jan 1, 1920 - 1920's for Japan

Description:

- After the war, Japan concentrated on developing peaceful relations and cooperation with the West. E.g.
- Four-Power Treaty with Britain, France and US to discuss in event of a crisis in the Pacific
- Five-Power Naval Treaty limiting naval power
- Nine-Power Treaty protecting Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity

- Democracy mistrusted, due to election law violations and links with big businesses

- Economy slumped, due to the West reviving and Japanese exports decreasing

- Japanese policies of internationalism seen as giving concessions to the West, and mistrusted

- The unequal imigration rights for Japanese into US offended the Japanese

Japanese ideology
- Japan increasingly saw themselves as the leader of Asia and therefore an imperial power

- Japan was mistrustful of the West due to past experiences, and so to protect Japanese interests, looked towards militarist and nationalist ideology

- Militarist and nationalist ideology gained popularity with the people