True, for many years.
The warm water ports on the southwestern tip of Russia and Manchuria.
The war was to gain control over Korea and Manchuria
Czar Nicholas II saw Russia defeated by Japan in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. Russia and Japan were fighting for control of Manchuria and Korea.
Growing tensions with Russia due to rival ambitions to control Manchuria and Korea.
The defeat of Russia by Japan in the 1904-5 Russo-Japanese War, for all practical purposes gave Japan the highest level of a sphere of influence in iron ore rich Manchuria. Prior to the imperialism of the 1800 and 1900's , China controlled Manchuria.
The two countries both sought warm weather ports in the Pacific Ocean as well as control of Manchuria.
The Japanese took over Manchuria in 1932. This was an attempt by Japan to have control over some of the land that belonged to the Chinese.
Chain of Kuril Islands. The Northern Territories dispute or Kuril Islands dispute is a dispute between Russia and Japan and also the Ainu people over control of South Kuril Islands.
Sakhalin .
The Russo-Japanese war came about due to rival ambitions of both Japan and Russia to control Manchuria and Korea.
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Answer this question…It gave Japan an excuse to retaliate against the Chinese and gain control of Manchuria.