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Japan stunned the Western world by defeating what Western nation?
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Russo-Japanese War 1904-05. Occidental (Western) nation defeated by Oriental (Eastern) nation.
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Why was Russia considered a backward nation before the early 20th Century?
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What impact did western intrusion have on japan?
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What was the nation expanding its power to the western pacific?
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What nation attacked Pearl Harbor?
Japan
Which nation was NOT a part of the Allies?
Germany and Japan.
Why was Russia considered a backward nation before the early 20th Century?
Russia was considered a backwards country because they were not trying to become industialized, they still used serfs as a labor base, and they censored every article of reading printed. Until well after 1920 Russia was very backward. Literacy rates were very low, for example.In the early 20th century, Japan stunned the western world by defeating Russia.
How did the league of nation western democracies responds to Japan's aggression?
mad
What is the capital of the island nation that has the Sea of Japan as its western border?
Oddly enough, the island is Japan and the capital is Tokyo.
What is the only Asian nation that began to industrialize in response to the pressure from western powers?
Japan .
Why does japan opens to the west?
Japan did not want to open to the West, but US Commodore Matthew C Perry forcibly opened the nation to Western trade in 1854.
Why did Japan view industrialization as a way to prevent itself itself from being invaded by western powers?
As an idustrialized nation, Japan would be able to assert its infuence over world events.
What is Japan's nation capital?
Japan's Nation capital is Tokyo
Although Stalin was not primarily interested in defeating japan what seemed to convince him to join the allies in this venture?
He was told he would attack Germany as part of the Anglo-American invasion in Western Europe.
What did the us do to vietman in world war 2?
Liberated the region from Japan, by defeating Japan in WW2.
Is Japan a nation or a state?
A nation. It is within a nation that 'the State' (or the government) is separated-out from private enterprise or the home. Also, within a nation, there may be many provinces, sometimes called States.
Was japan a colony of European nation?
No. Japan has always been an independent nation.
When was Japan Nation Party created?
Japan Nation Party was created in 1988.
