded a lot of countries in Asia to aquire essential resources. These resources are oil, rubber, and other raw materials. During WW2, Japan took over and control countries in Asia rich in raw materials like the resources that were listed through military campaigns and growing economic. These actions were apart of their "Southern Strategy," aiming to create their own empire.

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During WW2, Japan took over countries in Asia and took a large amount of rubber from Southeast Asia. This rubber was important for vehicles, and parts to make aircrafts, tanks, and other military equipment. The Japanese conquest of Southeat Asia, including countries like Burma and Malaya, aimed to secure these important resources, including rubber, to support their military campaigns in China and beyond.

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During WW2, Japan used their oil that they took from Asia countries mainly to fuel their military efforts, including navy and airforce. In addition to that, Japan used it to support their industrial base and wartime economy. The importance of oil-rich areas like Indonesia was a key part of Japan's strategy to secure a self-sufficient supply of this vital resource.

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During WW2 Japan's main source to get scrap metal was from the United States, Australia, and areas under Japanese control in Asia and the Pacific. Japan used scrap metal to fuel their war machine, including bulding ships, planes, and other military equipment.

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Japan was a small island which was lacking in natural resources like rubber, coal, iron, and oil. Their goal was to build an empire to gain materials for industrial and economic growth. In 1931, Japan staged an attack from the Chinese planting explosives to use as an excuse for invasion. In a few months, Japan took over the entire Manchuria region for its coal and iron. This aggression was condemned by the League Nation, meaning Japan had to withdraw in 1933. In 1937, a full war broke out between Japan and China called the Second Sino-Japanese War. The battle had major damages and deaths to both sides. Japan then signed an alliance with the Nazis Germany and Fasinist Italy, doing the Axis Powers. The agreement was if any of the three were attacked by a country not already in the war, the others would help. For Japan, they ere aiming for exapanding invasion of Asia and the Pacific. In 1941, Japan launched an attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Over 350 Japanese aircraft bombed American battleships, airfields, and fuel storage tanks. The attack resulted in the destruction or damage of 21 ships and the deaths of 2,403 Americans. After the attack of Pearl Harbour, Japan now was taking over Southeast Asia in parts of Philippines, British Malaya and Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and Burma. In 1942, Japan planned to trap US carriers and capture Midway Island. However, this was already discovered by America, resulting in about 320 Japan aircrafts and 3000 men. To 1943 to 1945, the US began to recapture Japan territory. By 1945, Japan forces weakened and lost most of their navy, its cities were bombed daily and economy collapsed. At the end, the US bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima, causing Japan to surrender.

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On August 6 and 9th, the US sent two atomic bombs to the cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. The aftermath killed 150,000 to 246,000 people, most being civilians. This caused Japan to announce surending to the allies. In the perspective of the US, they wanted to minimize American casualties and losses as quickly as possible. They also wanted to show dominance and pressure Japan to surrender. Japan's reaction to the nuclear bombs were very divided. Unfortunately antisurrender sentiment and objections from much of the Japanese military was widespread. Vice Admiral Takijiro Onishi, argued the Japanese "would never be defeated if we were prepared to sacrifice 20,000,000 Japanese lives in a special attack effort." He later committed suicide rather than surrender. As Foreign Minister, Togo was a member of Japan's Cabinet, the government decision-making body. Togo, more than anyone else in the Japanese Cabinet, pushed Japan toward peace. His efforts were restricted by the military to petitioning Russia to help Japan end the war. At the end, the surrender of Japan was announced on broadcast by Emperor Hitohro on 15 August.