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Emperor Hirohito – Japan‘s expansion plans. The rising sun – the symbol of the new, emerging power of Japan in the Far East.
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The rising sun – the symbol of the new, emerging power of Japan in the Far East
When Japanese troops moved forward to take in all of Northern China ... the world began to take seriously a document written by a Japanese Prime Minister in 1928 and discovered by China in 1931 – the Tanaka Memorial, a huge plan of world conquest going as far as India, Asia and Europe. Adapted from David Low, Years of Wrath, 1949
Japan defies the League of Nations. This cartoon was published in 1932 and shows Japan treating the League of Nations as a doormat.