Rise of militarism in Japan.
4 Reason.
W . I . M . M
-->W
-->Weakness of central Government.
- Number of problems unable to solve.
- Little resource
-> Have to Import.
-> BUT, western restricted them to protect own interest.
-> Suffer from Trade inbalance
- Population boom.
-> More people, More food.
->not enough food
-> Have to Import food
-> Suffer more trade imbalance.
*People then turn to military and does not support the government
anymore.*
I.
Impact of great depression.
-> Further worsen the already bad economic.
-> massive unemployment
-> No job, no money, no food
-> Food price increase
-> People Blame government
*Government lost support and people turn to military. Believe that
using violence is the only way to solve this matter.*
M.
Military success.
Military Victories in Wars. -> Sino-jap war, war with
china
- Won both Territory and Prestige(something like awareness).
- Territory gain -> korea, taiwan and liangdong
- Rised in international status ->Western Powers treats them as
equal power.
Military Victories in Wars. -> Russo-jap war, war with
russia
Factors lead to war:
- russia, germany, france 'advised' to return liaodong to
china
- jap agreed.
- russia took over liaodong
- jap not happy
- declare war when nego break down
What happen?:
- jap won -> prove it superiority again.
Military Victories in Wars. -> WWI - World war 1
Jap- allies force.
-in the twenty one demands, jap force china to give them shandong,
manchuria and mongolia
- Other world power agreed.
- prestige rose again,
- in a seat of league of nation...
*japanese start to believe that militarism/force will let them
gain...*
M.
Military independence
Japanese Government fail to control Military.
- troops only report to war minister.
- take action on their own.
All this 4 factors lead
to the rise of militarism in japan
