Trade with Europe declined during the Depression.
Resources
Hirohito .
Yes Japan has a lot of resources
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Oil, rubber and steel.
Embargo and their need for resources
Hideki Tojo .
To gain the vast resources they desperately need to fuel there war effort in WWII
Japan had the resources for an attack on Pearl Harbor. They simply needed more resources to continue the war.
Japan lacked many Natural Resources.
Japan is the second largest steel producer in the world only under japan. Steel is a raw material.