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Growing tensions with Russia due to rival ambitions to control Manchuria and Korea.
Japan had fought a war with Russia and had invaded Manchuria prior to the start of World War II.
Japan wanted more land. They invaded Manchuria and attacked the USA (Pearl Harbor).
In 1931, Imperial Japan ruled Korea but had its eyes on the mineral wealth of Manchuria. On the pretense of taking action to stop Chinese interference with the railway Japan used to get to Manchuria, Japan invaded and conquered Manchuria despite attempts by the Chinese to fight back. Soon Japan was waging war all over China. China was not a developed military power and Japan was. The result was the end of Chinese autonomy.
Please make your question more specific so I can answer it better.The Russian Japanese war ( Russo-Japanese War 8 February 1904 - 5 September 1905) was fought over the Korean peninsula. The victor of the conflict was Japan.
Japan fought Russia to try and obtain more power in China.
The surrounding regions bordering and north of present day North Korea.
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Russia, USA, England and France were the "allies" ad japan, Germany and Italy were the "axis"
Tsarist Russia fought Japan in 1904-1905. The US fought Japan in WW2, 1941-1945.
They had a war in 1939 but the fighting stopd with no treaty but in 1945 when japan was bout to be beaten in 1945 russia made a small invasion in the north then america dropd atomic bombs on japan russia got back land lost in war of 1939
Russia started to look towards Japan because they were losing the products and goods after their fight with the Europeans and the threated the Japanese because they kept their isolation from the westerners.