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Japan attacked the US in 4 ways during WWII. First, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. 2,403 Americans and 55 Japanese died. Secondly, Japan bombed a US Naval Base in Oregon in 1942. Thirdly, the Japanese made over 9000 attacks to the Pacific Northwest with balloons carrying incendiary devices with the intent of burning the US forests. This resulted in the deaths of 6 Americans. Thirdly, Japan attacked various islands in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands and occupied Kiska and Attu Islands. 549 Americans and 2351 Japanese died in the Battle of Attu, which ended on May 29, 1943.

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To Keep Out U.S. interfearance in Pacific waters and Asian territories

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If you are talking about when japan first attacked, in Pearl Harbor, it was December 7th, 1941.

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