1. Japan wanted the vast amount of new resources Manchuria had. 2. Japan needed a bigger land space.
Japan seized manchuria on 1931 September 18th
Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 .
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In 1931, Japan invaded and occupied Manchuria.
Japan invaded Manchuria in the 1930's.
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.
Manchuria was a Chinese City in the early 1920's before Japan took it over in 1931 due to Japan's needs for oil which America refused to give after Japan joined the Axis Powers. Manchuria yielded the needed oil and was next to the Japanese island, so japan took it over. After the war ended, though, the league of nations decided to give it to the people's republic of China and Mongolia....A country in Asia.
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Starting in 1931 Japan invaded the North Eastern part of China including Manchuria and bordered by the USSR. Please see the related question below.
China (Manchuria), Phillipines, Burma