What prompted Japanese attacks on US and European colonies

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The short version: Japan's actions from 1852 to 1945 were motivated by a deep desire to avoid the fate of 19th-century China and to become a great power. For Japan, World War II grew from a conflict historians call the Second Sino-Japanese War

china is shifting toward specialization in industry and services and away from agriculture.

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